Dollar Tree wins fight to buy Family Dollar

February 2, 2015 by Mark Baumgartner and Chain Drug Review Dollar General, dollar stores, Dollar Tree, Family Dollar Stores, Howard Levine, Rick Dreiling 2015, Issue 02-02-2015, News

MATTHEWS, N.C. — The battle for Family Dollar Stores Inc. is over, and the winner is the company with the less generous bid. Family Dollar shareholders on January 22 voted to accept a cash-and-stock offer from Dollar Tree Inc. that valued Family Dollar at $8.7 billion at the time it was accepted. The vote put an