Family Dollar, With Berkeley Location, Closing Hundreds Of Stores

Family Dollar, which has a Berkeley location, says it will close as many as 390 stores. Kayleigh Painter, a spokeswoman for the company, confirmed the closures in an email to Patch, but said the company isn’t releasing the full list of stores that “will, or may, close.”

Here are the Family Dollar stores near us:

• 431 Atlantic City Blvd., Berkeley
• 800 Lacey Rd., Forked River

Family Dollar sells bargain goods including household cleaners, foods, health and beauty products, toys and clothes. Most items in the stores can be bought for less than $10. But the retailer has struggled in recent years and was bought by Dollar Tree in 2015. The chain of bargain brands has faced pressure to sell or revamp operations, CNN reported.

About 200 stores will be rebranded, media outlets reported. Dollar Tree operates 15,237 stores across 48 states and five Canadian provinces, the company said in a release. Stores operate under the brands of Dollar Tree, Family Dollar and Dollar TreeCanada.

“We are confident we are taking the appropriate steps to reposition our Family Dollar brand,” Dollar Tree CEO and President Gary Philbin said in a release.

Patch national staffer Dan Hampton contributed to this report.