About 600 Family Dollar stores are slated to close this year.
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Hundreds of underperforming Family Dollar stores will close this year, but it is not known which, if any, Houston stores will be shut.
The chain’s parent, Chesapeake, Va.-based Dollar Tree Inc., said last month it will close about 600 Family Dollar stores through June. The company also will close an additional 370 Family Dollar and 30 Dollar Tree stores when their current leases end in the next several years, the company said in a March announcement.
The retail discount company had 8,359 Family Dollar stores and 8,415 Dollar Tree stores in the US and Canada as of Feb. 3. It employed more than 211,800 store, distribution center and store support associates, including more than 77,000 Family Dollar employees, company filings show.
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The company has not said if any Houston-area stores would close, and it did not immediately respond to a request for comment Monday.
“Family Dollar and Dollar Tree stores are important to thousands of communities across this country,” Kate Kirkpatrick, vice president of communications, said in a March 13 statement. “We owe it to those we serve to position all of (our) stores for success and meet the expectations of our valued customers and associates.”
