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New Dollar General format store opens this weekend in downtown Chattanooga

Photo by Dave Flessner / A downtown shopper eyes inside the new Dollar General DGX store which is scheduled to open for this first time this weekend and have a grand opening celebration by mid March.
Photo by Dave Flessner / A downtown shopper eyes inside the new Dollar General DGX store which is scheduled to open for this first time this weekend and have a grand opening celebration by mid March. Photo by Dave Flessner / A downtown shopper eyes inside the new Dollar General DGX store which is scheduled to open for this first time this weekend and have a grand opening celebration by mid March.

Dollar General is bringing a fresher, more upscale brand to downtown Chattanooga.

A new DGX brand store by Dollar General is opening this weekend in the Market City Center. Dollar General spokeswoman Mary Kathryn Colbert said the 5,200-square-foot store in the first floor of the 4-story Market City Center will offer fresh grab and go salads and sandwiches, as well as a curated selection of fresh produce. ICEE machines are also available at the new DGX location.

“Currently, the DGX Chattanooga location is scheduled to soft open this weekend,” Colbert said. A grand opening celebration with special giveaways and prizes in planned later in March.

The new store will offer a selection of pet supplies, paper products, home cleaning supplies, and health and beauty products, as well an assortment of home décor, electronics and seasonal products.

“We are excited for the opportunity to serve city-dwellers with every-day low prices on the essentials they need in a convenient, easy-to-shop format to downtown Chattanooga through our DGX store,” Dan Nieser, Dollar General’s senior vice president of real estate and development, said in an announcement in January of the new DGX outlet.