- Training Magazine’s Training Top 100 Hall of Fame (2021)
- Axios Harris Poll 100 Most Reputable Companies (2021)
- Supply Chain Insights’ Supply Chains to Admire (2021)
- Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (2018)
- Recognition by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index for workplace inclusion efforts (2020-2021)
- #14 Most Trusted Brand List for Retailers by Morning Consult
- Leaders named among Mass Market Retailer’s Most Influential Women List including:
- 2021: Kelly Collier, Julie Elmore, Sanja Krajnovic, Shareeka Meadows and Kathy Reardon
- 2020: Johanna Blankush, Kelly Dilts, Connie Droge, Tracey Herrmann and Emily Taylor
- 2019: Anita Elliott, Tracey Herrmann, Kathy Reardon, Emily Taylor and Rhonda Taylor
- 2018: Rhonda Taylor, Anita Elliott, Tracey Herrmann and Emily Taylor
- Tennessee State Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve - Extraordinary Support Award (2021, 2017)
- Fortune Magazine’s World’s Most Admired Companies List (2020)
- Forbes’ Global 2000 – World’s Largest Public Companies (2020)
- Forbes Top 25 Responders to the COVID-19 Pandemic (2020)
- #45 on Harris Poll’s Essential 100 Ranking for essential role during COVID-19 pandemic (2020)
- #1 on Training Magazine’s Training Top 100 (2019-2020)
- Ranked among the magazine’s top training programs for nine consecutive years
- Mass Market Retailer’s Retailer of the Year (2020)
- Tenet Partners Top 100 Most Powerful Brands (2020)
- U.S. Veterans Magazine’s Top Veteran-Friendly Companies List (2015-2020)
- Senior Vice President Johanna Blankush named among Mass Market Retailers’ People Who Make a Difference (2020)
- Mass Market Retailer Magazine’s Retailer of the Year (2019)
- Professional Women’s Magazine Best of the Best Employer List for Top LGBTQ+ Friendly Companies (2019)
- “W” Winning Grade by 2020 Women on Boards (2020)
- America’s Best Places to Work for Hispanics and Latinos by the Hispanic Latino Professional Association
- Certificate of Recognition from the Middle Tennessee State University’s Charlie and Hazel Daniels Veterans and Military Family Center in recognition of DG’s strong partnership and support in hiring student veterans (2018)
- Dollar General’s Denine Torr awarded the American Association of School Librarians Crystal Apple Award (2018)
- America’s Best Places to Work for Hispanics and Latinos by the Hispanic Latino Professional Association (2017)
- TIPS Award of Excellence for Employee Training on Responsible Sale of Alcohol and Tobacco Products (2017)
- Coca-Cola Company President’s Veterans Recognition Award (2017)
- Institutional Investor Overall Best Investor Relations Program (2016)