Fostering a caring and inclusive workplace has been a priority for more than three decades at Food Lion, The Shelby Report’s 2024 Southeast Retailer of the Year. Linda Johnson, SVP of human resources and communications, said Food Lion’s commitment goes beyond words, creating a culture that extends to customers, communities and their entire associate base. […]
Category: Ahold Delhaize
Ahold Delhaize USA, a division of global food retailer Ahold Delhaize, is part of the U.S. family of brands, which also includes five leading omnichannel grocery brands: Food Lion, The Giant Company, Giant Food, Hannaford and Stop & Shop. When considered together, the companies of Ahold Delhaize USA comprise the largest grocery retail group on the East Coast and the fourth largest in the nation, serving millions of omnichannel customers each week.
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‘Proud To Be An Omnichannel Retailer,’ Food Lion Delivers Value To Shoppers
Food Lion, a grocery store chain with a presence in 10 Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern states, makes continuous enhancements to meet the evolving needs of its customers. Greg Finchum, EVP of retail operations for the grocer, which is The Shelby Report’s 2024 Southeast Retailer of the Year, outlined the focus on being a leading omnichannel retailer […]
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Food Lion Collegiate Hunger Challenge Tackles Hunger Relief On Campus
A collaboration between Food Lion Feeds and North Carolina Campus Engagement continues to empower student hunger ambassadors at 14 North Carolina colleges and universities. The ambassadors create awareness about food insecurity and compete against one another to collect the most food for neighbors experiencing hunger through the Food Lion Feeds Collegiate Hunger Challenge. Food Lion Feeds […]
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Food Lion Focuses On ‘Easy, Fresh And Affordable’ Experience
Food Lion, a grocery store chain with 1,109 stores across 10 states in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern U.S., remains focused on providing an “easy, fresh and affordable” shopping experience for its customers. Key initiatives include store remodels, technology upgrades and community engagement through the company’s Food Lion Feeds program. The company has been named The […]
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Stop & Shop To Cease Selling Tobacco Products
Stop & Shop plans to end sales of tobacco products at all 360 stores by Aug. 31 as part of its commitment to community wellness. “Our responsibility as a grocer goes far beyond our aisles, and we are committed to taking bold steps to help our associates, customers and communities work towards better health outcomes,” […]
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Food Lion Finishes 167 Store Remodels In Raleigh-Durham Market
With a $365 million capital investment, Food Lion has enhanced the customer shopping experience with remodeled stores in the greater Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, area and Mecklenburg County, Virginia. At 7:45 a.m. Aug. 21, Food Lion will hold ribbon-cutting events at 167 stores in the Raleigh-Durham market. Afterward, the first 100 customers in line will receive […]
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Self-Checkouts A ‘Double-Edged Sword’ For Grocery Customers, Retailers
Self-checkouts in grocery stores present both benefits and challenges for the retailers that utilize them. In the benefits column, they allow customers buying just a handful of items to not get in a line behind someone doing two weeks’ worth of shopping. They also lessen the labor and eventually payroll burden for retailers, many of […]
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Food Lion Prepares To Open New Supermarket In Florence, SC
Food Lion will open a new store Aug. 7 at 1945 W. Palmetto St. in Florence, South Carolina, offering a broader assortment of products for an enhanced shopping experience. “I’m honored to continue to serve the town of Florence in our new location,” said David Smith, store manager of the Florence Food Lion. “Our neighbors […]
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Food Lion Becomes Official Partner Of Carolina Ascent FC
Food Lion has become the official grocer partner of the Carolina Ascent Football Club, with the organizations sharing details of their collaboration July 24. This mark’s Food Lion’s first partnership with a women’s professional sports organization. Carolina Ascent is one of the eight inaugural franchises of the United Soccer League’s Super League. Carolina Ascent and Food […]
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Food Lion Introduces New Store In Garner, NC
Food Lion will open a new store July 24 at 55 Ford Meadows Drive in Garner, North Carolina, following a 7:45 a.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony. Afterward, the first 100 customers in line will receive a mystery gift card valued up to $200 and a free reusable shopping bag. “Our Garner community has always trusted us to […]
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Stop & Shop To Close 32 Underperforming Stores
Stop & Shop will close 32 underperforming stores by the end of the year. The company said the move is part of its growth strategy. The original closure announcement was made during the May 23 Ahold Delhaize Strategy Day, where Ahold Delhaize USA CEO J.J. Fleeman said they are taking “deliberate and appropriate actions to […]
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Food Lion’s Feedys Award Recipients Hailed For Fighting Hunger
During its ninth annual Feedys Awards, Food Lion Feeds honored a select group of partner food banks, volunteers, community leaders and associates for their efforts to address food insecurity across the grocer’s 10-state footprint. “At Food Lion, we believe no one should have to choose between dinner and rent or gas and groceries,” said Kevin […]
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Stop & Shop, Badger Technologies Celebrate School Partnership With Donation
Stop & Shop celebrated the fifth anniversary of its partnership with P.S. 105 The Bay School in New York by donating $17,500 to enable the school to meet the needs of its more than 600 students. In 2019, The Bay School was the first school in New York to be a recipient of the Stop […]
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Food Lion Expands Home Delivery Across Seven States
As of July 29, 2024, Food Lion now offers its home delivery service at 100 percent of its 1,108 stores in its 10-state operating area. Food Lion’s expansion of home delivery in Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia means the retailer now offers the service or grocery pickup in more than […]
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Shuman Farms Celebrates Beginning Of Vidalia Onion Season
Shuman Farms, a grower and shipper in the sweet onion industry, is celebrating the beginning of the Vidalia onion shipping season, marked by a series of events with partners Food Lion and Royal Food Service. The Vidalia onion season began on April 17 with Shuman Farms sending the first shipment from its Cobbtown, Georgia, facility. […]
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Food Lion Maintains Energy Star Partner Status
For the 23rd consecutive year, Food Lion has received the Energy Star Partner of the Year Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy. The grocery retailer is the only company in the U.S. to receive the distinctive honor for so long. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sponsors the annual […]
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South Carolina Store Manager Named Food Lion’s Best
Isaac Smalls of the Food Lion at 2465 Main St. in Elgin, South Carolina, has been named the grocer’s 2023 Ralph W. Ketner Store Manager Excellence Award winner. Smalls was selected from a group of more than 1,100 store managers across Food Lion’s 10-state operating area. Named after one of Food Lion’s founders, the award […]
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Stop & Shop’s Marty The Robot To Take Selfies For Hunger At NRF’24
Badger Technologies is partnering with Stop & Shop to increase support for its “Feed it Forward” charitable giving initiatives by offering a “Selfies with Marty” program at the NRF‘24 show Jan. 14-16 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. Badger Technologies will donate 10 meals for every selfie taken and posted […]
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Food Lion Feeds Campaign Provides 4.8M Meals
During its annual “Holidays Without Hunger” campaign, Food Lion Feeds helped provide more than 4.8 million meals to 33 local Feeding America partner food banks, as well as hundreds of partner agencies throughout Food Lion’s 10-state operating area. During the campaign from Nov. 8-Dec. 12, customers bought a pre-packed “Holidays Without Hunger” food box for […]
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Food Lion Adds To-Go Services At 35 More Stores
Food Lion has expanded its to-go grocery pickup service to 35 additional stores in Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. With the addition of these stores, the retailer now offers to-go pickup or home delivery across about 90 percent of its 10-state operating area. Food Lion, which plans […]