Dollar General and Dolgencorp were fined $3.4 million by the Department of Labor for unsafe conditions after inspections in 2022 at nine locations in Maine, North Dakota, Ohio, and Wisconsin, according to a press release this week. The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed $21 million in fines since 2017…

Dollar stores, which have seen more customers shop at their establishments amid rising prices, are now beginning to feel the negative effects of inflation. Dollar Tree and Dollar General, two of the leading stores in the United States, recently announced their second-quarter earnings. During the earnings call on Aug. 25, Dollar Tree CEO Mike Wytinski…

Benzinga’s weekly Stock Wars matches up two leaders in a major industry sector, with the goal of determining which company is the better investment. This week, the duel is between a pair of discount retail chains: Dollar General Corp (NYSE:DG) and Dollar Tree, Inc. (NASDAQ:DLTR). The Case For Dollar General This company began in October 1939…

By Chloe Arrojado A press release from the U.S. Department of Labor announced a scathing accusation against Dollar General. On Monday, the department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposed $321,827 in penalties for the nation’s largest discount retailer after finding three repeat violations. “Dollar General has a long history of disregarding safety measures to prevent…

What started as a trip to the Dollar General to pick up a few T-shirts turned into a moment of internet fame for one young man from Tennessee. Over the summer, Caleb Duncan, 22, who lives just outside Memphis, picked up his purchase and was in the checkout line when he spotted a young lady…

Dollar General Corp said on Wednesday it would recruit up to 20,000 employees this spring, the latest company to plan a hiring spree as more parts of the U.S. economy reopen and fiscal stimulus kicks in. But the number was lower than the more than 50,000 workers the company hired around the same time last…