Food Lion Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Food Lion full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Good money once you make it to salary

Cons – upper management could step in a bit more

Advice to Senior Management – take all in input regardless of title

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Food Lion part-time for more than a year

Pros – Small store, familiar faces, nice co-workers, alright management.

Cons – low pay, hours vary, they don't give everyone a chance to move up in the store.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Food Lion full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Great benefits and pay. If you work hard and are extremely dedicated you can move up.

Cons – It's a corporate minded company versus one that gives store operations more say in decision making.
If they could tap that resource and have less chiefs they would be more successful.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Food Lion full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Lots of opportunities for promotion. Learn different skills because you are cross trained in several skills.

Cons – Pay is not good. Raises are once a year and max out at 2-2.5%. That's if you score superior. The only way to get a good pay increase is to be promoted.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Food Lion part-time for more than a year

Pros – Worked in Deli/bakery, environment was all right. Kept it clean and focused on customer needs

Cons – Bad pay for a customer service + job, co-workers constantly competing in a non-competitive department in a very petty manner, seems that management doesn't really care for their employees and makes no effort to do so especially when complaints are made. Customer satisfaction and improvement is not rewarded or acknowledged. Unflexible hours and extremely low paying

Advice to Senior Management – Pay attention to your employees, motivate and encourage.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Food Lion part-time for more than a year

Pros – Flexible scheduling, The Open Door Policy, Location. If you can come in and do the work asked of you, they'll treat you better.

Cons – Terrible determination of promotions to management. Its rarely done by most qualified, but by tenure.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Food Lion part-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Very flexible hours for part-time employment and great management made working for Food Lion a good experience. Excellent job for students or others seeking part-time hours throughout the week.

Cons – Very little advancement opportunity afforded during time with the company, and training did little to contribute toward future retail efforts. Constant changes in management made work environment feel unstable at times.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Food Lion part-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Friendly attitude from my coworkers and Management

Cons – Not enough pay for the amount of stress.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Food Lion full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – 401k and health benefits are ok.

Cons – Poor wages. when getting hired make sure u get a wage u r happy with cause after that it is 1% annual raises and promotions are only 10%. Hr is a joke. not enough accountability for managers and associates.

Advice to Senior Management – Give your associates more money. get rid of useless positions in corporate and invest more in stores and associates.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Food Lion part-time

Pros – They are excellent with the flexibility of your hours. There is opportunity for advancement if you want to move up.

Cons – Handling food all day long.