Trvon Daily Bulletin. Fri- J u b' 1 '■ 1991
tryon Daily Dunean. Mississippi,, and Florida. The
Company expects to have
approximately 450 stores in
operation by the end of its fiscal
Record Earnings
For Family Dollar
Family Dollar Stores, Inc.
(NYSE symbol FDO). a variety
discount store chain serving
customers with 447 stores in ten
southeastern states, has reported
the highest third quarter and
fiscal nine-month sales and
earnings in its history. For the
third quarter ended May 31.1981.
sales were $43,522,947. or
approximately 8% above sales of
$40,279,925 for the third quarter of
the prior fiscal year. Net income
was $2,023,131, or approximately
10% above net income of
$1,837,694 for the comparable
quarter, and net income per
share increased to $.49 from $.45.
For the nine months ended May
31,1981, sales were $132,810,706 or
approximately 7% above sales of
$124,244,120 for the first nine
months of the prior fiscal year.
Nel income was $6,657,486, or
approximately 9% above net
income of $6,130,733 for the
comparable nine-month period,
and net income per share
increased to $1.62 from $1.51.
In announcing these results,
Leon Levine, Chairman of the
Company, stated that the third
quarter was highlighted by the
opening of 16 new stores,
including the first stores in the
state of Kentucky. He attributed
the sales increases to sales
recorded in new stores opened as
part of Family Dollar's
continuing store expansion
program. Sales in existing stores
continued to be virtually flat on a
year-to-year comparable basis.
Al the beginning of the first and
third quarters of the current
fiscal year. Family Dollar was
operating 413 and 426 stores,
respectively, compared to 380
and 396 stores in operation at the
beginning of the first and third
quarters of the prior fiscal year.
Mr Levine commented that
with these third quarter results.
Family Dollar has now reported
24 consecutive quarters of record
sales and earnings on a
comparable basis. He noted that
such a consistent pattern of
growth in earnings, as well as
sales, was particularly satisfying
to the Company as it has been
achieved in a difficult economic
environment for retailers.
Family Dollar Stores, Inc.,
currently operates 447 varietv
discount stores located in North
Carolina, South Carolina
Georgia, Virginia, West Virginia'
Kentucky. Tennessee, Alabama’
year on August 31,1981.
Poison Dangers
By Chris Wise Tiedemann, NCSU
Practically anything that
comes into the house in bottles,
cans and sprays can be poisonous
to a toddler.
And most toddlers will eat
practically anything
That is why parents of young
children must "poison proof"
their homes, say extension
human development specialists
at North Carolina State
University
The rules are familiar, but they
need repeating often, the experts
says. Clean dangerous chemicals
out from under the sink. If you
have a back porch with storage
area, keep bottles and cans only
on very high shelves.
The medicine chest can be a
storehouse of deadly poisons for a
toddler. The child does not mind
the bitter taste of medicines or
cleaning agents. He or she will go
after and swallow anything,
given a chance.
If you can't lock your medicine
chest, put all medicines in a
small container you can lock, the
expert advises.
Never tell a child medicine is
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