Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE:FDO) announced today that the Company will make a presentation to the investment community at the 2010 Deutsche Bank Small and Mid Cap Conference in Naples, Florida, on February 10, 2010.

A webcast of this presentation can be accessed live at approximately 11:20 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 February 24, 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