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Food Lion has been providing an easy, fresh and affordable shopping experience to the communities we serve since 1957. Today, our 82,000 associates serve more than 10 million customers a week across 10 Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic states. By serving more than 10 million customers a week, our associates make sure our customers can always count on us to meet their needs. In addition, we make sure that our neighbors can count on us too. Through Food Lion Feeds, we are working to end hunger in our local communities by committing to donate 1 billion meals through food donations, volunteer service and other impactful hunger-relief initiatives. read more

EMPLOYEE PARTICIPANTS: 1895

TOTAL RATINGS: 15286

CEO: Meg Ham

Food lion Company Culture

Food lion Culture

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2.7/5

Food lion's Overall Culture is rated D

Top Rated Culture Dimensions

Environment

C+

Diversity

Professional Development

C-

Gender

C-

CEO Rating

D+

Food lion CEO

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Meg Ham

60 /100

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Food lion employees generally work 8.2 hrs a day

Work Hours

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Employees at Food lion report the work pace is comfortably fast

Work Pace

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72% of Food lion employees look forward to interacting with their team every day

Coworkers

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Food lion employees most often take 0-10 paid vacation and sick days each year

Perks & Benefits

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50% of Food lion employees report they are happy with their work life balance

Work Life Balance

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Food lion employees never get valuable feedback on how to improve at work

Feedback

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53% of Food lion employees call their work environment negative

Environment

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Would you please consider coming back to Spruce Pine, North Carolina? We have no grocery store since the hurricane only Walmart that’s not a grocery store. Ingles has forsaken us. They’ve done nothing to help the community with food.

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I'm a Loyal Customer @Food Lion! Would you send me a Free Gift Card to Shop for the Holidays??? Thank You!!!

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Why do you terminate Store Management for looking out for Corporate’s best interest? Have you become a WOKE Company ?

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Gender Score How positively women rate their overall experience at Food lion

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30%

Food lion currently ranks in the Bottom 30% of similarly sized companies on Comparably

Diversity Score How positively minorities rate their overall experience at Food lion

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40%

Food lion currently ranks in the Bottom 40% of similarly sized companies on Comparably

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26%	Promoters
18%	Passives
56%	Detractors

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Mission, Vision, & Values

At Food Lion, our "Count On Me" culture is more than a promise, it's a philosophy that sums up how we help you bring home affordable groceries to your family. And you can always expect a consistent experience with friendly associates who are always ready to help. Plus, you can shop with confidence since our fresh food and private brand products are backed by our Double Your Money Back Guarantee.

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Food lion Culture At a Glance

Overall, the 1895 Food lion employees give their leadership a grade of D, or Bottom 20% of similar size companies on Comparably. This includes specific ratings of their executive team, CEO, and manager.

Employees at Food lion are mostly dissatisfied with their total compensation at Food lion, which includes a combination of pay, stock and equity, and benefits.

Overall, employees at Food lion are not very pleased with their team. 1895 Participants grade the quality of their coworkers a D. Less than half believe the meetings at Food lion are effective, and the majority look forward to interacting with their coworkers.

The majority of employees at Food lion believe the environment at Food lion is positive. Most Participants believe the pace of work at Food lion is comfortably fast. About 83% of the employees at Food lion work 8 hours or less, while 5% of them have an extremely long day - longer than twelve hours.

Overall, the employees at Food lion are not very happy, based on their aggregated ratings of future outlook, customer perception, and their excitement going to work.

Food lion has 13547 employees. 1895 employees at Food lion have reviewed Food lion across various culture dimensions, providing their opinions on items ranging from executive ratings to the pace at work. The latest review was today. Overall, the 1895 Food lion employees give their leadership a grade of D, or Bottom 20% of similar size companies on Comparably. This includes specific ratings of their executive team, CEO, and manager.Employees at Food lion are mostly dissatisfied with their total compensation at Food lion, which includes a combination of pay, stock and equity, and benefits. Overall, employees at Food lion are not very pleased with their team. 1895 Participants grade the quality of their coworkers a D. Less than half believe the meetings at Food lion are effective, and the majority look forward to interacting with their coworkers.The majority of employees at Food lion believe the environment at Food lion is positive. Most Participants believe the pace of work at Food lion is comfortably fast. About 83% of the employees at Food lion work 8 hours or less, while 5% of them have an extremely long day - longer than twelve hours.Overall, the employees at Food lion are not very happy, based on their aggregated ratings of future outlook, customer perception, and their excitement going to work.

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Perks & Benefits

Health & Wellness: Dental Insurance; Vision Insurance; Health Insurance; Life Insurance

Paid Time Off: PTO / Vacation Policy; Paid Holidays; Maternity / Paternity Leave

Financial Benefits: 401K / Retirement Plan; Tuition Reimbursement; Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Office Perks: Unique Office Space

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