A new Dollar General (possibly a DG Market) store is currently under construction at 2306 Mills Street, just north of Scott, LA. The site is located directly across from Angelle Trailer Park, just south of the intersection of Mills Street and Dugas Road, and falls within unincorporated Lafayette Parish.
AI Generated Rendering, notice the building design compared to the actual construction image 😉
Coming in at ±12,726 square feet, this DG store is on the larger side. Most locations average around 7,500 square feet, though the company has been shifting toward larger formats in recent years—like their DG Market concept—to expand product selection and better serve communities. These upgraded stores typically include expanded grocery sections with fresh produce, dairy, meats, and sometimes even frozen meals and household essentials that go beyond the usual selection.
According to career listings for this store #30781, this location will have a perishables department manager, which includes job duties in managing produce, fresh meats, packaged meats, dairy, frozen food, bread, and more. This further contributing to it being a possible DG Market. See job listing: https://careers.dollargeneral.com/jobs/333987?lang=en-us
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Founded in 1939 as J.L. Turner and Son Wholesale, Dollar General opened its first official store in 1955 in Springfield, Kentucky, based on a simple idea: no item priced over $1. That “nothing over $1” thing didn’t make it too far, clearly. Heck, even Dollar Tree had to abandon that model—becoming Dollar-Twenty-Five Tree. Still, during that time in history, the concept took off, and the company has since grown into one of the largest discount retailers in the U.S., with nearly 20,000 stores across the country.
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Dollar General’s growth strategy focuses heavily on serving rural and underserved communities, much like this stretch of Mills Street. And with the broader push to minimize food deserts in the U.S., DG’s recent expansion into fresh produce seems to be right on trend. By keeping overhead low and locations convenient, they’ve been able to steadily expand into markets where larger retail options are limited. This new location is another example of that model in action.
Being that the construction of this new DG store has been in progress for the better part of a month, we fully expect this store to be complete in the Summer months.
For more information about DG, check out their website at https://www.dollargeneral.com
