Family Dollar Stores, Inc. to Broadcast 2009 Analyst and Institutional Investor Conference via Live Webcast

• Press Release
• Source: Family Dollar Stores, Inc.
• On 11:32 am EDT, Tuesday October 27, 2009

MATTHEWS, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE:FDO - News), 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.

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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