Dollar General Market on hold for this county

Warren County is known as The Dollar General Capital of the World, but it doesn’t appear we will be getting a Dollar General Market for a few more years.

Since Warren County has four Dollar General stores, it seems only natural it would be a top priority to bring a Dollar General Market to this area.

For those who are wondering, Dollar General Market is a sort of supercenter that combines a full line of grocery items such as fresh produce and meat with everything a traditional Dollar General carries. It’s the one-stop shopping Wal-Mart made famous and everybody is rushing to duplicate.

In 2004, 13 new Dollar General Markets were opened and there are plans to open 30 more in 2005. It’s for that reason a Dollar General Market may not be coming to McMinnville for a couple more years.

“I think they’re kind of in a holding pattern right now,” said realtor Bobby Kirby. “They have a lot of new building projects.”

Bobby said the company talked to him about locating a Dollar General Market in the empty lot on N. Chancery Street that’s between the dry cleaners and Chancery Plaza. Even though the field is pretty big, there wasn’t enough available land because I understand the Dollar General Markets are also pretty big.

Bobby said he was trying to work out a deal at another location when Dollar General representatives told him they are holding off on starting any more projects. I’ve been trying to get a comment from Dollar General on future plans in Warren County but haven’t had any luck. Now that I’ve run this segment, I’m confident they’ll call me first thing Monday morning.