• Food
  • Travel
  • Living in NC
  • History
  • Store
subscribe
  • 2020 Made in NC Awards
  • Video
  • Podcasts
  • Newsletters
  • Our State Trips
  • Community Partners Program
  • Our State Store
  • Promotions
Skip to content
  • Food
  • Travel
  • Living in NC
  • History
  • Store
subscribe

people

family dollar
History

The History of Family Dollar Stores

Leon Levine built Family Dollar Stores from a basement bargain shop in Charlotte to a Fortune 500 company with thousands of stores across the nation. Now the man who created an empire is giving it away.

by Jeremy Markovich

Subscribe
Our State Travel Club

Get our most popular weekly newsletter: We Live Here

SEE ALL OUR NEWSLETTERS >

subscribe
FOLLOW US
  • Video
  • Podcasts
  • Newsletters
  • Magazine Finder
  • The History of Our State
  • Contact Us
  • Employment
  • Privacy Policy
  • Advertise With Us
  • Ad Materials
  • Submit an Event
  • Letter to the Editor
  • Speaker Request
  • General Comment
  • Contributor Guidelines
  • 2020 Made in NC Awards
  • Our State Trips
  • Our State Store
  • Promotions
  • Our State on UNC-TV
  • Our State Archives
    • Community Partners
  • Sponsored

© Our State Magazine 2021, All rights reserved. | Website by Web Publisher PRO