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Family Dollar Stores, Inc. is an American variety store chain. With over 8,000 locations in all states except Alaska and Hawaii, it was the second largest retailer of its type in the United States until it was acquired by Dollar Tree in 2015 when its headquarters operations were moved from Matthews, a suburb of Charlotte, North Carolina, to Chesapeake, Virginia, located in South Hampton Roads.
Around this time, Levine went solo, buying out his partner's interest in the company. By the end of 1979 Family Dollar had 380 stores in eight states. In 1974, Family Dollar moved its administrative and warehouse space to a newly built facility in Matthews, North Carolina. In 1970, Levine decided to put Family Dollar public on the stock exchange.
In 2012, Dollar Tree opened another 345 new stores and exceeded $7 billion in sales. On July 28, 2014, Dollar Tree announced that it was offering $9.2 billion for the purchase of competitor chain store Family Dollar. On August 18, 2014, Dollar General lodged a competing bid of $9.7 billion for Family Dollar. [21]
As Family Dollar struggled, rival Dollar General boomed. Dollar General has opened about 1,000 stores a year, making it the fastest-growing retailer in the United States. The company has around ...
Dollar Tree said Wednesday it will explore a sale or spinoff of Family Dollar, less than a decade after acquiring the chain in what has turned out to be a disastrous merger. Family Dollar is up ...
On March 13, parent company, Dollar Tree, announced in a press release it plans to shutter nearly 1,000 Family Dollar stores after seeing declining sales in 2023.
On August 18, 2014, Dollar General lodged a competing bid of $9.7 billion against Dollar Tree for Family Dollar. The bid was rejected on August 20, 2014, by the Family Dollar board, which said it would proceed with the deal with Dollar Tree. [35] On June 3, 2015, Chief Operating Officer Todd Vasos replaced Rick Dreiling as chief executive.
Nearly every day, Latrina Begley, 37, of Nashville, or one of her six children, shopped at the Family Dollar down the hill from their home, using federal food benefits to buy Hot Pockets or frozen ...