Family Dollar to Present at the Morgan Stanley Global Consumer & Retail Conference

Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE: FDO) announced today that the Company will make a presentation to the investment community at Morgan Stanley’s Global Consumer & Retail Conference in New York City on Friday, November 20, 2009.

A webcast of this presentation can be accessed live at approximately 10:20 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 December 4, 2009.

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 6,600 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.