According to the Statement of Cashflows in this period, they are purchasing more property and equipment than they are selling.
When the investing activities section of the Cashflow statement is in negatives, it means that more cash was spent on investing activities than was brought in.
Property and equipment fall under investing activities and as Dollar General has a negative investing activities balance, it means that they bought more property and equipment than they sold.
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