Dollar General Celebrates 13,000th Store Opening With New Birmingham Location

BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — Dollar General has opened the company’s 13,000th location with a new store in Birmingham. The new store is located at 4132 Jefferson Ave. S.W. The Goodlettsville, Tenn.-based discount retail chain employs more than 6,500 employees in Alabama through 675 stores and its distribution center in Bessemer, which opened in 2012. The new Birmingham location is one of the planned 900 new stores that Dollar General has opened or will open in 2016 throughout the 43 states that the retailer currently serves.