Dollar General To Create Around 10,000 New Jobs In 2017

(RTTNews) - Dollar General Corp. (DG) Friday said approximately 10,000 new jobs will be created in 2017, as it plans 1,000 new store openings and two new state-of-the-art distribution centers.

According to the company, the new jobs will be a roughly nine percent overall increase to its workforce and mark the largest one-year employee increase through organic store and distribution center growth in the company's 78-year history.

Dollar General aims to invest more than 1.5 million training hours in employees in 2017 to promote education and development throughout the year.