Food Lion reviews

No training. Management is constantly under qualified. No training for new associates so you're constantly fixing problems. District and regional managers are non existent, store walks are just for show, a real waste of time and travel pay. It's so easy to run a grocery store and food lion makes an absolute mess of it. Constantly cutting corners to save time and money. Horrible benefits subpar pay.

I transferred from a different Delhaize store and was promised the same salary, hours and time accrued toward paid time off, but not the same job I had previously. Though I was classified as part-time, I'd been working 40 hours per week at my previous store and was cross trained in every department except produce and meat. Upon transfer, my hourly pay was slashed $2 per hour and I was lucky to get 15-20 hours per week. When I moved, I had budgeted for my existing salary and quickly fell into debt just to pay bills. The schedule was erratic so it would have been hard to work a second job since I wouldn't be able to inform them of my availability in advance. After several months things improved somewhat in that I was able to split time working between two stores and the two store managers coordinated on the scheduling, but it also meant a lot of driving, and even then didn't equate to full-time work. I found it very stressful Eventually my health took a turn for the worse and I had to resign. As far as career opportunities go, I didn't see anyone promoted for the year I was there, but I got the feeling that only the younger people were favored over people over 40.