DG Reports November Same-Store Sales

Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG) reported total retail sales for the November four-week period ended November 25, 2005, equaled $686.3 million compared with $643.5 million last year, an increase of 6.7 percent. For the November period, same-store sales, or sales in stores that were open both at the end of the period and at the beginning of the preceding fiscal year, decreased 0.2 percent compared with a 3.4 percent increase in the prior year November period. Strong same-store sales in candy and snacks, pet supplies, paper products and toys were offset by decreases in basic clothing and home products.

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