Exhibit (a)(1)(iii)

NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY

To Tender Shares of Common Stock

(Including the Associated Preferred Share Purchase Rights)

of

FAMILY DOLLAR STORES, INC.

Pursuant to the Offer to Purchase

dated September 10, 2014 of

D3 MERGER SUB, INC.

a wholly owned subsidiary of

DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION

This form, or a substantially equivalent form, must be used to accept the Offer (as defined below) if the certificates for shares of common stock, par value $0.10 per share, and the associated preferred share purchase rights, of Family Dollar Stores, Inc. and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal cannot be delivered to the Depositary by the expiration of the Offer. Such form may be delivered or transmitted by telegram, facsimile transmission or mail to the Depositary. See Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase.

The Depositary for the Offer is:

By Registered or Certified Mail, Hand or Overnight Courier:

Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company

17 Battery Place, 8^th Floor

New York, NY 10004

Attention: Corporate Actions Department

By Facsimile Transmission:

(for Eligible Institutions only)

(212) 616-7616

Confirm Facsimile Transmission

By Telephone Only

(917) 262-2378

DELIVERY OF THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY TO AN ADDRESS OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE, OR TRANSMISSION OF INSTRUCTIONS VIA A FACSIMILE NUMBER OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE, WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY.

This Notice of Guaranteed Delivery is not to be used to guarantee signatures. If a signature on a Letter of Transmittal is required to be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution under the instructions thereto, such signature guarantee must appear in the applicable space provided in the signature box on the Letter of Transmittal.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned hereby tenders to D3 Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Dollar General Corporation, a Tennessee corporation, upon the terms and conditions set forth in the offer to purchase, dated September 10, 2014 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Offer to Purchase”) and the related letter of transmittal (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Letter of Transmittal”), which Offer to Purchase and Letter of Transmittal collectively constitute the “Offer”, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the number of shares indicated below of common stock, par value $0.10 per share (together with the associated preferred share purchase rights, the “Shares”), of Family Dollar Stores, Inc., a Delaware corporation, pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedure set forth in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase.

Number of Shares Tendered

Certificate Numbers (if available)

If delivery will be by book-entry transfer:

Name of Tendering Institution

Account Number

SIGN HERE

(Signature(s))

(Name(s)) (Please Print)

(Addresses)

(Zip Code)

(Area Code and Telephone Number)

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GUARANTEE (Not to be used for signature guarantee)

The undersigned, a firm which is a bank, broker, dealer, credit union, savings association or other entity which is a member in good standing of a recognized Medallion Program approved by the Securities Transfer Association Inc., including the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program (STAMP), the Stock Exchange Medallion Program (SEMP) and the New York Stock Exchange Medallion Signature Program (MSP) or any other “eligible guarantor institution” (as such term is defined in Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), guarantees (i) that the above named person(s) “own(s)” the Shares tendered hereby within the meaning of Rule 14e-4 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (ii) that such tender of Shares complies with Rule 14e-4 and (iii) to deliver to the Depositary the Shares tendered hereby, together with a properly completed and duly executed Letter(s) of Transmittal (or facsimile(s) thereof) and certificates for the Shares to be tendered or an Agent’s Message (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) in the case of a book-entry delivery, and any other required documents, all within three New York Stock Exchange trading days of the date hereof.

(Name of Firm)

(Address)

(Zip Code)

(Authorized Signature)

(Name)

(Area Code and Telephone Number)

Dated:            , 2014.

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