dollar tree
Based: Chesapeake, Va.
Sales: $5.9 billion
Stores: 4,335
Minnesota stores: 68
Going up: Opened 882 stores from 2006 to 2010.
family dollar
Based: Matthews, N.C.
Sales: $8 billion
Stores: More than 7,100
Dollar Tree
January 22, 2012 at 1:39AM
Minnesota stores: 69
Going up: Plans to add 450 to 500 stores nationwide this year.
dollar general
Based: Goodlettsville, Tenn.
Sales: $13 billion
Stores: More than 9,800
Minnesota stores: 16
Going up: Plans to add 625 stores nationwide this year.
about the writer
The U.S. stock market roared back on Friday, as technology stocks recovered much of their losses from earlier in the week and bitcoin halted its plunge, at least for now.
![Attendees of Frostbike made their way through the convention Saturday at the Quality Bike Products campus in Minneapolis. ] (AARON LAVINSKY/STAR TRIBUNE) aaron.lavinsky@startribune.com Frostbike 2016 was held at the Quality Bike Products Campus on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016 in Bloomington, Minn.](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/NH2BSHB74ND2V6GF2G2HI5X4MM.jpg?&w=252&ar=3:2&fit=crop)
