Editing Dollar General (section)

===1968–2002===
The company Cal Turner co-founded went public as '''Dollar General Corporation''' in 1968,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Berk |first=Christina Cheddar |date=2009-11-13 |title=Dollar General Trades Higher After Its IPO |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2009/11/13/dollar-general-trades-higher-after-its-ipo.html |access-date=2024-07-21 |publisher=CNBC |language=en}}</ref> posting annual sales of more than $40 million and net income in excess of $1.5 million. In 1977, [[Cal Turner Jr.]], who joined the company in 1965 as a third-generation Turner, succeeded his father as CEO of Dollar General.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://newscenter.dollargeneral.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=1558 |title=Former Dollar General Chairman and CEO Cal Turner Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from Retail Merchandiser Magazine |access-date=January 19, 2014 |archive-date=December 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221055442/http://newscenter.dollargeneral.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=1558 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1989, Cal Sr. retired as chairman and the company headquarters were moved to Tennessee.<ref name=":0" /> Under his son's leadership, the company grew to more than 6,000 stores and $6 billion in sales. In 1997 a [[distribution center]] was established in [[South Boston, Virginia]].<ref>{{cite press release|title=Dollar General South Boston Distribution Center Celebrates 20 Years|url=https://newscenter.dollargeneral.com/our-story/blog-posts/dollar-general-south-boston-distribution-center-celebrates-20-years.htm|access-date=June 26, 2017|date=April 13, 2017|archive-date=May 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170509024152/https://newscenter.dollargeneral.com/our-story/blog-posts/dollar-general-south-boston-distribution-center-celebrates-20-years.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2000, Dollar General opened a new corporate headquarters in [[Goodlettsville, Tennessee]]. By the end of 2000, sales at Dollar General exceeded $4{{Spaces}}billion.<ref>{{cite press release|title=Dollar General Reports Financial Results for Fiscal 2000 And Restated Results for 1999 and 1998|url=http://newscenter.dollargeneral.com/news/dollar-general-reports-financial-results-for-fiscal-2000-and-restated-results-for-1999-and-1998.htm|access-date=4 June 2017|archive-date=26 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170526175704/http://newscenter.dollargeneral.com/news/dollar-general-reports-financial-results-for-fiscal-2000-and-restated-results-for-1999-and-1998.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> The distribution center in [[Homerville, Georgia]], was closed in April 2000 and operations were moved to a new distribution center in [[Alachua, Florida]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Dollar General Closes Georgia Distribution Center|url=http://www.nashvillepost.com/home/article/20442153/dollar-general-closes-georgia-distribution-center|access-date=June 4, 2017|work=[[Nashville Post]]|date=April 19, 2000}}</ref>

Cal Jr. retired in 2002 and was succeeded by [[David Perdue]] on April 2, 2003.<ref>{{cite press release|title=Dollar General Corporation Names David A. Perdue, Jr. CEO|url=https://newscenter.dollargeneral.com/news/dollar-general-corporation-names-david-a-perdue-jr-ceo.htm|access-date=2017-06-05|archive-date=2017-07-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728212736/https://newscenter.dollargeneral.com/news/dollar-general-corporation-names-david-a-perdue-jr-ceo.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>