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Food Lion is an American regional supermarket chain headquartered in Salisbury, North Carolina, that operates over 1100 supermarkets in 10 states of the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern United States (Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia).[1]

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  1. 96 relations: ABC News (United States), Accuracy in Media, Ahold, Ahold Delhaize, Albertsons, Asheboro, North Carolina, Associated Press, Bangkok, Barnwell, South Carolina, Belgium, BI-LO (United States), Carolinas, Chain store, Clorox, Columbia, South Carolina, Daily Press (Virginia), Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, Deep South, Delaware, Delhaize Group, Distribution center, Duty of loyalty, East Coast of the United States, Elizabeth City, North Carolina, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, Farm Fresh Food & Pharmacy, Feeding America, Florence, South Carolina, Georgia (U.S. state), Giant Food (Landover), Hampton, Virginia, Hannaford Brothers Company, Hanover, Pennsylvania, Harris Teeter, High Point, North Carolina, Houston, Ingles, Jewel-Osco, Kentucky, Kroger, Labor Day, Lease, Maryland, Mega Image, Mergers and acquisitions, Mid-Atlantic (United States), Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, News & Record, News magazine, ... Expand index (46 more) »

  2. 1957 establishments in North Carolina
  3. 1974 mergers and acquisitions
  4. Ahold Delhaize
  5. American companies established in 1957
  6. Fictional lions
  7. Lions in popular culture
  8. Retail companies established in 1957

ABC News (United States)

ABC News is the news division of the American television network ABC.

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Accuracy in Media (AIM) is an American non-profit conservative news media watchdog founded in 1969 by economist Reed Irvine.

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Ahold

Koninklijke Ahold N.V. was a Dutch multinational retail company based in Zaandam, Netherlands. Food Lion and Ahold are Ahold Delhaize.

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Ahold Delhaize

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize N.V. (in Dutch literally "Royal Ahold Delhaize"), commonly known as Ahold Delhaize, is a Dutch-Belgian multinational retail and wholesale holding company.

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Albertsons

Albertsons Companies, Inc. is an American grocery company founded and headquartered in Boise, Idaho. Food Lion and Albertsons are supermarkets of the United States.

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Asheboro, North Carolina

Asheboro is a city in and the county seat of Randolph County, North Carolina, United States.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Bangkok

Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand.

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Barnwell, South Carolina

Barnwell is a city in and county seat of Barnwell County, South Carolina, United States, located along U.S. Route 278.

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Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe.

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BI-LO (United States)

BI-LO was an American supermarket chain owned by Southeastern Grocers, headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. Food Lion and bI-LO (United States) are supermarkets of the United States.

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Carolinas

The Carolinas, also known simply as Carolina, are the U.S. states of North Carolina and South Carolina considered collectively.

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Chain store

A chain store or retail chain is a retail outlet in which several locations share a brand, central management and standardized business practices.

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Clorox

The Clorox Company (formerly Clorox Chemical Company) is an American global manufacturer and marketer of consumer and professional products.

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Columbia, South Carolina

Columbia is the capital city of the U.S. state of South Carolina.

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Daily Press (Virginia)

The Daily Press Inc. is a daily morning newspaper published in Newport News, Virginia, which covers the lower and middle Peninsula of Tidewater Virginia.

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Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex

The Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, officially designated Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, is the most populous metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. state of Texas and the Southern United States, encompassing 11 counties.

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Deep South

The Deep South or the Lower South is a cultural and geographic subregion of the Southern United States.

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Delaware

Delaware is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern region of the United States.

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Delhaize Group

Delhaize Group SA was a Belgian multinational retail company headquartered in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Brussels, Belgium, and operated in seven countries and on three continents. Food Lion and Delhaize Group are Ahold Delhaize and supermarkets of the United States.

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Distribution center

A distribution center for a set of products is a warehouse or other specialized building, often with refrigeration or air conditioning, which is stocked with products (goods) to be redistributed to retailers, to wholesalers, or directly to consumers.

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Duty of loyalty

The duty of loyalty is often called the cardinal principle of fiduciary relationships, but is particularly strict in the law of trusts.

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East Coast of the United States

The East Coast of the United States, also known as the Eastern Seaboard, the Atlantic Coast, and the Atlantic Seaboard, is the region encompassing the coastline where the Eastern United States meets the Atlantic Ocean.

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Elizabeth City, North Carolina

Elizabeth City is a city in Pasquotank and Camden counties, North Carolina, United States.

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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is a federal agency that was established via the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to administer and enforce civil rights laws against workplace discrimination.

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Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938

The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) is a United States labor law that creates the right to a minimum wage, and "time-and-a-half" overtime pay when people work over forty hours a week.

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Farm Fresh Food & Pharmacy

Farm Fresh Food & Pharmacy is a supermarket chain with four independently owned stores, all of which are in Virginia. Food Lion and Farm Fresh Food & Pharmacy are retail companies established in 1957 and supermarkets of the United States.

