Food Lion

One evening after work, I went to my neighborhood Food Lion to shop. A large gentleman, he appeared to be a store manager, was asking me why do I come so often to Food Lion and I looked like I am hustling. I was very surprised and outright shocked, that was none of his business. I gave him a few reason such as it is closer to home and that I bargain shop. But he had no right to approach me the way he did. Since then, I rarely buy my groceries there, since people over there lack customer service skills and could be doing their jobs instead of being nosy.

While at Food Lion store #2122, I wanted to get some fresh baked rolls for lunches but they were frozen. Even the Artisan bread was frozen. There were two lanes open, one being express so I had to use the other lane with no problem. After I placed my groceries on the belt, I looked up and noticed four employees chatting and joking around. One young girl was adjusting the collar of a male employee. Then one man comes behind me with about three items. The checker of the express was involved with the other three chatting. I left to place my groceries in my car and went to place the cart in the cart holder and the carts were half out in the parking lot. Walking back to my car, I noticed three men getting in their white SUV thinking that they were district managers that I had seen checking out the departments in the store and I said laughing that someone needs to get the carts in. One man speaks up rudely and says, "I'll get on it."

There are too many people needing jobs and these people are getting paid for standing around doing nothing. Heck, I can drop frozen rolls in a plastic bag and put them out on the racks. I said to my checker, "Do they always stand around doing nothing?" And he said, "It happens every day and they get paid more than me." AI almost forgot that when three of them noticed that my checker was now bagging my groceries, they busted their butts racing over to help him after he was almost finished bagging.

Please don't place the chicken in the bag with anything! At least 7 times, I have bought chicken at the Food Lion in Leland, NC on Mt. Misery Road and every time, the bagger or cashier has put it with other meats. I have called the store and reported it 3 times. It appears it makes no difference. I have informed the bagger to remove it and place the chicken by itself. Because this has continued and I have advised, I will take my business elsewhere.

My wife's wallet which had a BOA debit card got stolen from a dept. store. Before I could place a block on it, it was used in Food Lion store at Pittsboro, NC and a huge purchase of a whopping $617.45 was made with the stolen debit card, perhaps used as a credit card. What I am dissatisfied about is why such a huge and outlier purchase in a store like Food Lion did not make the person at the counter check for ID.

It's been almost 24 hours since I have filed a complaint and even told them the exact time the transaction went through. I have not heard back any update still. I would think it's quite easy to isolate such transaction with the precise transaction time that I gave them.

Do stores really care about complaints like this and look into them sincerely?

I have shopped at Food Lion ever since I have lived in North Carolina which is now up to four years and the location on Arlington and Firetower rd. is the closest to me. Each time I go food shopping there is always at least one pack of meat that has gone bad or they expired. Pork chops, a whole turkey for Thanksgiving or steak etc., the food is never updated and continues to be sold even past expiration dates. I spoke with the supervisor there about it once and he said to notify them if we noticed it again and that he will notify his head supervisor also. The discount offers on food are not very much of a discount and the stores have benefited from the price raises throughout two inconvenient occurrences, one in which there was a tornado in a location where they get their food from and another time when we had a hurricane hit the coast. Both were in 2011 within an eight month span. Since then prices have doubled.

I continued to shop there and still noticed the meat is still expired and I even had to throw away some meat in which I could not get a return on them because I could not find the receipts at the time. Also prices continue to go up while the quality is steadily dropping. As a result, I have to travel over two miles away to Wal-Mart to get meat that was naturally cheaper at Food Lion but now for a more expensive price.

I purchased apple sauce and Boston frozen dinner. I saw a dead ant in the strawberry applesauce and in their Boston Market meatloaf dinner. They're not polite. I rather not shop their anymore but it is the close market near me.

We had an infestation of maggots, within an hour of opening the last two bags. I assumed that the first was an anomaly. I will not buy more after the second bag had the same problem.

I purchased a gallon of whole milk at $4.10. I have been purchasing whole milk from Walmart lately but had to purchase it from Food Lion this time. This milk was NOT whole milk, it was watery; more like 2%, not whole. Selling it for $4.10 when 2% milk is cheaper. This milk was the Food Lion brand.

On 9/7/2010, I went to the store called Food Lion and come home and parked in drive way and took our baby in the house. I took my keys to open the door and left the car door open to get the groceries out. After she was inside the house, I then unload car. When I went back, the van was smoking like a burnt steak on grill, then the flames started.

I was so scared of the thing that it might explode at any time. I got the water hose and put it out. My wife called the fire department. They came and made a report and put me on oxygen for about 15 minutes.

price of shelf was marked $12.99

I checked my receipt and they charged me $16.99. I went to the service desk and was told they had no control over beer or tobacco products. I returned the beer and got me money back. I also called the Food Lion complaint dept. as was again told they had no control over beer and tobacco prices.

if they are doing this with beer and tobacco products, they are more than likly charging the wrong price for other items. Are they not responsible

for charging customers the price marked on the shelf?

Was very disappointed would like a reimbursement or some coupons or somehting you should check this item

I have 4 cats. At the first of March, I noticed that my big black manx cat, Tarheel, wasn't feeling well...his 3rd eyelid was showing. I typically buy Fancy Feast, but on occasion I will purchase the comparable brand from Food Lion or Laurel Lynn...that did, in fact, contain wheat gluton.

I did not think about his not feeling well being associated with the contaminated cat food. After carefully observing him, he eventually got to feeling better. From that point, my second cat, Pumpkin, began to feel sickly also much like Tarheel. After a trip to the vet, it was confirmed that she was OK.

My third cat, Kissie, then became ill. She wouldn't eat and would retreat in back corners. Her 3rd eyelid was also showing. Kissie's eyes were always very big and bright. We took her to the vet and her tests showed that her white blood count was down...everything was OK. The vet said she could be stressed or have a virus.

Her eating habits continued to be very minimal (she was always a very healthy eater)and she continued to lie back in the corners of a dark room. After 2 weeks, I took her back to the vet and her bloodwork showed that her red blood count had dropped dramatically. After more tests and x-rays, the only explanation he could give me was that her body was no longer making red blood cells. She was anemic and would eventually have to be euthanized due to poor quality of life. I took her home and carried her food and water since she was so lethargic. I also carried her to and from the litter box. She ate very, very little, drank water sparingly and used the litter box once a day...just a few drops.

Last Friday, April 27, I had to have her euthanized and she was only 8 years old. Here, she had always been a very healthy cat, an indoor cat, (as my others are), vaccinations up to date and she had to be euthanized! I am heartbroken! I cannot help but believe that I fed my cats some of the contaminated food...Food Lion or Laurel Lyn brand. I used to buy the kind that had the gravy in it, but now I only buy Fancy Feast that does not contain any wheat gluton.

It is not the store. It was the product delivered to them. Mr. Coffee Filters, they are so stuck together that they can not be seperated, without tearing them up. They are the 8 to 12 cup basket size, 200 filters. The number to scan is-----72179 00213. Please correct this problem as I have never had this problem before.