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Food Lion expands presence in Virginia

New Quinton store features wing bar, grab-and-go meals, locally sourced products

Russell Redman

October 22, 2021

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Food Lion this week opened its third supermarket in Quinton, Va., a suburban community about 20 miles east of Richmond in New Kent County.

Located at 561 New Kent Hwy., the new store offers a self-service hot wing bar, fresh-cut fruit, a plant-based section and a range of “grab-and-go” meal options. That includes a wide variety of local offerings, such as an assortment of Ukrop’s sandwiches, wraps, salads in the deli and pies, cake, cookies, bread and rolls in the bakery area.

Locally sourced items at the store, open daily from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., also include fresh produce from Kirby Farm in Mechanicsville; seafood delivered direct from Sam Rust Seafood in Hampton; and meat from Gunnoe’s Sausage in Cifax, Dutt & Wagner in Abingdon and Gwaltney Foods in Smithfield.

A strong private-label offering also is a highlight of the new store, including the Food Lion brand across the aisles as well as the better-for-you Nature’s Promise brand, with natural and organic items such as beef, pork, poultry, milk, eggs, bottled water, cereal and coffee, among other products.

Food Lion noted that sustainability is a hallmark of the Quinton store as well, including energy-efficient LED lighting overhead and in refrigerated and freezer cases; doors on all beer, dairy and lunch meat cases; and motion sensors on all frozen food cases. The sensors dim the lights to 20% output when not being shopped by a customer. Food Lion added that it’s the nation’s only retailer to receive the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Energy’s Energy Star Partner of the Year Award for 20 straight years. The Salisbury, N.C.-based chain also recently garnered recognition from the EPA for efforts to reduce refrigerant emissions.

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“Having been a part of the greater Richmond community for nearly 23 years, I’m very excited to welcome our Quinton neighbors into their new Food Lion,” store manager Selvedin Dokic commented. “My team and I look forward to supporting our community and helping nourish families with the products they need at the low prices they expect from us. Our neighbors can count on us to offer a great assortment and variety of products that make it easy for them to get everything they need in one shopping trip.”

Food Lion also has stores at 2589 New Kent Hwy. and 7300 Market Place Dr. in Quinton. Overall, the grocer operates more than 1,100 stores in 10 Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic states. Other new stores opened this year by the chain include locations in Warrenville and Myrtle Beach, S.C. In April, Food Lion reopened all 62 stores acquired from Southeastern Grocers and secured and reopened another nine locations previously closed by Southeastern Grocers. And through the fiscal 2021 second quarter of parent company Ahold Delhaize, Food Lion achieved its 35th consecutive quarter of comparable-sales growth.
 

Related:Food Lion enables online SNAP EBT payments across its stores

About the Author

Russell Redman

Senior Editor
Supermarket News

Russell Redman has served as senior editor at Supermarket News since April 2018, his second tour with the publication. In his current role, he handles daily news coverage for the SN website and contributes news and features for the print magazine, as well as participates in special projects, podcasts and webinars and attends industry events. Russ joined SN from Racher Press Inc.’s Chain Drug Review and Mass Market Retailers magazines, where he served as desk/online editor for more than nine years, covering the food/drug/mass retail sector. 

Russell Redman’s more than 30 years of experience in journalism span a range of editorial manager, editor, reporter/writer and digital roles at a variety of publications and websites covering a breadth of industries, including retailing, pharmacy/health care, IT, digital home, financial technology, financial services, real estate/commercial property, pro audio/video and film. He started his career in 1989 as a local news reporter and editor, covering community news and politics in Long Island, N.Y. His background also includes an earlier stint at Supermarket News as center store editor and then financial editor in the mid-1990s. Russ holds a B.A. in journalism (minor in political science) from Hofstra University, where he also earned a certificate in digital/social media marketing in November 2016.

Russell Redman’s experience:

Supermarket News - Informa
Senior Editor 
April 2018 - present

Chain Drug Review/Mass Market Retailers - Racher Press
Desk/Online Editor 
Sept. 2008 - March 2018

CRN magazine - CMP Media
Managing Editor
May 2000 - June 2007

Bank Systems & Technology - Miller Freeman
Executive Editor/Managing Editor
Dec. 1996 - May 2000

Supermarket News - Fairchild Publications
Financial Editor/Associate Editor
April 1995 - Dec. 1996 

Shopping Centers Today Magazine - ICSC 
Desk Editor/Assistant Editor
Dec. 1992 - April 1995

Testa Communications
Assistant Editor/Contributing Editor (Music & Sound Retailer, Post, Producer, Sound & Communications and DJ Times magazines)
Jan. 1991 - Dec. 1992 

American Banker/Bond Buyer
Copy Editor
Oct. 1990 - Jan. 1991 

This Week newspaper - Chanry Communications
Reporter/Editor
May 1989 - July 1990

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