Exhibit (a)(1)(iv)

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Offer to Purchase for Cash All Outstanding Shares of Common Stock (Including the Associated Preferred Share Purchase Rights) of

FAMILY DOLLAR STORES, INC.

at

$80.00 Net Per Share

by

D3 MERGER SUB, INC.

a wholly owned subsidiary of

DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION

September 10, 2014

To Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees:

We have been engaged by Dollar General Corporation on behalf of D3 Merger Sub, Inc. (the “Purchaser”), a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Dollar General Corporation, a Tennessee corporation (“Dollar General”), to act as Dealer Manager in connection with its offer to purchase all outstanding shares 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 (“Family Dollar”), at a price of $80.00 per Share, net to the seller in cash, without interest and less any required withholding taxes, upon the terms and subject to the 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”.

The Offer is not subject to any financing condition. The conditions of the Offer are described in Section 14 of the Offer to Purchase.

For your information, and for forwarding to your clients for whom you hold Shares registered in your name or in the name of your nominee, we are enclosing the following documents:

1. Offer to Purchase dated September 10, 2014;

2. Letter of Transmittal (including the IRS Form W-9), for your use and for the information of your clients;

3. Notice of Guaranteed Delivery to be used to accept the Offer if the Shares and all other required documents cannot be delivered to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the Depositary for the Offer, or if the procedures for book-entry transfer cannot be completed, by the expiration of the Offer;

4. A form of letter which may be sent to your clients for whose accounts you hold Shares registered in your name or in the name of your nominee, with space provided for obtaining such clients’ instructions with regard to the Offer; and

6. Return envelope addressed to the Depositary.

YOUR PROMPT ACTION IS REQUIRED. WE URGE YOU TO CONTACT YOUR CLIENTS AS PROMPTLY AS POSSIBLE.

THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON OCTOBER 8, 2014, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED.

The Purchaser will not pay any fees or commissions to any broker, dealer or other person (other than the Dealer Manager, the Information Agent or the Depositary as described in the Offer to Purchase) for soliciting tenders of Shares pursuant to the Offer. The Purchaser will, however, upon request, reimburse brokers, dealers, banks, trust companies and other nominees for their customary costs and expenses incurred in forwarding materials to their customers. The Purchaser will pay all stock transfer taxes applicable to its purchase of Shares pursuant to the Offer, except as otherwise provided in Instruction 6 of the Letter of Transmittal.

In order to accept the Offer, a duly executed and properly completed Letter of Transmittal and any required signature guarantees, or an Agent’s Message (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) in connection with a book-entry delivery of Shares, and any other required documents, should be sent to the Depositary by 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on October 8, 2014.

Any inquiries you may have with respect to the Offer should be addressed to the Information Agent or the undersigned, and additional copies of the enclosed materials may be obtained from the Information Agent, at the addresses and telephone numbers set forth on the back cover of the Offer to Purchase.

Very truly yours,

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN OR IN THE ENCLOSED DOCUMENTS SHALL CONSTITUTE YOU THE AGENT OF D3 MERGER SUB, INC., DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION, THE DEALER MANAGER, THE INFORMATION AGENT OR THE DEPOSITARY, OR AUTHORIZE YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON TO USE ANY DOCUMENT OR MAKE ANY STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF ANY OF THEM IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFER OTHER THAN THE DOCUMENTS ENCLOSED HEREWITH AND THE STATEMENTS CONTAINED THEREIN.

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