Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First

Local store closes three days for needed redesign

Stock up soon, and get everything on your list. Kimball’s Dollar General Store will be closed from 9 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 4 through Thursday, Feb. 8, at 8 a.m., and this week there will be no truck delivering goods to the store.

In those three days the store will be redesigned to more closely follow a planned layout meant to make finding items easier for consumers and stocking items easier for staff.

All the shelving will be moved, according to manager Nancy Durheim, the coolers will be placed against the south wall and registers will be placed where the coolers currently sit.

“It will...