EXHIBIT 99.1


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                            PRESS RELEASE



                                  CONTACT:     Dollar General Corporation
                                               100 Mission Ridge
                                               Goodlettsville, Tennessee  37072
                                               Investor Contact: Kiley Fleming
                                               (615) 855-4000


                       Dollar General Corporation to Raise
                          $200 Million in Debt Offering

GOODLETTSVILLE, TENNESSEE - June 7, 2000 - Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG)
announced today that it plans to raise approximately $200 million through a Rule
144A debt transaction with registration rights. The offering of senior unsecured
notes is, among other things, subject to market conditions.

The debt securities  have not been registered  under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended,  and such securities may not be offered or sold in the United States
absent   registration   or  an  applicable   exemption  from  the   registration
requirements.

Dollar General  operates more than 4,510  neighborhood  stores in 24 states with
distribution centers in Georgia, Kentucky,  Mississippi,  Missouri, Oklahoma and
Virginia.