Food Lion Opens New Grocery Store July 24 in Garner, N.C.

SALISBURY, NC, July 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Food Lion has been feeding the Garner, North Carolina community for nearly 50 years, and on July 24, it will open its newest location at 55 Ford Meadows Dr., Garner, NC 27529. As part of Food Lion’s commitment to providing easy, fresh and affordable omnichannel shopping experiences in the cities it serves, the new store offers a larger assortment and an enhanced shopping experience. The store’s layout and organization are optimized for convenience and accessibility while the overall ambiance creates a pleasant and welcoming atmosphere for Garner neighbors.

“The Garner community has always trusted us to feed their families, and my team and I are excited to bring them this new store that will provide convenience and added functionality,” said Tom Beauchesne, store manager of the new Garner Food Lion store. “Our neighbors can count on us to help feed themselves and their families while providing them with an enjoyable shopping experience, excellent product quality and exceptional value.”

The store will open to the public on July 24, following a ribbon cutting ceremony at 7:45 a.m. Afterward, the first 100 customers in line will receive a mystery gift card worth up to $200 and a free reusable shopping bag. The store will be open daily from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Learn more about store hours, specific services offered and the weekly flyer.

The store includes enhanced features for easy, fresh and affordable shopping
The new store offers a wide assortment of products, including fresh produce, quality meats and many other items to meet individual and family needs, with a particular emphasis on a variety of affordable and easy-to-prepare meal solutions that are ready to eat, ready to cook or ready to heat. Customers also have a wide selection of organic, gluten-free and plant-based items to choose from, including Nature’s Promise, Food Lion’s affordable brand of healthy, organic products made without artificial flavors, preservatives or colors. In addition, the store features a garden cooler, ensuring the freshness of available products, cut fruit prepared in-store, freshly prepared sushi and a self-serve hot wing and Asian bar.

To make shopping easier for customers, the store offers self-checkout and Food Lion To Go pickup or home delivery services. Online orders can be placed through the Food Lion To Go website or app. This convenient service allows customers to place an order with one click while enjoying the same low prices and fresh food items they receive in-store.

Continuing its commitment to sustainability, Food Lion has installed a refrigeration system that reduces its environmental impact. Additionally, energy-efficient LED lighting throughout the store and refrigerated display cases with doors create ambiance, enhance the fresh food assortment and reduce energy costs, helping to reduce Food Lion’s environmental footprint. As a result of its longstanding sustainability efforts, Food Lion is the only company in the country to have received the ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy for 23 consecutive years.

Food Lion Feeds supports community feeding agency partners
In partnership with Food Lion, we contributed $1,500 to Faith in Action and Capital Pentecostal Church through our hunger-relief platform Food Lion Feeds. The total donation of $3,000 is equivalent to 30,000 meals.

Additionally, each of these organizations regularly collects food rescued from stores to distribute to hungry neighbors. By donating unsellable food that might otherwise go to waste, neighbors have access to nutritious food. Food Lion was the first grocery retailer in the country to establish a food rescue program with Feeding America®, the nation’s largest hunger-relief organization, more than 20 years ago.

Through Food Lion Feeds, the omnichannel retailer has donated more than 1.2 billion meals to individuals and families since 2014 and is committed to donating 1.5 billion meals by 2025. For more information about Food Lion Feeds’ commitment to fighting hunger, visit foodlion.com/feeds.

About Food Lion
Food Lion is an omnichannel grocery retailer committed to feeding its neighbors. More than 82,000 associates in more than 1,100 stores provide an easy, fresh and affordable shopping experience in 10 states across the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic. With a focus on fighting hunger, Food Lion is a pioneer in food rescue. In 2014, Food Lion Feeds was founded and has since donated more than 1.2 billion meals to those experiencing food insecurity. The retailer has committed to donating 1.5 billion meals by 2025. Founded and headquartered in Salisbury, North Carolina since 1957, Food Lion is an Ahold Delhaize USA company, the U.S. division of Zaandam-based Ahold Delhaize. For more information, visit foodlion.com.

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