Jeffery Owen: Rupesh, you’re right. We are very excited about what we’re seeing on our DG Media Network. And quite frankly, our digital acceleration in general. One of the things that we’ve learned over the last couple of years when we started this journey was how digitally savvy our customer is and how much it helps her to be more connected and more loyal to Dollar General and it shows up in her ability to spend with us. Certainly, as you think about the network and you think about what we’re able to bring to the market, we’re able to bring access to a segment of the population that’s really difficult to connect with. And when you think about the rural population, 30% of the United States population, that’s meaningful. And that’s why our brand partners and our CPG partners are very excited to partner with DG, and we’re excited about where the media network will go over time.
In terms of kind of how we handle the dollars that we’re receiving from that, obviously, one of the things that’s great about this company is our ability to grow our operating profit and reinvest in the business. And this is one of the ways it allows us to do that. And so that’s why we’re all very excited about the strategic foundation we’ve built here, the muscle we’ve built. And we’re excited about some of the initiatives that we’re going to bring to the forefront as we look forward, especially in ’23 and beyond.
Operator: Our next question comes from Karen Short with Credit Suisse.
Karen Short: And John, sad to see you go. It’s been great working with you. I just wanted to go back to the overall algorithm for DG. Obviously, there’s noise in ’23, and we all appreciate that. But can you just maybe give a little bit of an update on what you think the long-term algorithm should be as we get beyond ’23? And then I wanted to just clarify on the wage investment and/or wage. Can you just let us know what your average hourly wage rate is? And how you think about that as opposed to investing more in dollars, and I realize you need to invest in hours, but dollars?
Jeffery Owen: Yes, it’s Karen. I’ll take the first part of that question, and then John, I’ll kick it to you for the algorithm question. But Karen, we don’t disclose our average hourly rate. But what I can tell you is, as I said earlier, is we have and we continue to pay very competitive wages. And I think the one nuance to Dollar General that I frankly believe is underappreciated is the ability to come into this company as a part-time sales associate and grow into a career. And you can do it faster than you can in any other retailer because we’re committed to internal development, and we have the opportunity to provide you with growth opportunities because of our dynamic growth. So I think those two things are the reason why we feel great about our staffing levels, our ability to attract and our ability to retain our talent.
And so that’s why we’re investing in hours. And right now, we’re very pleased to see that wage grow 23% over the last 3 years. So we’re in a great position, and that’s why we’re able to put this investment more towards the hours in the store rather than having to catch up on wages. And John?
