Family Dollar shareholders vote for Dollar Tree

January 22, 2015 by Chain Drug Review Bob Sasser, Dollar General, dollar store chains, Dollar Tree, Family Dollar Stores, Howard Levine, Rick Dreiling Retail News

MATTHEWS, N.C. — Signaling an end to an acquisition squabble between dollar store chains, shareholders of Family Dollar Stores Inc. have voted in favor of the company’s previously announced merger deal with Dollar Tree Inc. Family Dollar said that in the Thursday morning special meeting of stockholders, 74% of the total outstanding shares and 89%