Dollar General to open former Rite Aid site in Franklin County

A former Rite Aid in Chambersburg was set to turn into a Dollar General within the next month, and that means a small but real hiring window for Franklin County workers. The store was expected to bring on six to 10 employees, the kind of opening that usually starts with stocking, register coverage, inventory counts and the long setup work that happens before the first customer walks in.

For Dollar General workers looking for extra hours or a transfer, that opening matters because new stores rarely run themselves on day one. The first jobs usually go to people who can help unload freight, fill shelves, work the register, recover aisles and handle opening procedures. Dollar General says its retail jobs build skills in stocking shelves, managing inventory and serving customers, and the company says it uses award-winning training and a promote-from-within culture.

That internal pipeline is part of why openings like this get watched closely inside the company. Dollar General says store managers often started as part-time associates, which makes a new store one of the few moments when a cashier or stocker can see a faster path to more responsibility. For local applicants, it is worth checking postings early and often, because the first wave of hires can fill the most flexible shifts, the heavier merchandising work and the positions that help shape the store’s routine before it settles into a regular schedule.

The Franklin County opening also fits Dollar General’s broader pace of growth. As of Jan. 30, 2026, the company reported 20,893 Dollar General, DG Market, DGX and pOpshelf stores in the United States and Mi Súper Dollar General stores in Mexico. In fiscal 2025, it said it opened 589 stores, relocated 47 and remodeled more than 4,254, showing how often local hiring and training windows open up alongside construction and conversions.

This one also reflects a familiar pattern in Franklin County. A Rite Aid in the county was reported closing in August 2023, Rite Aid later closed its remaining stores there, and new businesses including a Wawa opened in 2025. Dollar General also opened a store in Fannettsburg in January 2026. In a rural and suburban county where one vacant box often turns quickly into another operating store, the jobs created by that transition are usually the first thing workers feel, and the first thing to move.