Dollar General's new Farmer City location will hold their grand opening Saturday.

The new location is at 700 East Clinton Avenue and their doors will open at 8 am. Angela Petkovic (pet-co-vich), Public Relations Coordinator, says they are doing giveaways and the first 200 customers will receive a Dollar General tote bag with complimentary product samples.

Petkovic says the Farmer City location will receive a fresh layout. She feels it will make the shopping experience much easier for Farmer City customers.

What will make the new Farmer City Dollar General appealing is the fact they will offer home goods and decor items. Petkovic says they will also have an expanded party supply section. 

All of the Farmer City employees will transfer to the new location. The new store will be a Dollar General Plus which Petkovic says means expanded square footage, roughly 8,500-square-feet. Plus expanded cooler doors and freezer space. 

Additionally, Dollar General currently offers produce in approximately 450 stores and announced plans to add it to 200 more stores in FY 2019. They do not currently have plans to add produce to the new Farmer City location. 

In 2018, it was announced the non-consumable initiative aimed at providing a new and limited assortment of home, domestics, housewares, party and occasion merchandise. By the end of the first quarter this year, NCI was available in approximately 1,100 stores with plans to include approximately 2,400 total stores by the end of FY 2019. 

Petkovic says there are no plans to relocate any other locations in DeWitt County.