Food Lion

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. In an ordinary aisle of Food Lion, a regular noticed something odd one morning. His shopping basket seemed to be moving on its own, nudging cans and boxes towards him as he walked down the row. Curious, he stopped and watched as his basket gently pushed a package of chicken nuggets closer. Thinking it was some kind of prank, he picked up the basket and gave it a shake—only for it to start swaying in time with his steps. Eventually, laughing out loud, he decided to follow where his obedient basket led him. At the end of the aisle stood a friendly delivery driver, holding another identical basket and grinning sheepishly. "Guess I better get back to work," he said, clearly embarrassed but not without a twinkle in his eye.

2. One day in Food Lion’s dairy section, a regular noticed that every time he picked up a gallon of milk, the price on the shelf seemed to change. First it was $3.99, then $4.99—until finally, after several tries, it settled back to its original price. Was it just him, or did everyone else see it too? Finally, an old lady in line asked if anyone had seen the same thing. A delivery driver chimed in, ‘I’ve got one better—yesterday I saw a carton jump from $2.99 to $4.99 and back again!’ Everyone laughed so hard they almost forgot to buy groceries.

3. In the frozen food aisle of Food Lion, a regular asked aloud, ‘Why does everything taste better when I’m not hungry?’ Just then, an impatient delivery driver growled, ‘Because you’re always too busy shopping to actually cook!’ Everyone burst out laughing, realizing the truth in his words—maybe hunger wasn’t the only thing missing from their meals.

4. In the late afternoon, a delivery driver unloaded crates of oranges into the produce section. As he stacked them high, he noticed something peculiar: each orange seemed to have a tiny smiley face etched into its peel. Curious, he picked up one orange and gently peeled it open—only to discover that inside was another smaller smiley face made from seeds! Alarmed laughter erupted among employees as they realized these were no ordinary oranges. Soon enough, word spread through town, and people came from miles around just to buy ‘smiling’ citrus fruits from Food Lion.