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    List of Food Lion and other stores to be shuttered

    By The Associated Press | Associated Press – Thu, Jan 12, 2012

    Belgian supermarket chain Delhaize Group said Thursday it will close 113 Food Lion stores as it struggles with tight consumer spending and increased competition.

    It is also shuttering its Bloom brand, closing seven stores and converting 42 others to Food Lions. Six Bottom Dollar Food stores will be closed and 22 others turned into Food Lions. A distribution center in Tennessee also will close.

    About 4,900 jobs will be lost.

    Here the announcement of the stores to be closed http://d1pmybhtyfsbgv.cloudfront.net/Assets/Docs/corporate/Delhaize_America_Store_Closings.v-2-1-2948-0.pdf :

    — Florida: Food Lion stores in Alachua, Gainesville, Fernandina Beach, Fruit Cove, Jacksonville (12), Macclenny, Middleburg, Orange Park, Saint Augustine (3), New Smyrna Beach, Ormond Beach and Port Orange.

    — Georgia: Food Lion stores in College Park, Conyers, Dallas, Douglasville, Fayetteville, Gainesville, Jefferson, Jonesboro, Lawrenceville, Marietta, Newnan (2), Evans, Martinez (2), Chatsworth, Fort Oglethorpe, Rossville, Trenton, Waycross, Macon (2), Warner Robins (2), Garden City, Rincon, Savannah (2) and Carrollton.

    — Kentucky: Food Lion stores in Dry Ridge, Cynthiana, Danville, Morehead, Paris, Stanford and Radcliff.

    — Maryland: A Bloom store in Walkersville.

    — North Carolina: A Bottom Dollar store in Mooresville; Food Lion stores in Hendersonville, Weaverville and Cary.

    — Pennsylvania: Food Lion stores in Shippensburg and Sinking Spring.

    — South Carolina: Food Lion stores in Moncks Corner, Mount Pleasant (2), Fort Mill, Newberry, Winnsboro, Anderson, Greenville, Greer, Inman, Laurens, Spartanburg (2) and Hilton Head Island.

    — Tennessee: Food Lion stores in Athens, Chattanooga (6), Cleveland, Hixson, Clinton, Crossville, Knoxville, Maryville, Morristown, Sevierville, Clarksville, Hendersonville, Lewisburg, Murfreesboro (2), Old Hickory, Smyrna, Sparta, Greeneville and Johnson City.

    — Virginia: Bloom stores in Annandale, Ashburn, Fairfax, Herndon, Leesburg, Woodbridge; Bottom Dollar Food stores in Alexandria, Newport News (2), Portsmouth and Virginia Beach; Food Lion stores in Richmond (2), Appomattox, Lynchburg, Radford, Roanoke and Bristol.

    — West Virginia: A Food Lion store in Elkins.

