| NOTES | Estimated consumables sales for the fiscal year ended in January 2018 represent an estimated 76.6% share of total estimated sales of $23.53 billion arrived at using reported nine-month results and company net sales and new-store opening guidance among other modeling tools. Dollar General reports as "consumables" such things as household supplies including cleaning products and disposable dinnerware; packaged foods; perishable foods; snacks; health and beauty aids; pet supplies; and tobacco products. It reported consumable sales as 76.4% of total sales in fiscal 2016-17. Among the 1285 stores the company said it expected to open in fiscal 2017-18 were 263 stores acquired and rebannered through the third quarter of the fiscal year including more than 300 Family Dollar stores acquired from private equity firm Sycamore Partners in June 2017. |
