tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628100700550321985.post5062817047005886450..comments2024-03-28T03:22:39.407-04:00Comments on Albertsons Florida Blog: The Lion Sleeps Tonight...Albertsons Florida Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17350708223049245195noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628100700550321985.post-64692453765559837762018-08-03T18:35:02.619-04:002018-08-03T18:35:02.619-04:00The new Food Lion decor is pretty bland, and very ...The new Food Lion decor is pretty bland, and very gray. My favorite Food Lion decor was the "Quality and Value" decor (which I believe is the one that uses the same font on the department signs that Publix currently does). It made the stores feel much more upscale.Albertsons Florida Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17350708223049245195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628100700550321985.post-73851513677553135622018-08-03T18:31:28.959-04:002018-08-03T18:31:28.959-04:00Food Lion has had that impression on people, espec...Food Lion has had that impression on people, especially in Florida. I had someone tell me once that Food Lion make an old Winn-Dixie look nice! I'd like to think that Food Lion has done something to clean their stores up in the areas where they still operate, but I haven't been to a Food Lion in ages to know.Albertsons Florida Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17350708223049245195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628100700550321985.post-15164580200803284682018-08-03T18:28:14.978-04:002018-08-03T18:28:14.978-04:00Food Lion did a lot of scaling back in 2011-2012. ...Food Lion did a lot of scaling back in 2011-2012. It's amazing how many empty Food Lion stores are out there, many of which are empty like the ones in your hometown.Albertsons Florida Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17350708223049245195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628100700550321985.post-55322238916914328972018-07-04T22:30:38.109-04:002018-07-04T22:30:38.109-04:00One of the Food Lions on Main Street in China Grov...One of the Food Lions on Main Street in China Grove/Landis had this "Rutherfordton decor" since their opening, prior to the EFA remodel. All of the other Lions in my area had the 2004 "Quality and Value" decor, while the Jake Alex, George W. Liles and the Concord Parkway/Pitts School Food Lions had the "Round Format" decor, prior to the recent remodels. Since Ahold took over, and Easy Fresh Affordable is being dumbed down to a blah decor package, I'd rather see how refreshing I would see the round format decor any day over both the horrible Ahold EFA decor and the Rutherfordton decor.Piedmont NC Retailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02900529208453508625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628100700550321985.post-49568800326434233512018-06-13T21:11:34.089-04:002018-06-13T21:11:34.089-04:00In Pinellas, I only have dim memories of going to ...In Pinellas, I only have dim memories of going to a Food Lion (probably in St. Petersburg or Pinellas Park), but the impression that it was dirty/run down has lasted 20+ years. For a grade school kid to consider your store an incentive to go elsewhere is saying something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628100700550321985.post-40873132190338173882018-05-30T22:59:04.396-04:002018-05-30T22:59:04.396-04:00There's still a couple of abandoned Food Lions...There's still a couple of abandoned Food Lions in my hometown. They were all part of the failed Food Lion concept known as Bloom, which ended for my state in 2011. Most of them are still sitting as abandoned husks, one of which never converted from Bloom to Food Lion and still had some of the Bloom decor up last I checked. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628100700550321985.post-55665126061613336632018-05-27T22:10:57.446-04:002018-05-27T22:10:57.446-04:00Food Lion will definitely see some impact in the l...Food Lion will definitely see some impact in the larger cities where Publix wants to open stores, although one strength they do have are the smaller towns in the Carolinas and Virginia where they're one of the only (if not the only) grocery option in the immediate area. Those are probably Food Lion's strongest markets right now.Albertsons Florida Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17350708223049245195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628100700550321985.post-61028887812522409332018-05-27T22:05:45.180-04:002018-05-27T22:05:45.180-04:00I always thought Pennsylvania was an odd place for...I always thought Pennsylvania was an odd place for Food Lion to expand into, especially with all of the competition that was there back in the 1990's. It would have been an extremely tough job for Food Lion to have made it in PA. I never understood the placement of the frozen foods on the far right side of the store either, for the same reason you describe.