We share a passion for delivering great food, value and innovations, and for creating inclusive workplaces that provide rewarding career opportunities.
Our story
Nourishing a sense of belonging.
By leveraging its longstanding heritage of low prices and convenient locations, Food Lion is working to provide the easiest full shop grocery experience in the Southeast for customers, anchored by a strong commitment to affordability, freshness and the communities it serves
Our great local brands share a passion for delivering great food, value and innovations, and for creating inclusive workplaces that provide rewarding professional opportunities.
The original Food Lion store #1 still operates in the same general location it did when it opened in 1957 in Salisbury, N.C. It opened under the name of Food Town.
Through Food Lion Feeds, the company’s hunger-relief initiative, the retailer has donated more than 750 million meals to individuals and families since 2014 and has committed to donate 1.5 billion meals by 2025.
Year Food Lion was established
Food Lion is a sustainability leader, having received 20 consecutive ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Awards from the S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy. Food Lion is the only company in the U.S. with this distinction
Number of Food Lion stores