Family Dollar Helps Families Capture the Spirit of the Season With Holiday Deals and Discounts

MATTHEWS, N.C., Nov. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Family Dollar, one of the fastest-growing discount retail chains in the country, has customers covered with their one-stop shop for all gifting and holiday entertaining must-haves. Family Dollar captures the 2011 holiday season with fun, yet functional gifts, entertaining solutions and hot deals for any family.

With Thanksgiving days away, Family Dollar has terrific discounts and savings to make this year's celebration as plentiful as possible.  Stores across the country will be offering great values on home decor, holiday meal solutions, and party supplies that will help everyone, no matter what the budget, enjoy a festive and affordable holiday. Starting Thanksgiving Day, shoppers can buy one, get one sixty percent off on all holiday decor and toys. These sizzling discounts will continue Friday and Saturday, November 25th-26th on all family sleepwear and winter apparel including an assortment of gloves, hats, and scarf sets to keep the family warm this winter. Extended store hours during the holiday will give customers more time to shop, with Family Dollar opening its doors from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Wednesday, November 23 and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day.

Family Dollar also offers a variety of popular toys and value-priced gifts to make the holidays special, yet affordable for every family. In addition to the retailer's huge annual $5 toys and gifts promotion, this year Family Dollar is offering a ten percent discount off every $100 spent on toys. For more great savings, www.familydollar.com is featuring a variety of easy meal solutions and coupons for over $15 in savings on kitchen appliances and baking supplies.

"With our focus on value and a full assortment of name brands and quality private brands, customers should kickoff their holiday shopping at Family Dollar," said Howard Levine, Chairman and CEO of Family Dollar. "Being a compelling place to shop means that our customers will find what they need at great prices before having to brave the crowds at other retailers this holiday season."   

Family Dollar's $5 Toys and Gifts will be available in all 7,000 stores in 45 states across the country, and featured in the retailer's Christmas Toy Book to be distributed nationally starting this November. For more information on Family Dollar's Holiday offerings please visit www.familydollar.com or check us out on Facebook at www.facebook.com/familydollar or Twitter at @myfamilydollar.

About Family Dollar

For more than 50 years, Family Dollar has been providing value and convenience to customers in easy-to-shop neighborhood locations. Family Dollar's mix of name brands, and quality, private brand merchandise, appeals to shoppers in more than 7,000 stores in rural and urban settings across 45 states.  Helping families save on the items they need with everyday low prices creates a strong bond with customers who refer to their neighborhood store as "my Family Dollar." Headquartered in Matthews, North Carolina, just outside of Charlotte, Family Dollar is a Fortune 300, 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.

Contact: Joshua Braverman
Family Dollar
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MSL Group
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