New Dollar Tree store to open Thursday next to Walmart
The Chesapeake, Virginia-based Dollar Tree began work on the new store – which will be Clinton’s second – in February.
Clinton issued a building permit for the stand-alone facility at the west end of the Tanner Place shopping center in January, with plans calling for 9,998 square feet of floor space and construction costs of $939,506.
The builder for the project is Summit General Contractors of Knoxville.
Contrary to rumors, Dollar Tree has no plans to close its current Clinton store in Centre Plaza, 1115 N. Charles G. Seivers Blvd., after the new store opens, company spokeswoman Kayleigh Painter said.
Dollar Tree Corp., which also owns the Family Dollar store chain, decided to make the new store a Dollar Tree only, and not one of its new combination Dollar Tree-Family Dollar stores that it has been building recently, Painter said earlier. At least 50 of the combination stores have already been opened across the country.
The company declined to say why it did not choose Clinton for one of the combo stores. There is no Family Dollar store in Clinton now; the nearest one is in Rocky Top.
The new store will continue Dollar Tree’s core mission to “provide great value and a broad assortment of merchandise priced at $1,” Painter said.
The store will feature “seasonal décor, household products, Hallmark greeting cards, balloons and party supplies, dinnerware, food, teaching and school necessities, health and beauty essentials, toys, books and much more,” the company said.
Clinton’s new store “will also offer Dollar Tree’s expanded Crafter’s Square section, which includes wood crafts and picture frames, art paper, staple-backed canvases, acrylic paints and brushes, glitter, colored pencils and crayons, markers, jewels and beads, make-your-own wreath supplies, ribbons and yarn, scrapbooking stickers, portable sewing kits, and containers for easy storage solutions, all priced at $1,” Painter noted in an email.
“Additionally, the store will include Dollar Tree’s Snack Zone, an expanded selection of beverages, candy, snacks and nostalgic favorites.”
The company said Dollar Tree stores of this size “typically employs 12 to 20 associates,” and the store has been hiring for more than a month. People may apply for jobs online at DollarTree.com/careers or in person at the store, the company said.
Dollar Tree’s current store is about three miles from the new store, but the new location is adjacent to Interstate 75, Exit 122, which makes it more accessible to shoppers east of I-75, including those living in Norris and Andersonville.
There are no other dollar stores in the I-75, Exit 122 area, but there are two Dollar General stores nearby – one next to Big Lots on Charles G. Seivers Boulevard and another on Andersonville Highway in Norris. Dollar General and Dollar Tree/Family Dollar are rivals, and are the two national leaders in the dollar-store segment.
Dollar General has two other Clinton stores, plus another on Lake City Highway.
As of May, the Dollar Tree chain had more than 15,772 stores in the 48 contiguous United States and five Canadian provinces under the Dollar Tree and Family Dollar brands.
Dollar Tree Corp. bought the Charlotte, North Carolina-based Family Dollar store chain in July 2015.