Family Dollar Stores to Host Investors Meeting06:15 EDT Wednesday, September 29, 2010 MATTHEWS, N.C. (Business Wire) -- Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE: FDO), announced today that the Company will hold a meeting with the investment community in New York City on October 6, 2010. The Company expects to discuss various business initiatives and expectations for fiscal 2011. A webcast of this presentation can be accessed live at approximately 1:30 p.m. ET through the Company's website at www.familydollar.com/investors.aspx?p=irhome. A replay of the webcast will be available at the same address noted above on October 7, 2010. About Family Dollar Stores, Inc. Beginning with one store in 1959 in Charlotte, North Carolina, the Company currently operates more than 6,800 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.