Dollar Generalreason 03 of 4it can hold its price and keep the customerderived 2026-09-15accession 0001104659-26-101932
Six consecutive quarters of non-consumables outpacing consumables indicates DG is successfully shifting mix toward higher-margin categories, which should compound margin improvement beyond pure cost discipline
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It held on this filing. No finding was written because nothing in it bore on the reason — the sentences it was read against are below.
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the claims it rests on
“Non-consumables have outpaced consumables in same-store sales growth for the last six consecutive quarters”
“Sales in our consumables category, which tend to have lower gross margins, have been key drivers of net sales and customer traffic, while sales in our non-consumables categories, which tend to have higher gross margins, have been key drivers of more profitable sales growth”
“Same-store sales increased in the consumables, seasonal, home products, and apparel categories”
“For the 2026 period, net sales increased 5.2% to $11.29 billion with same-store sales increase of 3.5%”
what it was checked against
six-quarter non-consumables outperformance
“Our sales mix remains heavily weighted towards consumables, although non-consumables have outpaced consumables in same-store sales growth for the last six consecutive quarters.”