MATTHEWS, N.C.--(Business Wire)--
Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE:FDO), a discount store chain operating more
than 6,600 stores in 44 states, will host a meeting in Charlotte, North
Carolina, for analysts and investors on Tuesday, November 3, 2009. Members of
the Company`s senior management team will discuss the Company's business and
growth plans. The webcast is scheduled to begin at approximately 8:30 a.m. EDT
and will be available live on the Company's website, at
www.familydollar.com/investors.aspx?p=irhome (click on Webcast). A replay of the
webcast will remain available for one month following the event.
About Family Dollar Stores, Inc.
Operating small store locations, Family Dollar is one of the fastest growing
discount retail chains in the United States. Family Dollar offers a core
assortment of name-brand and quality consumable merchandise supplemented by
fashion and seasonal merchandise at everyday low prices.
Beginning with one store in 1959 in Charlotte, North Carolina, the Company
currently operates more than 6,600 stores in 44 states. Family Dollar Stores,
Inc., a Fortune 500 company, is based in Matthews, North Carolina, just outside
of Charlotte and is a publicly held company with common stock traded on the New
York Stock Exchange under the symbol FDO. For more information, please visit
www.familydollar.com.
Family Dollar Stores, Inc.
Kiley F. Rawlins, CFA, Vice President, 704-849-7496
http://www.familydollar.com
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