NEW YORK (Standard&Poor's) June 12, 2007--Standard&Poor's Rating Services said today it lowered its ratings on Goodlettsville, Tenn.-based Dollar General Corp., including the corporate credit rating to 'B' from 'BB+'. The ratings were removed from CreditWatch. The outlook is negative. At the same time, Standard&Poor's assigned a 'B+' rating to the company's planned $2.43 billion term loan B due 2014. This rating and the '2' recovery rating indicate Standard&Poor's expectation for a substantial (70%-90%) recovery in the event of payment default. (For the complete recovery analysis, see our research report on Dollar General's senior secured debt, to be published on RatingsDirect immediately following the release of this report). Standard&Poor's also assigned