Weddington says go long Family Dollar (FDO) and short the SPDRs (SPY).

"People just aren't drinking as much," Jim Cramer said on Wednesday's "Stop Trading!" segment in response to host Erin Burnett's interview with Constellation Brands' (STZ) CEO.

"Maybe this economy is so bad that ... alcohol got more expensive," Cramer said. As a result, people are cutting back on things that have gotten too expensive, and discount-store stocks such as Family Dollar Stores (FDO) are going up. ("Stop Trading!" 4-8-09)

Good Investment.

Trading Down idea with a dollar store highly recommended & it sells clothes.

“Family Dollar (FDO) trumps the numbers. Big Lots (BIG) blows them away. AutoZone (AZO) and Monro Muffler (MNRO) put up some great earnings.
Wal-Mart (WMT) is triumphant and a dividend raiser. Dollar Tree (DLTR) rallies off the Family Dollar comparisons.
See a pattern? It's pretty obvious: People aren't buying new cars (as we know from those awful General Motors (GM) and Ford (F) sales figures), they are fixing them and making them work longer.
People are not shopping at Target (TGT) or Macy's (M) or Nordtrom (JWN), they are going to Wal-Mart. Why not? Wal-Mart's got them all beat on price and even on look and feel since the revolution Lee Scott put in place before he retired.
Family Dollar, Big Lots, Dollar Tree? When you are really in a jam you can go to these places. I don't care for Big Lots but I like my Dollar Tree, and if you are on a tight, tight budget, there simply isn't a reason why you wouldn't shop for food at Family Dollar.
These companies are supposed to thrive in hard times but they still represent bargains or aren't liked by analysts, particularly Family Dollar. AutoZone's rally seems like short-covering. Monro? Didn't budge on those good numbers -- strange.
If the market ever stabilizes -- saying something in itself -- you need to consider one of these estimate beaters for your portfolio.”

Family Dollar (FDO) trumps the numbers.

3 Stocks I Saw on TV: Dan Fitzpatrick examines three stocks viewed on Fast Money. Today's stocks include Big Lots, Family Dollar Stores and Freeport McMoRan.
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In retail, Gartman is gaming the same trend that Jeff Macke and retail analyst Howard Davidowtiz have been telling you about for a while. That is, people are going downscale. “I’d get long Family Dollar [FDO] and short Simon Properties [SPG] against it,” says Gartman. It keeps working and I’m going to stay with it until it doesn’t.

When the deepening recession this is a good play in my opinion.

Dollar Tree's (DLTR) a tough one because the trade-down theory is at work everywhere except, perhaps, at the ultimate trade-down. I wonder if it is execution, and I know that Family Dollar (FDO) has some margin improvement to come, so it might make a good buy down 2.

growth stag.