Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE: FDO) announced today that the Company will make a presentation to the investment community at Cowen & Company''s Eighth Annual Consumer Conference in New York City on January 12, 2010.

A webcast of this presentation can be accessed live at approximately 3:00 p.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 January 26, 2010.

About Family Dollar

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.

Contacts:

Family Dollar Stores, Inc.
INVESTOR CONTACT:
Kiley F. Rawlins, CFA
704-849-7496
krawlins@familydollar.com
or
MEDIA CONTACT:
Josh Braverman, 704-814-3447
jbraverman@familydollar.com