SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                    Form 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

       Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 11, 2004


                              99(CENT) ONLY STORES
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)



           California                  1-11735                 95-2411605
  (State or Other Jurisdiction       (Commission             (IRS Employer
       of Incorporation)             File Number)         Identification No.)


      4000  East  Union  Pacific  Avenue
        City  of  Commerce,  California                         90023
  (Address  of  Principal  Executive  Offices)                (Zip Code)


  Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (323) 980-8145



ITEM 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.

     (c)     Exhibits

             Exhibit No.   Description

             99.1          Transcript of March 11, 2004 conference call
                           with analysts and investors to discuss results
                           for the quarter ended December 31, 2003

ITEM 12. Results of Operations and Financial Condition

     On March 11, 2004, 99 Cents Only Stores (the "Company") issued a press
release announcing its financial results for the quarter ended December 31,
2003.  On the same date, the Company hosted a conference call for analysts and
investors to discuss these results.  A transcript of the conference call is
attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.  The
information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall
not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities
of that Section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of
any general incorporation language in such a filing.

                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                          99(cent)ONLY STORES

Date:  March 18, 2004                     By:  /S/ ANDREW FARINA

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                                            Andrew Farina
                                            Chief Financial Officer




                         EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.   Description

99.1          Transcript of March 11, 2004 conference call
              with analysts and investors to discuss results
              for the quarter ended December 31, 2003