8-K

                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934


        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 18, 2002


                           Dollar General Corporation
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               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)



         Tennessee         001-11421                  61-0502302
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 (State or Other           (Commission File Number)  (I.R.S. Employer
 Jurisdiction of                                     Identification No.)
 Incorporation)


     100 Mission Ridge
 Goodlettsville, Tennessee                                            37072
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 (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                          (Zip Code)


       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (615) 855-4000


          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)





ITEM 5.     OTHER EVENTS

On April 11, 2002,  Dollar General  Corporation  (the  "Company")  issued a news
release  with respect to March sales  results for the  five-week  period  ending
April 5, 2002, and to April sales  expectations.  The Company is filing this 8-K
pursuant to the  Securities and Exchange  Commission's  Regulation FD. A copy of
the news release is attached  hereto and is incorporated by reference as Exhibit
99.1.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

                                          Dollar General Corporation
                                          (Registrant)
April 18, 2002                            By:/s/Renee M.H. Yuen
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                                                Renee M.H. Yuen
                                                Assistant Secretary

Exhibit Index

Exhibit No.       Item

99.1              News release of April 11, 2002

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1


Investor Contact:                                         Media Contact:
(615) 855-5525                                            (615) 855-5209


DOLLAR GENERAL REPORTS INCREASED MARCH SALES

GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. - April 11, 2002 - Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG)
today reported total retail sales for the five-week period ended April 5, 2002,
equaled $533.7 million compared with $461.3 million last year, an increase of
15.7 percent. Same-store sales for the March period increased 6.9 percent
compared with a 6.5 percent increase in the March period of 2001. The estimated
average customer purchase in March was $8.38, an increase of 1.9%. Customer
transactions in same-stores are estimated to have increased 5%.

March Sales by Major Category (Unaudited):

                                  2002                2001          Same-Store
                              Percent of Sales    Percent of Sales  Sales Change
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      Highly Consumable             61%                  61%           +9%
      Home Products                 14%                  15%           -3%
      Basic Clothing                10%                  10%           +5%
      Hardware and Seasonal         15%                  13%           +26%

April Sales Outlook:
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For the four-week period ending May 3, 2002, the Company expects total sales to
increase 13-15 percent. Same-store sales are expected to increase 4-6 percent
compared with a same-store sales increase of 9.2 percent in the April period
last year. April sales results will be released on Thursday, May 9, 2002.

Weekly sales trends are announced on Mondays after the market closes and can be
attained online at www.dollargeneral.com or by calling (615) 855-5529.

This press release contains historical and forward-looking information. The
words "believe," "anticipate," "project," "plan," "expect," "estimate,"
"objective," "forecast," "goal," "intend," "will likely result," or " will
continue" and similar expressions identify forward looking statements. The
forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company believes the
assumptions underlying these forward-looking statements are reasonable; however,
any of the assumptions could be inaccurate, and therefore, actual results may
differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. The
factors that may result in actual results differing from such forward-looking
information include, but are not limited to: the Company's ability to maintain
adequate liquidity through its cash resources and credit facilities, including
its ability to refinance or replace such facilities on favorable terms at the
maturity thereof; the Company's ability to comply with the terms of the
Company's credit facilities (or obtain waivers for non-compliance); general
transportation and distribution delays or interruptions; inventory risks due to
shifts in market demand; changes in product mix; interruptions in suppliers'
businesses; fuel price and interest rate fluctuations; a deterioration in
general economic conditions caused by acts of war or terrorism; temporary
changes in demand due to weather patterns; delays associated with building,
opening and operating new stores; the results of the Company's restatement and
audit process; and the impact of the litigation and regulatory proceedings
related to the restatement of the Company's financial statements, including the
funding of the settlement of such litigation and the risk that the conditions to
the effectiveness of such settlements, including the results of the plaintiffs'
confirmatory discovery and the approval by the courts, may not be realized.

Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking
statements, which speak only as of the date of this release. The Company
undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking
statements contained herein to reflect events or circumstances occurring after
the date of this release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

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