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Dollar General (DG) guidance and outlook

Dollar General's 10-Q filed Aug 27, 2026 makes 23 forward-looking statements.

Guidance and outlook

Forward-looking statements, 10-Q filed Aug 27, 2026

• There can be no assurance we will be successful in our efforts, or that pricing actions, including any future price increases, will not adversely affect customer behavior.
• We received the majority of the expected refunds during the quarter and reinvested a substantial portion of the refunds in our customer value proposition through targeted promotional activities and lower everyday prices.
• Our customers continue to feel constrained in the current macroeconomic environment and to experience elevated expenses that generally comprise a large portion of their household budgets, such as rent, healthcare, energy and fuel prices, as well as cost inflation in frequently purchased household products (including food), which we expect will continue to pressure our customers’ spending overall.
• Certain of our initiatives are intended to better optimize our sales mix; however, there can be no assurances that these efforts will be successful.
• We continue to implement and invest in certain strategic initiatives intended to drive profitable sales growth with both new and existing customers and capture long-term growth opportunities.
• We believe these digital efforts will contribute to the continued growth of our DG Media Network.
• We have continued our efforts to improve the performance and profitability of our mature stores through our remodel program, which includes both full remodels under Project Renovate and partial remodels under Project Elevate.
• In 2026, we plan to open approximately 450 new stores (as well as approximately 10 stores in Mexico), remodel approximately 2,000 stores through Project Renovate, remodel approximately 2,250 stores through Project Elevate, and relocate approximately 20 stores, for a total of 4,730 real estate projects.
• As part of this plan, in the second quarter of 2026 we opened a total of 126 new stores, including 1 store in Mexico, remodeled 665 stores through Project Renovate and 711 stores through Project Elevate, relocated 5 stores and closed 33 stores.
• We expect store format innovation to allow us to capture additional growth opportunities as we continue to utilize the most productive of our various Dollar General store formats based on the specific market opportunity.
• We continue to take focused actions designed to improve the performance of pOpshelf stores, although there can be no assurances that our efforts will be successful.
• We plan to continue enhancing our position as a low-cost operator over time while employing ongoing cost discipline to reduce certain expenses as a percentage of sales.

Dollar General's latest quarter

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What does Dollar General expect?

There can be no assurance we will be successful in our efforts, or that pricing actions, including any future price increases, will not adversely affect customer behavior. We received the majority of the expected refunds during the quarter and reinvested a substantial portion of the refunds in our customer value proposition through targeted promotional activities and lower everyday prices. Our customers continue to feel constrained in the current macroeconomic environment and to experience elevated expenses that generally comprise a large portion of their household budgets, such as rent, healt

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Updated Nov 8, 2026. Read automatically from SEC filings and public data; errors are possible. Not investment advice.