Dollar General Falls After Naming CEO
A Dollar General store in Germantown, New York.
Photographer: Angus Mordant/BloombergDollar General Corp. named JJ Fleeman as its next chief executive officer, replacing Todd Vasos, who led the discount chain out of a rough period to an era of consistent growth.
Fleeman, 52, will assume the role in January after decades of experience in the grocery category. He’s leaving Ahold Delhaize, where he oversaw a US division that operated chains such as Giant and Stop & Shop.