Food Lion will be hosting a grand opening ceremony June 29 for its new store in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The store, located at 5939 Weddington Road in the Wesley Chapel neighborhood, will open to the public following a ribbon-cutting ceremony that morning.
After the ceremony, the first 100 customers in line will receive a mystery gift card valued up to $200, commemorative apron and reusable bag.
“I’m so excited to open this new location in the town I call home,” said Micheal Brigman, store manager of the Wesley Chapel Food Lion. “My family moved to Monroe when my dad retired from the Army after 22 years. I graduated from Sun Valley High School, and my three kids have all attended schools in this area, too. I’m looking forward to serving our community with a store that’s clean, well-stocked and competitively priced.”
The store features a large product assortment, including fresh sushi, in-store fresh-cut fruit and a wide variety of affordable, “grab-and-go” options to help make any meal easier. Customers have a large selection of organic, gluten-free and plant-based items to choose from, including Nature’s Promise-brand items, which are Food Lion’s brand of organic products made with no artificial flavors, preservatives or synthetic colors.
The store also offers a variety of local offerings, such as freshly brewed craft beers from many of the area’s local craft breweries; premium pimento cheese made by Charlotte’s own Trade & Tryon; and great local produce from Patterson Farms in China Grove, North Carolina.
A list of additional North Carolina-based suppliers that may be featured in the store can be found here.
Food Lion donated $2,500 to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina through Food Lion Feeds, the retailer’s hunger-relief initiative. The food bank will also regularly collect food from the store to distribute to neighbors in need through Food Lion Feeds’ industry-leading food rescue program, in which food safe for human consumption is donated to a local feeding agency before the food spoils. Food Lion Feeds has donated more than 900 million meals to neighbors in need since 2014.
For more information, visit foodlion.com.
