over 8,000 family dollar stores are there in the us.
over 8,000 family dollar stores are there in the us.
how many family dollar stores are there in the us?
over 8,000
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family dollar is an american variety store chain. with over 8,000 locations in all states except alaska, hawaii, oregon and washington, it is the second largest retailer of its type in the united states. family dollar was headquartered in matthews, a suburb of charlotte, north carolina, until it was acquired by dollar tree and headquarters operations were moved to chesapeake, virginia. 









































in june 2014, activist investor and major shareholder carl icahn demanded that family dollar be immediately put up for sale.
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on january 22, 2015, family dollar shareholders approved the dollar tree bid.









































several stores were required to be sold as a condition of the sale. sycamore partners acquired the stores in 2014 under the corporate name dollar express. the stores continued to operate under the family dollar name. in 2017, dollar general acquired dollar express and converted the stores.









































as a result of family dollar's sale to dollar tree, some family dollar stores have opened in the same plaza, and at times even next door, to dollar tree locations.
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