Family Dollar Coverage

Prices going up at the dollar store

No longer is everything a dollar at the dollar store. Inflation is hitting even here.

Voluntary recall out for ground cinnamon sold at Dollar Tree, Family Dollar, other stores

The FDA found several types of ground cinnamon with lead levels that were elevated.

Pritchard Strong, WRAL consumer producer

Lawsuit accuses Family Dollar of knowingly selling adulterated drugs

Family Dollar is accused of selling unsafe drugs to its customers and knowing they were doing it.

Pritchard Strong, WRAL consumer producer

Family Dollar manager shot, killed in store robbery

Alexander Thomas was shot and killed over Memorial Day weekend at a Goldsboro Family Dollar store.

Air Force veteran killed during robbery in Goldsboro on Memorial Day weekend

Alexander Thomas was killed during a robbery at the Family Dollar on Wayne Memorial Drive in Goldsboro. Thomas, 46, was a manager at the store.

Family Dollar voluntarily recalling Advil tablets, liquid gels due to improper storage

Family Dollar is voluntarily recalling an over-the-counter drug that was stored outside of labeled temperature requirements.

Family Dollar founder, philanthropist Leon Levine dies at 85

Leon Levine, who built Family Dollar into a discount retail giant catering to America's lower-income and middle-class shoppers, has died at 85.

Founder of Family Dollar and NC philanthropist dies at 85

Leon Levine, the founder of Family Dollar and a key supporter of medical efforts in the Carolinas, died Wednesday. He was 85.

WCNC Charlotte

Family Dollar recalls long list of over-the-counter products due to storage issues

Family Dollar has recalled a long list of over-the-counter products from multiple name brands because they were not stored at the required temperature.

Family Dollar clerk fights back when customer tries to stab her

A Family Dollar clerk held her own Thursday against a customer who pushed through plexiglass at her checkout counter and tried to stab her.

Caught on camera: Clerk, customer exchange blows in Family Dollar

Surveillance video shows a man pay push the plexiglas barrier and stab at the clerk

Rodent infestation at Family Dollar warehouse leads to hundreds of closures

The value-store chain Family Dollar said Saturday that it had temporarily closed more than 400 stores after the discovery of a rodent infestation and other unsanitary conditions at a distribution center in Arkansas touched off a far-reaching recall of food, dietary supplements, cosmetics and other products.

Vimal Patel, New York Times

Family Dollar employee shoots man trying to rob his store

A man trying to rob a Family Dollar in Winston-Salem was stopped by one of the store's employees.

WXII Web Staff

Raleigh Family Dollar stores fined after registers ring up wrong price

Two Family Dollar stores in Raleigh are among 10 statewide to be fined recently for what the state Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services' Standards Division calls "excessive price-scanner errors."

Hoke County man injured in clash with Family Dollar employee

A Hoke County man is recovering after he says a Family Dollar employee slashed him across the neck with a sharp object.

Gilbert Baez, WRAL Fayetteville reporter

Dollar Tree and Family Dollar requiring face masks again

Both are now requiring customers to wear masks to comply with CDC guidelines. The dollar stores issued a mask requirement in early July, but then rolled it back just two weeks later.

Store clerk shot during armed robbery at Wayne County Family Dollar

The Wayne County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a store clerk was shot during an armed robbery on Friday.

Dollar store wars: Who has the best deals?

A super shopper found out which dollar stores had he best deals on name-brand products.

Dollar store wars: Who has the best deals?

Shoppers these days are abandoning expensive stores at the mall, evidenced by the thousands of store locations closing in the past year.Many are turning to dollar stores, but which provides the best bang for your buck?

John Matarese, Don't Waste Your Money consumer reporter

Police want to see what other photos are on accused peeper's phone

A registered sex offender faces charges of trying to take photographs up the skirt of a woman at a Wendell store, police said.

Sex offender charged with peeping up 66-year-old woman's skirt in Wendell store

A registered sex offender faces charges of trying to take photographs up the skirt of a woman at a Wendell store, police said.

Amanda Lamb, WRAL reporter

Family Dollar will close nearly 400 stores

Family Dollar will close 390 stores this year and make big changes to the stores it is keeping open as the discount chain seeks a turnaround.

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business