Exhibit 99.1

                            DOLLAR TREE STORES, INC.
              TO PRESENT AT U.S. BANCORP PIPER JAFFRAY CONFERENCE

              The Company Also Announces Results of Annual Meeting

CHESAPEAKE,  Virginia - May 30, 2002 - Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. (Nasdaq:  DLTR),
the nation's  largest $1.00 discount  variety store chain,  announced today
that it will  participate  in the U.S.  Bancorp  Piper  Jaffray 22nd Annual
Consumer Conference.

The conference will be held on June 12-13, 2002 at the W New York Hotel in New
York City.

Dollar Tree's presentation is scheduled for Thursday, June 13, 2002 at 9:05 am
EDT. Macon F. Brock, Chairman and CEO, will discuss Dollar Tree's business and
growth plans.

A live audio-only webcasting of this presentation will be available at
https://www.gotoanalysts.com/cc/webcast. A replay will be available within 24
hours of the presentation and can be accessed at the same location. This replay
will be available until June 17, 2002.

Dollar  Tree  also  held  its Annual Meeting of Shareholders today  at the
Renaissance Portsmouth  Hotel in Portsmouth, Virginia.  The  shareholders
re-elected  Macon F. Brock, Jr. and Richard G. Lesser to serve on the Board
of Directors.

Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. is the nation's leading $1.00 discount variety store
chain. As of May 29, 2002, Dollar Tree operates 2,060 stores in 37 states with
distribution centers in Virginia, Mississippi, Illinois, California, Georgia and
Pennsylvania.

CONTACT:        Dollar Tree Stores, Inc., Chesapeake
                Erica Robb or Adam Bergman, 757/321-5000
                http://www.DollarTree.com