Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE: FDO) announced today that the Company
will make a presentation to the investment community at the Wachovia
Consumer Growth Conference in New York, NY on Wednesday, October 15,
2008.
A webcast of this presentation can be accessed live at approximately
11:45 a.m. ET through the Company’s website at www.familydollar.com
in the “Investors”
section under “Presentations & Webcasts.”
A replay of the webcast will be available through October 22, 2008.
About Family Dollar
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 6,400 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, 704-849-7496
krawlins@familydollar.com
or
Josh
Braverman, 704-814-3447
jbraverman@familydollar.com
