It will be the company’s second location in Fort Dodge when it opens early next year. However, it will offer more groceries than the Dollar General store at 1810 First Ave. S.

According to an announcement from the company, DG Market stores offer fresh meat, produce, refrigerated and frozen food and dairy products. The produce offerings at a DG Market include what the company describes as the top 20 items typically sold in grocery stores, which include lettuce, tomatoes, onions, apples, bananas, strawberries, potatoes, sweet potatoes, lemons, limes, and salad mixes. The stores offer general merchandise as well.

Getting a grocery store in the city’s Northwest River District has been a goal of neighborhood residents and city planners for several years.

The store at 1149 Third Avenue Northwest will measure 10,620 square feet.

It will employ 10 to 15 people.

Dollar General may also have a third store in Fort Dodge in the future. Vickie Reeck, the city’s community and economic development manager, said the company expects to close on the purchase of some property on North 15th Street in March.

Dollar General, based in Goodlettsville, Tennessee, has had a store in Fort Dodge since 1993. It was once located at 2736 First Ave. S., north of Aldi’s. In 2018, the current store on First Avenue South opened.