Awards and Recognition
Company
- #108 on the Fortune 500 List (2023)
- Fortune Magazine’s World’s Most Admired Companies List (2023, 2022, 2020)
- Top 50 Fastest-Growing Retailer by Total Retail (2022)
- Axios Harris Poll 100 Most Reputable Companies (2021)
- Supply Chain Insights’ Supply Chains to Admire (2021)
- Most Trusted Brand List for Retailers by Morning Consult (2022, 2021)
- Mass Market Retailer Magazine’s Retailer of the Year (2020, 2019)
- Forbes’ Global 2000 – World’s Largest Public Companies (2020)
- Tenet Partners Top 100 Most Powerful Brands (2020)
- Institutional Investor Overall Best Investor Relations Program (2016)
Community Initiatives
- Hometown Health Hero Award from Michigan Public Health Week Partnership (2023)
- Impact Award by Progressive Grocer in Educational Support / Learning Advancement category for Dollar General Literacy Foundation efforts (2022)
Diversity, Equality & Inclusion
- Nashville Business Journal’s 2023 Leaders in Diversity (2023)
- Diversity Woman Media’s Best Companies for Women 2023 (2023)
- 2023 America’s Greatest Workplaces for LGBTQ+ List by Newsweek and Plant-A-Insights Group (2023)
- Recognition by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index for workplace inclusion efforts (2020-2022)
- Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (2018)
- Tennessee State Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve – Extraordinary Support Award (2021, 2017)
- “W” Winning Grade by 2020 Women on Boards (2020)
- U.S. Veterans Magazine’s Top Veteran-Friendly Companies List (2015-2021)
- Professional Women’s Magazine Best of the Best Employer List for Top LGBTQ+ Friendly Companies (2018-2021)
- Brandon Hall Group HCM Excellence Awards – Best Inclusion and Diversity Strategy (2020)
- America’s Best Places to Work for Hispanics and Latinos by the Hispanic Latino Professional Association (2017-2020)
- 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)
- Coca-Cola Company President’s Veterans Recognition Award (2017)
- Military Officers Association of America Distinguished Service Award (2011)
- Secretary of Defense Freedom Award, the highest civilian award given by the Department of Defense (2010)
Training, Recognition & Human Resources
- Training Magazine’s Hall of Fame Best New Training Initiative award (2023)
- Training Magazine’s Training Top 100 Hall of Fame (2021)
- #1 on Training Magazine’s Training Top 100 (2019-2020)
- Ranked among the magazine’s top training programs for nine consecutive years (2012 – 2020)
- Five (5) Best Practice Standards Awards from Recognition Professionals International (2021)
- #2 on Tennessee’s Healthiest Employers List (2022, #5 in 2021)
- TIPS Award of Excellence for Employee Training on Responsible Sale of Alcohol and Tobacco Products (2017)
Private Brands & Retail Awards
- StoreBrands Editors’ Picks Awards (2023, 2022, 2021)
- StoreBrands Game Changers List:
- People – Jackie Li, Dollar General’s vice president of private brands and global sourcing (2023)
- Brands – Nature’s Menu (2023)
- American Package Design Award from Graphic Design USA for Clover Valley Lobster Bites packaging (2023)
- Retail TouchPoints Brand Experience Award Winner for Most Effective Pivot Strategy (2022)
- Salute to Excellence Award from Private Label Manufacturers Association
- Clover Valley® Lobster Bites in the Appetizers & Hors d ’Oeuvres category (2023)
- Studio Selection™ Micellar Cleansing Pads in the Skin Care category (2023)
- trueliving® Small Spaces Air Freshener in the Household Cleaners & Products category (2023)
- Curl Rhythm™ Hydrating Cleansing Conditioner in the Hair Care & Accessories category (2023)
- trueliving® 4x Diamond Dishwashing Liquid in the Kitchen and Dish Soaps category (2022)
- Heartland Farms™ Baked Biscuit Dog Treats in the Pet Food and Dog treats category (2022)
