Dollar General purchased a 148,000-square-foot cold storage facility in Pottsville, PA. FILE PHOTO
HARRISBURG, PA—Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announced on Friday that retailer Discount General Corp. has established a new cold storage facility in Schuylkill County that at full capacity will create 100 new jobs.
Dollar General's expansion in Schuylkill County is part of the company's new initiative toward a strategic shift to the self-distribution of perishable goods sold in its stores. The cold storage facility is currently distributing to approximately 300 stores in the Northeast. The project includes the company's purchase of a 148,000-square-foot building in Pottsville, which is expected to create 100 new, full-time jobs over the next three years.
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John Jordan
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