EXHIBIT 23
                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration  Statements and
related  Prospectuses of Dollar General  Corporation  listed below of our report
dated January 11, 2002 with respect to the consolidated  financial statements of
Dollar General  Corporation  included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended February 2, 2001:

Form S-4,  Registration No. 333-42704  pertaining to the offer to exchange up to
$200,000,000  of 8 5/8%  Exchange  Notes  due  June  15,  2010  for  any and all
outstanding 8 5/8% Notes due June 15, 2010.

Form S-3,  Registration No.  333-56810  pertaining to the issuance by the Turner
Children Trust of 12,556,014 shares of common stock.

Form S-3,  Registration  No.  333-80655  pertaining to the Dollar General Direct
Stock Purchase Plan.

Form S-3,  Registration  No.  333-50451  pertaining to the issuance of 7,500,000
shares of common  stock which may be  distributed  to holders of the  Structured
Yield Product  Exchangeable  for Stock  ("STRYPES")  of and issued by the Dollar
General STRYPES Trust.

Form S-8,  Registration No. 333-93309  pertaining to the Supplemental  Executive
Retirement Plan and the Compensation Deferral Plan.

Form S-8,   Registration  No.  333-65789   pertaining   to  the  Dollar  General
Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan.

Form S-8,  Registration  No.  333-09448  pertaining to the 1998 Stock  Incentive
Plan.

Form S-8,  Registration  No.  333-00141  pertaining to the 1995  Employee  Stock
Incentive Plan and the 1995 Stock Option Plan for Outside Directors.


                                                           /s/ Ernst & Young LLP
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                                                           Ernst & Young LLP


Nashville, Tennessee
January 11, 2002