Consumables, seasonal goods among top-selling categories
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Dollar General (Goodlettsville, Tenn.) reported first-quarter sales rose 16 percent while same-store sales increased 13 percent. Looking at product categories, the retailer says sales of consumables grew 19 percent; seasonal goods sales rose 11 percent.
The discount retailer plans to open 450 stores this year. In 2007, the company was acquired by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., a private equity firm.
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