Inside the companies, higher costs for. Verkkonew york cnn — dollar tree said wednesday it will explore a sale or spinoff of family dollar, less than a decade after acquiring the chain in what has. Verkkothe family dollar deal, struck at an enterprise value of $9. 2bn after a fierce bidding war with dollar general, has instead left the retailer exposed to. In 2021, half of the new stores opened in the u. s. Verkkodollar general and dollar tree are some of the most common discount stores in the us. Verkkoin pursuing family dollar, dollar tree saw an opportunity to create a dollar store juggernaut with unmatched scale and reach. Verkkodollar stores are multiplying rapidly. Since 2011, two dominant chains — dollar general and dollar tree, which acquired family dollar in 2015 — have. Verkkothe discount chains family dollar and dollar general now have nearly forty stores in st. Louis and its immediate suburbs, about fifteen of them in. Verkkonearly a decade ago, dollar tree beat out rival dollar general to absorb family dollar for $8. 5 billion. Now, after months of rocky returns, the chain.