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In today’s difficult economic environment, families need the value and convenience
Family Dollar provides. To serve our customers’ needs better, we are enhancing our
selection of food. Coolers will be installed in more stores, and we plan to expand our
space for food in 2,500 additional stores. We also continue to enhance our merchandise
selection in other categories. With the on-going development of our Treasure Hunt
initiative, we will provide more of the special extras for the family and home that make
Family Dollar such a fun place to shop.
We are also making significant investments to improve the shopping experience for
our customers. Our Concept Renewal initiative involves improving new and existing
stores with more intuitive layouts, better adjacencies and new color-coded signage. Stores
will be easier to navigate for our customers and easier to operate for our Associates. Our
Store of the Future initiative, which is planned to grow by 1,500 stores this year,
will enable Family Dollar to accept Electronic Benefit Transfer payments, including food
stamps, giving customers even more options at the checkout line. Store of the Future
technology will also provide our store managers with better analytics and workflow
management. The essential benefit of these improvements to the customer is that
checkout for our busy Mom will be faster and more convenient than ever.
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