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 […]
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.
Posted inCorporate Store News, Northeast, Stop & Shop
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 […]
Posted inFood Lion, Corporate Store News, Southeast
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 […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Corporate Store News, Northeast, Stop & Shop
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 […]
Posted inFood Lion, Corporate Store News, Southeast
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 […]
Posted inProduce News, Food Lion, Southeast
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. […]
Posted inFood Lion, Corporate Store News, Southeast
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 […]