- OhGood! Apple Cider Vinegar Gummies in the Supplements and Vitamins category (2022)
- Shavely’s in the Men’s Grooming Category (2021)
Leadership Awards and Recognition
- Emily Taylor named to Women We Admire’s Top 50 Women Leaders in Consumer Products and Retail list (2023)
- Carman Wenkoff received Retail Gift Card Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award (2023)
- Chad Fox named to the 2023 RIS Influentials: Top Movers and Shakers in Retail list (2023)
- Shweta Bhatia named to Chain Store Age’s 2023 Retail’s Top Women Awards in the technology category and Retail Info Systems’ 2023 Top Women in Retail Tech list (2023)
- Natalie Ong named to Path to Purchase Institute’s 40 Under 40 list (2023)
- Charlene Charles named as one of Path to Purchase’s 2022 Women of Excellence winners in the Innovator category (2022)
- Carman Wenkoff named to Retail Info Systems’ Influentials: Top Movers and Shakers in Retail list and Involve’s Top 20 Outstanding Ally Executives Role Model List (2022)
- Rhonda Taylor recognized by INvolve, being named to their HERoes 100 Executive Role Model List while Pooh Vichidvongsa was named to the HERoes 100 Future Leaders Role Model List.
- Denine Torr named YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee’s Academy for Women Achievement Honoree (2022)
- Todd Vasos, Jeff Owen and Emily Taylor included on the Mass Market Retailers list of Top 50 Executives in Mass Market Retailing (2022)
- Tracey Herrmann Named a Top Women in Grocery in the Senior Level Executives Category by Progressive Grocer (2022)
- Julie Elmore Named a Silver Recipient of a Stevie American Business Award in the Category of New-Normal Digital Transformer (2022) and to the Top Women in Retail Tech list by Retail Info Systems (2022)
- Carman Wenkoff Named to Insider’s Retail Tech Power Players and Retail Tech Insights Magazine’s Top 10 CIOs in the Retail Industry List (2022)
- Emily Taylor Recognized as on the Outstanding Women in Retail List by Retail Today (2022)
- Shareeka Meadows Featured in Empower Future Leaders Role Model List (2022)
- Rhonda Taylor Named to the Top 100 Women in Business List by National Women’s Conference (2022)
- Dr. Johne Battle Named a Top 100 Diversity Officer by National Diversity & Leadership Conference (2022, 2021)
- Denine Torr Named a Finalist in the Ragan’s CSR and Diversity Awards in the CSR/ESG Professional of the Year Category (2022)
- Jennifer Dilts Named to National Confectionery Sales Association’s Candy Hall of Fame (2022)
- Todd Vasos Named a ‘Most Admired CEO’ by Nashville Business Journal (2021)
- Steve Sunderland Named a Gold Winner in the Operations Executive of the Year Category by Best in Biz (2021)
- Kathy Reardon Recognized as a Workplace Culture Leader in Ragan’s Top Women in Wellness and HR Awards (2021)
- Emily Taylor Receives a Retail Innovator Award by Retail TouchPoints (2021)
- Emily Taylor Recognized by Women Impacting Storebrand Excellence Top Women in Store Brands Awards Program (2021)
- Leaders Named to HERoes Role Model Lists: Kathy Reardon (100 Women Executives); Melanie Cook and Mary Alice Kirby (100 Women Future Leaders) (2021)
- Leaders named among Mass Market Retailer’s Most Influential Women List including:
- 2023: Leslie Allen, Angela Martin, Jennifer Moreau, Denine Torr and Pooh Vichivongsa
- 2022: Melanie Cook, Beth Gammons, Shareeka Meadows, Barbara Springer
- 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
- Leaders named among Mass Market Retailer’s “People Who Make a Difference” including:
- Denine Torr awarded the American Association of School Librarians Crystal Apple Award (2018)
COVID Response
- Gold Globee in the 7th Annual American Best in Business Awards for providing vaccine support during the COVID-19 pandemic (2022)
- Globee Business Excellence Award for COVID-19 Response (2021)
- 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)
