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 Food Lion's logo since 2000 | |
| Formerly | Food Town (1957–1983) |
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | December 12, 1957 |
| Founder | Wilson Smith, Ralph Ketner, and Brown Ketner |
| Headquarters | Salisbury, North Carolina, United States 35°40′58″N 80°30′42″W / 35.682678°N 80.511744°W |
Number of locations | 1,055[1] |
Area served | Mid Atlantic, South Atlantic |
Key people |
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| Products | Grocery, Produce, Meat, Seafood, Dairy, Deli, Bakery, Health and Beauty, Pharmacy, Drive-Thru Grocery Pickup, Beer, Wine |
Number of employees | 82,000+[2] |
| Parent | Ahold Delhaize |
| Website | www |
Food Lion is an American regional supermarket chain headquartered in Salisbury, North Carolina,[3][4] that operates over 1,000 supermarkets in 10 states: Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.[5] The chain employs over 82,000 people. It was founded in 1957 as Food Town, a single grocery store in Salisbury. It later expanded to many locations across North Carolina. It was independently operated until it was acquired by the Belgium-based conglomerate Delhaize Group in 1974.[6][7] In 1983, the company changed its name and branding to Food Lion to allow it to expand into regions where Food Town was already in use by unrelated stores. Following further mergers and acquisitions, Food Lion, LLC is currently owned by Ahold Delhaize, established in the Netherlands. The mascot’s name has been Leo the Food Lion since January 17, 1997.[8]
- ^ "Number of Food Lion stores in the U.S." Retrieved September 19, 2024.
- ^ "Food Lion Employees". Retrieved September 19, 2024.
- ^ "Customer Service" (Archived May 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine). Food Lion. Retrieved on May 17, 2012. "CORPORATE ADDRESS Food Lion, LLC. P.O. Box 1330 Salisbury, NC 28145-1330"
- ^ "Contacts" (Archived May 22, 2012, at the Wayback Machine). Delhaize Group. Retrieved on May 17, 2012. "DELHAIZE GROUP U.S. P.O. Box 1330, 2110 Executive Drive Salisbury NC 28145-1330 United States" and "FOOD LION, BLOOM & BOTTOM DOLLAR FOOD P.O. Box 1330, 2110 Executive Drive Salisbury NC 28145-1330 – U.S.A. "
- ^ "Annual Report 2021. Strategic Report". Ahold Delhaize. p. 12. Archived from the original on April 29, 2022. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
- ^ "2007 Top 75 North American Food Retailers" (Archived March 7, 2007, at the Wayback Machine), Supermarket News, Last accessed February 24, 2007.
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