<br /><br />I was in a 90's built Food Lion in VA about a year ago and it really wasn't anything special. It had the same decor as the store in this post, and the sales floor seemed clean to me at the very least. I don't know what Food Lion's more modern stores are like (such as ones built in the last few years) to know just how much they've tried to change and improve themselves.Albertsons Florida Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17350708223049245195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628100700550321985.post-63150801015789889232018-05-27T21:17:54.041-04:002018-05-27T21:17:54.041-04:00Took care of that. I deleted the note for those st...Took care of that. I deleted the note for those stores until I have a chance to look into those stores closer.Albertsons Florida Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17350708223049245195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628100700550321985.post-55776049534605798442018-05-27T07:59:07.457-04:002018-05-27T07:59:07.457-04:00Food Lion is far from "Eash, Fresh, and Affor...Food Lion is far from "Eash, Fresh, and Affordable". If its stores had extra low prices, had the necessities of food and pharmacy, had attentiveness toward quality products and fresh foods, and had better service, "how refreshing" Food Lion could be with better stores. <br /><br />Food Lion has proven not to improve itself consistently. It will continue to close stores and send business elsewhere.Publixaurus Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02893394613147637910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628100700550321985.post-12756731360776458182018-05-27T07:54:12.851-04:002018-05-27T07:54:12.851-04:00It is hard for Food Lion to claim it has extra low...It is hard for Food Lion to claim it has extra low prices when its prices are extra high. Low sales and increasing expenses to operate stores lead to higher prices.Publixaurus Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02893394613147637910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628100700550321985.post-51819190392186852952018-05-24T04:51:19.924-04:002018-05-24T04:51:19.924-04:00I’ve been in Food Lions that had this decor even t...I’ve been in Food Lions that had this decor even though they didn’t have many of them in my area. <br /><br />I like this decor better than the muddy colored Easy, Fresh, and Affordable package they put up around here. How [not] refreshing!<br /><br />Anyway, Food Lion is a chain full of low-volume stores but at best I believe they’ll be moderately affected by Publix (Lowes Foods looks to lose the most from Publix). Walmart and Aldi on the other hand could negatively affect Food Lion.11110https://www.blogger.com/profile/16662982190462109753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628100700550321985.post-68538060563023795012018-05-23T14:56:51.785-04:002018-05-23T14:56:51.785-04:00I was living in central Pa when food lion started ...I was living in central Pa when food lion started building stores claiming extra low prices. The problem was the stores were small and the freezer section started as the first section you go through. By the time you got to the checkout, your freezer stuff was unfrozen. Also Giant of Carlisle tag was low prices so it seemed to be a little confusing. There was giant, superfresh, weis, karnes, festival foods already there. They didn't make it very long and the food lion never made it in the Harrisburg market. These were the pre Walmart supercenter days<br /><br />I visted a food lion in agusta Ga a few years back and I wasn't impressed. it felt like a winn dixie.rob zurburgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628100700550321985.post-51881304932519384212018-05-21T15:00:19.649-04:002018-05-21T15:00:19.649-04:00I believe you mixed up the two Tampa Gunn hwy stor...I believe you mixed up the two Tampa Gunn hwy stores. The one in the 5000 block closed well before 99 and is a big lots now. The one in the 8000 block was one of the stores converted to kash and karry. It stayed that until a newer and much larger store was built just a mile away.Dwaynenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628100700550321985.post-78332511857661021132018-05-21T14:19:37.332-04:002018-05-21T14:19:37.332-04:00You're welcome! And if others say they don'...You're welcome! And if others say they don't like them... they're lion XDRetail Retellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12636351832804174132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628100700550321985.post-58490952887136550572018-05-20T20:57:12.756-04:002018-05-20T20:57:12.756-04:00I was thinking that too, as Walmart took over a fe...I was thinking that too, as Walmart took over a few Food Lion buildings around Jacksonville after the 2012 closings, and those buildings were just the right size for a Walmart Neighborhood Market. This building would make for a good location for a Dollar General Market (another chain that likes these old Food Lions), if Dollar General were to be interested in relocating their existing smaller store up the street. Hopefully something will fill this space eventually to bring this plaza back to life.Albertsons Florida Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17350708223049245195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628100700550321985.post-90922332609477590852018-05-20T20:45:21.128-04:002018-05-20T20:45:21.128-04:00Thanks! At least somebody appreciates them :)Thanks! At least somebody appreciates them :)Albertsons Florida Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17350708223049245195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628100700550321985.post-17343256106144049782018-05-20T17:43:52.472-04:002018-05-20T17:43:52.472-04:00Walmart should have reused this building. All th...Walmart should have reused this building. All these stores keep building more and more locations meanwhile entire plazas sit empty. Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10468974831130847122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628100700550321985.post-90936915218637141632018-05-20T17:06:29.345-04:002018-05-20T17:06:29.345-04:00I like the "dumb metaphors" myself :PI like the "dumb metaphors" myself :PRetail Retellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12636351832804174132noreply@blogger.com