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    • Thomas
      Thomas  •  Jefferson, South Carolina  •  4 mths ago
      Anyone miss Winn Dixie??
      • Sondra
        Sondra 4 mths ago
        I miss Winn Dixie that was here in NC. Moved to Fl in 95 and they are all over. moved back to NC 2004 and there was not a Winn Dixie in sight. Was in Florida thru holidays and I racked up on me some can food LOL
      • blueyes
        blueyes 4 mths ago
        I do miss the one they used to have in Mobile.
      • Tony
        Tony 4 mths ago
        Yes.
        Austin, Texas used to have Piggly Wiggly and Market Basket.
        All gone.
    • Topkick
      Topkick  •  4 mths ago
      The REAL news to me is that Food Lion and the Bottom Dollar stores are BELGIAN owned! I thought we could at least own our food markets (convenience stores are another matter!).
      • BigBang
        BigBang 4 mths ago
        Those fargling Belgians own Anheuser-Busch, too....
      • russells
        russells 4 mths ago
        The huge food chain" Giant" on the East coast is owned by the Dutch.
      • russells
        russells 4 mths ago
        Big Bang,
        I'd rather see the Belgians own them than have them out of business
    • KennethJ
      KennethJ  •  Atlanta, Georgia  •  4 mths ago
      Add 4900 more to the unemployed list. Its really sad that Food Lion is closing all these store .
      Next to Walmarts they were the only reasonably priced store within a 30 mile radius around here. Really hate to see them go and feel sorry for the 4900 employees that will be losing their jobs there.
      • Casualcat
        Casualcat 4 mths ago
        Food Lion spent all the time advertising cheapest prices .. so they got the cheapest customers ... good riddance to a nasty place for food.
      • Allen
        Allen 4 mths ago
        One more area for Walmart to take over the world......
      • pam
        pam 4 mths ago
        the main concern i feel right now is for the employees losing their job. agree with u
    • David
      David  •  Lincoln, Nebraska  •  4 mths ago
      Between the soldiers coming home and Kmart and sears closing stores and now food lion will we ever have an abundance of jobs again?
      • Broke in Michigan
        Broke in Michigan 4 mths ago
        Probably not.
      • william
        william 4 mths ago
        how can all these stores close with it packed full of illegials
      • Blair
        Blair 4 mths ago
        William you are about the dumbest #$%$ to ever post here. Turn the computer off you to stupid to use it
    • notmyfault
      notmyfault  •  4 mths ago
      Pretty soon Walmart will be the only store to sell groceries...then they can CHARGE whatever they want...0 yay...
      • cjl
        cjl 4 mths ago
        Sounds like the beating drum of communism.... please.
      • Allen
        Allen 4 mths ago
        Or fascism more like it--Walmart would then be able to run the country (as corporations are trying to do now).
    • NoName
      NoName  •  4 mths ago
      This is really bad. They were one of the few grocery stores besides Walmart that was still reasonably priced in my area. I also feel sorry for the employees of Food Lion.
    • Walter
      Walter  •  4 mths ago
      It is interesting that in such a low economy that the low budget food stores are closing. You would think they would get more business. Of course, it doesn't help when you have rotten produce on the shelves, and moldy bread, and you are still charging almost as much as other stores.
    • Tom
      Tom  •  4 mths ago
      I shopped at Acme for the longest time until I discovered Food Lion. Food Lion's selection is not as good, but the prices are about 10-15% lower. This is a shame, I hate when people lose jobs. I'd rather go to my local Food Lion than a crowded Walmart full of illegals.
    • Charles
      Charles  •  4 mths ago
      Wait! That cant be! US NEWS and World Report(news magizine) said out economy was improving!!!
    • Don
      Don  •  4 mths ago
      Is this the same chain of stores in which meats were sold after their sell by dates after washing them in bleach?
    • Michael B
      Michael B  •  Palmerton, Pennsylvania  •  4 mths ago
      All parts of small town America is suffering stores closing gas prices going up local taxes going higher and higher because the state pulls funding away from schools but don't replace it with another source so it gets worse and worse now the lazy sob's are breaking into cars and garage's looking for anything to sell.When is this going to slow down maybe just maybe the president might stop going on vacation enough to see what is happening.
    • Big Bear
      Big Bear  •  Fayetteville, North Carolina  •  4 mths ago
      Stores look old. The meat and sea food market is bad
    • go player
      go player  •  Rock Hill, South Carolina  •  4 mths ago
      soon, walmart and apple will be the only two companies left in the world.
    • seethepositive
      seethepositive  •  4 mths ago
      we all need victory gardens again. believe me.
    • major
      major  •  Bemidji, Minnesota  •  4 mths ago
      Last week we were told how things are really looking up with all the unemployment claims dropping. Anyone with half a brain didn't believe that.
    • rm7542
      rm7542  •  Dallas, Texas  •  4 mths ago
      Food Lion was in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area many years ago. Their stores were awful and short-lived. In many ways, these companies bring their problems on themselves due to poor customer service and management.
    • Wayne
      Wayne  •  Scranton, Pennsylvania  •  4 mths ago
      and we are told the economy is recovering ?
    • Anonymous
      Anonymous  •  4 mths ago
      they never recovered from selling postdated meat years ago
    • Jus Gladii
      Jus Gladii  •  Jonesboro, Arkansas  •  4 mths ago
      Didn't know Food Lion was foreign owned. They ain't gonna make any more money anywhere else; hate to see the jobs go. We are losing too many jobs as it is!
    • Makhan Chor
      Makhan Chor  •  4 mths ago
      Every Food Lion I was ever in had weird brands and were dirty. I'm sorry there are so many people losing jobs though.
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