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Originally posted by Robearjr

I used to go the Food Lion for lunch. They had a pretty good hot food bar with chicken tenders and mac and cheese.
One day I got some tenders. When I went to bite into one, I discovered it was raw inside. I went back to the deli and told them. They took my plastic tray back and dumped my tenders. They then went and put new tenders in the same plastic tray. I had to point out to them that they shouldn’t use the same container.

They dont have anything like that in the ones here. In fact, what is supposed to be a deli, is just a small case with some deli meats and a few cheeses. Oh, and of all things, an olive bar.??
Huh?.. cant even get any kind of salads, except pre-packed..
Quite pitiful for a grocery store.
I hate it…Plus its expensive….
I miss Price Chopper from the north..And Publix from the south.

I used to go the Food Lion for lunch. They had a pretty good hot food bar with chicken tenders and mac and cheese.
One day I got some tenders. When I went to bite into one, I discovered it was raw inside. I went back to the deli and told them. They took my plastic tray back and dumped my tenders. They then went and put new tenders in the same plastic tray. I had to point out to them that they shouldn’t use the same container.

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Originally posted by MikeS.

I hate my local Food Lion, they are the closest grocery store to me and I almost never go there. Shelves aren’t stocked and the checkers are slower then molasses in January.

DITTO….It is the closest to me also, and I dread having to go there. I would rather fight the crowds at Wallyworld.

I HAD to go there today, as it was raining,(and didnt want to drive 15 miles to Kroger, or the 6 to Walmart), and I cursed the whole time I was in there.
I HATE that store. I dont know what they meant by a re-vamping that they did over the summer..CUZ, they sure dont have what I look for.
Blech!

Food Lion was a colorful chain until Delhaize of Belgium took them over. ABC News once did a number on them. I find them useful since I can get a lot of southern grocery brands such as Martha White, Bama, and Margaret Holmes as close to New York City as the state of Delaware and York, PA. I only buy packaged groceries there sealed at the manufacter’s plant. Like most supermarket chains, Food Lion sells private label brands. They may have entered into a sales agreement with a high quality food processor. But I have to agree with Mike that, except for isolated items, they are an also-ran supermarket chain.

I’ve found their own brand frozen broccoli and frozen peas to be superior to any other brand. Give it a try.

I hate my local Food Lion, they are the closest grocery store to me and I almost never go there. Shelves aren’t stocked and the checkers are slower then molasses in January.