Food Lion remodels six stores in Charlotte area with a new look, expanded food options

Catherine Muccigrosso
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Food Lion has updated several Charlotte-area stores with a new look and expanded product offerings.

The Salisbury-based grocery chain is celebrating finishing the remodeling of 20 stores in the Carolinas, including six in the Charlotte market, through Saturday. Food Lion declined to disclose the investment cost.

Food Lion made “significant enhancements in these stores,” Food Lion President Meg Ham said in a statement.

The stores were formerly Bi-Lo supermarkets that Food Lion purchased in 2021. Each store remained open during the remodel.

“We did a quick remodel to convert them to Food Lion at the time,” Food Lion said in a statement to The Charlotte Observer. “We routinely refresh and remodel our stores.”

Which Food Lion stores were remodeled?

Stores in the Charlotte market that have been remodeled are:

▪ 1620 Ashley Road, Charlotte

▪ 2601 S. New Hope Road, Gastonia

▪ 742 W. Highway 27, Lincolnton

▪ 1436 J A Cochran Bypass, Chester, S.C.

▪ 1095 Filbert Hwy., York, S.C.

▪ 717 E. Liberty St., York, S.C.

Part of Food Lion’s remodel of six Charlotte-area stores includes new signage and expanded product offerings. Food Lion
Part of Food Lion’s remodel of six Charlotte-area stores includes new signage and expanded product offerings. Food Lion

What’s changed?

Here are some of the improvements shoppers will see in stores:

▪ New look with new decor elements and in-store signage in line with the company brand.

▪ Expanded grab-and-go offerings

▪ More local items, including seasonal produce grown in North Carolina.

▪ Expanded organic, gluten-free and plant-based items, including Food Lion’s Nature’s Promise brand.

▪ Addition of thousands of Food Lion private brand items.

Food Lion remodeled three Charlotte-area stores to include a new look and expanded offerings, including more local items like seasonal produce grown in North Carolina. Food Lion
Food Lion remodeled three Charlotte-area stores to include a new look and expanded offerings, including more local items like seasonal produce grown in North Carolina. Food Lion

Grocery store competition

Another North Carolina grocer chain recently underwent a full rebrand. Last month, Matthews-based Harris Teeter unveiled a new logo and tagline.

The competition is fierce in the Charlotte market, with 722 stores and expansions planned by Sprouts Farmers Market, Publix, Lidl and Lowes Foods.

Food Lion opened two Charlotte stores last year at 5939 Weddington Road and at 2201 West W. T. Harris Blvd., both in a former Harris Teeters.

About Food Lion

Food Lion is the third largest grocer by market share in the Charlotte region with 103 stores, behind Walmart and Harris Teeter, according to the annual report by Chain Store Guide. Charlotte market includes Cabarrus, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Rowan and Union counties, as well as Chester, Lancaster and York counties in South Carolina, according to the report.

Food Lion has more than 1,100 stores in 10 Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic states, and over 82,000 employees.

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Founded 1957 and now owned by Ahold Delhaize USA, Food Lion stores regularly donates unsold, edible food to local agencies to support people in need.

Two years ago, Food Lion purchased 62 Bi-Lo and Harveys Supermarket stores in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia from Southeastern Grocers.

Also in 2021, Food Lion opened its second Charlotte-area liquor store in Lake Wylie, S.C. The first store opened in 2015 in Rock Hill, The Herald newspaper in Rock Hill reported.