Dollar General, a discount retail chain, announced Monday that it plans to open a new store at 8143 Buckley Hall Road, Hudgins, early in 2018.

In mid-August, the company also announced it plans to open a new store on Route 17 at Wood Cross Roads by late winter 2018.

Dollar General sells quality name-brand and private-brand merchandise such as health and beauty products, home cleaning supplies, housewares, stationery, seasonal items and basic clothing, spokesperson Angela Petkovic said. Also, its stores sell an assortment of packaged foods, as well as some refrigerated and frozen foods.

Dollar General has other local stores at Gloucester C.H., Hayes, Mathews and Shacklefords. The new store will have a staff of 6-10 people, Petkovic said.

Dollar General is an ardent supporter of literacy and education through the Dollar General Literacy Foundation, which awards grants each year to nonprofit organizations, schools and libraries within a 20-mile radius of a Dollar General store.

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