By CRISTINA JANNEY
Hays Post
A new Dollar General is being built on south Vine Street in Hays.
The store, 606 Vine, is set to open in early 2022. The lot is south of the former Al's Chickenette.
This will be in addition to the chain's existing store at 1208 E. 27th in Hays.
The store will provide area residents with about 7,200 sales-floor square feet and employ six to 10 employees, depending on the individual needs of the store.
Anyone interested in a job at the new store may apply online at www.dollargeneral.com/careers.
"Our customers are at the center of all that we do, and meeting customers’ needs is Dollar General’s top priority when choosing store locations," Angela Petkovic, Dollar General spokeswoman, said via email.
"In selecting store sites, we take a number of factors into consideration, carefully evaluating each potential new store location to ensure we can continue to meet our customers’ price, value and selection needs. We further strive to provide convenience for customers who may not have affordable nearby retail options."
Dollar General sells name-brand and private-brand merchandise, such as foods, health and beauty products, home cleaning supplies, housewares, stationery, seasonal items and basic clothing.
Dollar General sells products from brands, such as Clorox, Procter & Gamble, Kimberly-Clark, Unilever, Kellogg's, General Mills, Nabisco, Hanes, PepsiCo and Coca-Cola.
Community service
Dollar General is deeply involved in the communities it serves and is an ardent supporter of literacy and education through the Dollar General Literacy Foundation, which awards grants each year to nonprofit organizations, schools and libraries within a 15-mile radius of a Dollar General store or distribution center to support adult, family, summer and youth literacy programs.
Since its inception in 1993, the foundation has awarded more than $197 million in grants to nonprofit organizations, helping more than 14 million individuals take their first steps toward literacy or continued education. For more information about the Dollar General Literacy Foundation and its grant programs, visit www.dgliteracy.com.
The Dollar General Literacy Foundation also supports individuals in the communities that Dollar General stores serve who may be interested in learning how to read, speak English or prepare for the high school equivalency test.
Referrals to a local organization that provides free literacy services are available online here or a postage-paid reply card that can be mailed in for information is available at the cash register of every Dollar General store.