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Feeding America

Feeding America is a United States–based non-profit organization that is a nationwide network of more than 200 food banks that feed more than 46 million people through food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, and other community-based agencies.

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Florence, South Carolina

Florence is a city in and the county seat of Florence County, South Carolina, United States.

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Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia, officially the State of Georgia, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Giant Food (Landover)

Giant Food of Maryland, LLC is an American regional supermarket chain with 166 stores located in Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Food Lion and Giant Food (Landover) are Ahold Delhaize, American subsidiaries of foreign companies and supermarkets of the United States.

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Hampton, Virginia

Hampton is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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Hannaford Brothers Company

Hannaford is an American supermarket chain based in Scarborough, Maine. Food Lion and Hannaford Brothers Company are Ahold Delhaize, American subsidiaries of foreign companies and supermarkets of the United States.

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Hanover, Pennsylvania

Hanover is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Harris Teeter

Harris Teeter Supermarkets, LLC., also known as Harris Teeter Neighborhood Food & Pharmacy, is an American supermarket chain based in Matthews, North Carolina, a suburb of Charlotte. Food Lion and Harris Teeter are companies based in North Carolina and supermarkets of the United States.

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High Point, North Carolina

High Point is a city in the Piedmont Triad region of the U.S. state of North Carolina.

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Houston

Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States.

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Ingles

Ingles Markets, Inc. (stylized as ingles) is an American supermarket chain based in Black Mountain, North Carolina. Food Lion and ingles are supermarkets of the United States.

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Jewel-Osco

Jewel-Osco is a regional supermarket chain in the Chicago metropolitan area, headquartered in Itasca, a western suburb. Food Lion and Jewel-Osco are supermarkets of the United States.

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Kentucky

Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Kroger

The Kroger Company, or simply Kroger, is an American retail company that operates (either directly or through its subsidiaries) supermarkets and multi-department stores throughout the United States. Food Lion and Kroger are supermarkets of the United States.

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Labor Day

Labor Day is a federal holiday in the United States celebrated on the first Monday of September to honor and recognize the American labor movement and the works and contributions of laborers to the development and achievements of the United States.

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Lease

A lease is a contractual arrangement calling for the user (referred to as the lessee) to pay the owner (referred to as the ''lessor'') for the use of an asset.

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Maryland

Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.

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Mega Image

Mega Image is a supermarket chain, established in Romania in 1995, owned by Ahold Delhaize. Food Lion and Mega Image are Ahold Delhaize.

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Mergers and acquisitions

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are business transactions in which the ownership of companies, business organizations, or their operating units are transferred to or consolidated with another company or business organization.

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Mid-Atlantic (United States)

The Mid-Atlantic is a region of the United States located in the overlap between the Northeastern and Southeastern states of the United States.

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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Myrtle Beach is a resort city on the East Coast of the United States in Horry County, South Carolina.

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News & Record

The News & Record is an American, English language newspaper with the largest circulation serving Guilford County, North Carolina, and the surrounding region.

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News magazine

A news magazine is a typed, printed, and published magazine, radio, or television program, usually published weekly, consisting of articles about current events.

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North Carolina

North Carolina is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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Northeastern United States

The Northeastern United States, also referred to as the Northeast, the East Coast, or the American Northeast, is a geographic region of the United States located on the Atlantic coast of North America.

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Oklahoma City

Oklahoma City, officially the City of Oklahoma City, and often shortened to OKC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma.

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Orlando, Florida

Orlando is a city in and the county seat of Orange County, Florida, United States.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Dutch), is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States.

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Persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses

The beliefs and practices of Jehovah's Witnesses have engendered controversy throughout their history.

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Piedmont Triad

The Piedmont Triad (or simply the Triad) is a metropolitan region in the north-central part of the U.S. state of North Carolina anchored by three cities: Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point.

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Primetime (American TV program)

Primetime was an American news magazine television program that debuted on ABC in 1989 with co-hosts Sam Donaldson and Diane Sawyer and originally had the title Primetime Live.

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Publix

Publix Super Markets, Inc., commonly known as Publix, is an employee-owned American supermarket chain headquartered in Lakeland, Florida. Food Lion and Publix are supermarkets of the United States.

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Ralph Ketner

Ralph Wright Ketner (September 20, 1920 – May 29, 2016) was an American businessman and philanthropist.

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Religious discrimination

Religious discrimination is treating a person or group differently because of the particular beliefs which they hold about a religion.

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Richmond, Virginia

Richmond is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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Roanoke, Texas

Roanoke is a city in Denton County, Texas, United States and part of the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex.

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Sabbatarianism

Sabbatarianism advocates the observation of the Sabbath in Christianity, in keeping with the Ten Commandments.

