Food Lion

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At Food Lion one morning, a regular exclaimed, ‘I just saw a ghost in aisle five!’ Everyone looked around nervously, but no one else saw anything. Suddenly, an old delivery driver chuckled and said, ‘That’s not a ghost—just our new security camera playing tricks on you.’ Everyone laughed, realizing it was just another Food Lion story. The regular shrugged and replied, ‘Well, I’ll believe my eyes next time!’

2. At dawn, an early bird shopper noticed something odd: every time she scanned her items, the cash register would ring up double the price. Curious, she told a delivery driver about it, and he suggested checking the settings on the scanner. Turns out, someone had accidentally pressed ‘×2’ instead of ‘scan’. After fixing the issue, everyone laughed over coffee in the staff room—except for the poor cashier who’d been working extra shifts to cover the discrepancies.

3. At midnight, a delivery driver heard a voice over the store’s PA system: ‘Please return your shopping cart to the correct aisle.’ He looked around but saw no one. The next day, everyone started hearing it too. Soon enough, customers began leaving their carts in funny places—one lady even parked hers outside near the bakery. A manager finally tracked down the source: an old tape loop from a long-forgotten training session. From then on, whenever someone misplaced a cart, they’d hear, ‘Please return your shopping cart…’ followed by laughter from nearby shoppers.

4. At sunset, a grocery clerk swore he felt a cold draft as he stocked the shelves. Every time he turned around, a shadow seemed to linger near the cheese section. One night, an elderly neighbor came in for milk and whispered she thought she saw someone pushing shopping carts down the aisles. The next day, it turned out to be just a delivery driver with a cartload of free samples.