Third Dollar General Market opens in Brownsville

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Dollar General has expanded its DG Market format in the Brownsville market with the addition of a third store, this one located at 5220 Southmost Rd.

DG Market sells meat, produce and other items in addition to categories, brands and products found in traditional Dollar General stores, which do not carry meat and produce. The first DG Market opened in Henderson, Tennesee, in 2003. Dollar General’s headquarters are in Goodlettsville, Tennesee.

The company’s two other Brownsville DG Market locations are at 7954 Southmost Rd. and 7395 Padre Island Highway. DG Market also has stores in Harlingen and San Juan.

A grand opening will be held at the newest Southmost store at 8 a.m. on Saturday. The first 50 adult customers will receive a free $10 gift card, with free DG tote bags for the first 100 customers. Also, the company said it plans to 100 new books to a nearby elementary school to commemorate the opening of the newest Southmost Road location.

Matthew Simonsen, Dollar General senior vice president of real estate and store development, said in a statement that the company “look(s) forward to welcoming customers to our new location.”

“We strive to provide a pleasant shopping experience to customers and looking forward to being a strong business partner and good neighbor,” Simonsen said.

Dollar General sees the new Brownsville store as furthering the city’s economic growth because it creates new jobs and career growth opportunities, more accessibility to affordable products, more tax revenue and “access to Dollar General Literacy Foundation grants,” he said.

The company said its literacy foundation is committed to “unwavering support of literacy and education initiatives.” Schools, libraries and nonprofit organizations within a 15-mile radius of Dollar Generals and DG Market locations can apply each year for grants through the foundation.

The company said that since the foundation was established in 1993, it has awarded more than $254 million in grants, assisting nearly 22 million individuals with literacy or continued education.

Visit www.dgliteracy.org for more information about the literacy foundation and its grant programs.

The company said the new location will employ between 10 and 15 people depending on the store’s needs. To find out what positions are available, go to www.dollargeneral.com/careers.

Dollar General said it offers “competitive wages, world-class and award-winning training and development programs and benefits including day-one telemedicine eligibility as well as health insurance coverage options, 401k savings and retirement plans, tuition reimbursement, paid parental leave and adoption assistance to eligible employees.”