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Salisbury Post

The Salisbury Post is an American, English language daily newspaper, founded in 1905, in Salisbury, North Carolina that serves the city and other municipalities in Rowan County, as well as the county itself.

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Salisbury, North Carolina

Salisbury is a city in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, United States; it has been the county seat of Rowan County since 1753 when its territory extended to the Mississippi River.

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Sanitation

Sanitation refers to public health conditions related to clean drinking water and treatment and disposal of human excreta and sewage.

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Shreveport, Louisiana

Shreveport is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana.

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South Atlantic states

The South Atlantic United States form one of the nine Census Bureau Divisions within the United States that are recognized by the United States Census Bureau.

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South Carolina

South Carolina is a state in the coastal Southeastern region of the United States.

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Southwestern United States

The Southwestern United States, also known as the American Southwest or simply the Southwest, is a geographic and cultural region of the United States that includes Arizona and New Mexico, along with adjacent portions of California, Colorado, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah.

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Stop & Shop

The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company, known as Stop & Shop, is a regional chain of supermarkets located in the northeastern United States. Food Lion and Stop & Shop are Ahold Delhaize, American subsidiaries of foreign companies and supermarkets of the United States.

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Supermarket

A supermarket is a self-service shop offering a wide variety of food, beverages and household products, organized into sections.

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SuperValu (United States)

SuperValu, Inc., was an American wholesaler and retailer of grocery products. Food Lion and SuperValu (United States) are supermarkets of the United States.

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Surfside Beach, South Carolina

Surfside Beach is a town in Horry County, South Carolina, United States.

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Sweetbay Supermarket

Sweetbay Supermarket was a chain of American supermarkets located in Florida. Food Lion and Sweetbay Supermarket are supermarkets of the United States.

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Target Corporation

Target Corporation is an American retail corporation that operates a chain of discount department stores and hypermarkets, headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Food Lion and Target Corporation are supermarkets of the United States.

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Tennessee

Tennessee, officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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The Giant Company

The Giant Company (formerly known as Giant Food Stores) is an American regional supermarket chain that operates in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia under the Giant and Martin's brands. Food Lion and the Giant Company are Ahold Delhaize, American subsidiaries of foreign companies and supermarkets of the United States.

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Tom Thumb (grocery store)

Tom Thumb is a chain of supermarkets in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. Food Lion and Tom Thumb (grocery store) are supermarkets of the United States.

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Tops Supermarket

Tops is a grocery chain in Thailand.

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Trespass to land

Trespass to land is a common law tort or crime that is committed when an individual or the object of an individual intentionally (or, in Australia, negligently) enters the land of another without a lawful excuse.

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Tulsa, Oklahoma

Tulsa is the second-most-populous city in the state of Oklahoma, after Oklahoma City, and is the 48th-most-populous city in the United States.

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Union busting

Union busting is a range of activities undertaken to disrupt or weaken the power of trade unions or their attempts to grow their membership in a workplace.

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United Food and Commercial Workers

The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) is a labor union representing approximately 1.3 million workers in the United States and Canada in industries including retail; meatpacking, food processing and manufacturing; hospitality; agriculture; cannabis; chemical trades; security; textile, and health care.

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United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (in case citations, 4th Cir.) is a federal court located in Richmond, Virginia, with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts.

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United States courts of appeals

The United States courts of appeals are the intermediate appellate courts of the United States federal judiciary.

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United States Department of Labor

The United States Department of Labor (DOL) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government.

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Virginia

Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.

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Virginia Beach, Virginia

Virginia Beach, officially the City of Virginia Beach, is the most populous city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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Virginias

The Virginias (sometimes also known as the two Virginias) is a region in the United States comprising the U.S. states of Virginia and West Virginia.

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Walmart

Walmart Inc. (formerly Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.) is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets (also called supercenters), discount department stores, and grocery stores in the United States, headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas. Food Lion and Walmart are supermarkets of the United States.

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Weis Markets

Weis Markets, Inc., or doing business as Weis and stylized as weis, is an American food retailer headquartered in Sunbury, Pennsylvania. Food Lion and weis Markets are supermarkets of the United States.

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West Virginia

West Virginia is a landlocked state in the Southern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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Whole Foods Market

Whole Foods Market, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon, is an American multinational supermarket chain headquartered in Austin, Texas, which sells products free from hydrogenated fats and artificial colors, flavors, and preservatives. Food Lion and Whole Foods Market are supermarkets of the United States.

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Winston-Salem Journal

The Winston-Salem Journal is an American, English language daily newspaper primarily serving Winston-Salem and Forsyth County, North Carolina.

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See also

1957 establishments in North Carolina

1974 mergers and acquisitions

Ahold Delhaize

American companies established in 1957

Fictional lions

Retail companies established in 1957

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_Lion

Also known as Food Lion LLC, Foodlion.

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