Does Dollar General Use TeleCheck?
Yes, Dollar General accepts TeleCheck. The processing system has shifted to digital. As the cashier processes a check on your behalf, you’ll have to sign the pin pad. It essentially turns the check into an electronic payment method.
Goodlettsville, Tennessee, is home to the Dollar General Corporation, an American network of discount retailers. Dollar General will have 18,000 locations across the United States by October 2021. J.L. Turner and Son were founded in Scottsville, Kentucky, in 1939 by James Luther Turner and Cal Turner, who were both in their early twenties. It was renamed Dollar General Corporation in 1955 and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1968, at which point it became a publicly traded business. Dollar General was named to the Fortune 500 in 1999 and will be ranked #112 in 2020. Dollar General has become one of the most lucrative rural retailers in the United States, with revenue expected to top $27 billion.
Dollar General’s founders were James Luther “JL” Turner and his son, Cal Turner, Scottsville, Kentucky. In 1902, when James Turner was just 11 years old, his father perished in an accident. To support his family, James was forced to drop out of school and never finish his studies. Before becoming a travelling dry goods salesperson for one Nashville wholesale grocery, James had made two unsuccessful tries at retail. After ten years in the sales industry, James decided to retire and relocate to Scottsville, Kentucky, with his family. As a result of the Great Depression, he started purchasing and liquidating failing general businesses. Through these closeouts, little Cal Turner, James’ only child, learned fundamental business lessons from an early age.
James and Cal started J.L. Turner & Son in October 1939 with a $5,000 investment each. By the early 1950s, the company’s yearly revenues had surpassed $2 million. By the end of the decade, thirty-five Turner department stores were open in Kentucky and Tennessee. Cal Turner’s Department Store in Springfield, Kentucky, was converted into the first Dollar General Store in 1955 by Cal Turner, who based his concept on other department stores’ Dollar Days sales. When J.L. Turner passed away in 1964, he left his son, Cal, in charge.
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