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Food Lion complaints statistics
More than four in ten people who complained about Food Lion report rude or unfair treatment by staff or a manager, and about two thirds want action or an apology from the store.
- 68% want action or an apology from the store
- 44% report rude or unfair treatment by staff or a manager
- 23% report store problems: long lines, empty shelves or a dirty store
- 11% report food that was spoiled, out of date or unsafe
How to complain about Food Lion
- Name the store, date and time. Give the town or street of the store and about what time you were there.
- Upload your receipt and photos. The receipt proves your visit, and photos show spoiled food or the problem in the store.
- Say exactly what you want. For example: an apology from the store manager and a refund for the spoiled food.
Analysis based on 194 Food Lion complaints
Food Lion customer service
- Customer support
- foodlion.com
- Twitter / X
- @foodlion
- Social media
Contact details checked on 27 Sep 2026
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Is Food Lion legit?
Legit, mixed reviewsFood Lion is a real, long-running supermarket chain with more than 1,000 stores in 10 US states, but the price on the shelf can differ from what you pay. A sale tag does not always carry through to the register, so the offer you counted on may ring up at full price.
What we checked
- Founded in 1957 as Food Town
- Head office in Salisbury, NC
- Ratings on other review websites: 2/5
Watch out for
- A sale tag on the shelf that rings up at full price at the register.
- A pickup or delivery order arriving short, with substitutions you did not agree to.
- Facebook posts offering a big Food Lion coupon that lead to a survey asking for personal details.
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How do I file a complaint about Food Lion?
Do you have a dispute or a bad customer experience with Food Lion? Report it through our website to maximize the chance of getting it resolved.
We help you write an effective complaint in minutes. Our AI models are trained on thousands of effective complaint letters. Then we push it through emails, social media, paper complaint letters and other tools at our disposal. And you are not alone: our helpful community is there for advice.
Just looking for information? Search through all 194 Food Lion complaints we received.
How do I reach Food Lion customer service?
We have no verified phone number or email address for Food Lion on record, so we do not list one. The practical first step is the store: the customer service desk or the store manager, with your receipt. Beyond that, the customer care section of the Food Lion website is the route for feedback about a store, your MVP card or a pickup or delivery order. Note the store location, the date and time and the names or descriptions of the employees involved, and keep the receipt and, for spoiled products, a photo of the item and its date label.
Pickup order arriving short with substitutions nobody agreed to? Start your complaint here and we help you write an effective complaint in minutes, drawing on wording that has worked in earlier cases.
How do I get a refund from Food Lion for spoiled or expired food?
Take the product and the receipt back to the customer service desk of the store where you bought it, as soon as you notice. Food Lion has long advertised a satisfaction guarantee on fresh items, so ask about it at the desk and check the current terms in the store or on their website. If you have already thrown the product away, a photo of the item, the date label and the receipt will help your case. For pickup or delivery orders, report the item through the customer care route on the website instead.
If you or your family became ill, keep the packaging and see a doctor, and report the product to the store so the batch can be checked. Sold food that was already spoiled and the desk refused to put it right? Open the case with us and our trained AI keeps coaching you on what to reply, when to push again and how to escalate.
What can I do if Food Lion charged me more than the advertised price?
Check the receipt before you leave the store and compare it with the shelf tag or the weekly ad: that is the moment a price error is easiest to fix at the customer service desk. Take a photo of the shelf tag or the ad if you can. Common causes are a sale that was not loaded to your MVP card, a promotion with conditions in the small print, or a shelf tag that was not updated after the sale ended. Ask for the difference back, and if the store refuses, write down who you spoke to.
Pricing accuracy is also something your state consumer protection office or weights and measures agency deals with, so a pattern of wrong prices is worth reporting there too. Charged more at the register than the shelf tag or the weekly ad said? Put it in with us and we push it out to Food Lion by email, across social media and in printed letters.
How do I complain about a Food Lion store or employee?
Note the store location, the date and time, what happened and the name or a description of the employee or manager involved. Raise it with the store manager if you feel comfortable doing so; if the manager is the problem, or the response is dismissive, use the customer care route on the Food Lion website and describe the incident in a few factual sentences so it can be passed to whoever oversees that store. Keep your receipt as proof of the visit.
When you name the store in your complaint here, other shoppers of that same Food Lion can find your case and back it up with their own experience, and we take it to Food Lion through our own channels.
Is that Food Lion coupon on Facebook real?
Be careful. Food Lion has warned that a $90 coupon shared on Facebook was not authorised by the company and asked people not to click or share it; the link led to a survey page. Big coupons that ask you to share a post or fill in a survey first follow the same pattern.
What do people complain about most at Food Lion?
So far consumers reported 194 complaints about Food Lion here, with an average rating of 1.3 out of 5. The most common themes: unhelpful or rude service, products past their date or spoiled on the shelf, unprofessional behavior from store management and staff, problems with perishables such as milk and meat, and checkout prices that do not match the advertised or shelf price.
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What happens after I submit my complaint?
Your complaint gets its own public page on Complain.biz and we get to work: we bring it to the attention of Food Lion through emails, social media, paper complaint letters and other tools at our disposal.
And we stay with it after you file. Our trained AI opens a case file for you and keeps coaching: what to reply, when to push again, and how to escalate if nothing happens.
Can other consumers help me with my Food Lion complaint?
Yes. We have an active community of consumers, and complaints here are public: people who ran into the same problem at Food Lion can give you advice or back you up with their own story. A complaint with a community behind it is much harder to overlook.
Common Food Lion problems
What people who complained about Food Lion ran into, in their own words.
Rude or aggressive managers
44% of complaints
“Every time I go in and she's working Manager always have me to wait even when she's not busy.”
“There was almost a fist fight and the manager checking out did nothing to stop.”
Short staffing and hot stores
23% of complaints
“He said he was the only one back there and he stopped slicing meat or whatever for people at 5:30pm. I thought foodlion deli would serve you up till 8pm.”
“The store was HOT, muggy, miserable to shop in. I felt so bad for the employees and shoppers.”
Spoiled milk and mouldy produce
11% of complaints
“I recently purchased a milk can from Food lion and it has been spoilt before the expiry date even after it had been stored in the refrigerator.”
“My mother bought a three pack of tomatoes and two of them had mold on them once we got them home to wash them.”
Sale prices and deals not honoured
6% of complaints
“They didn't honor their MVP price and told me I had to spend $35 to get MVP price... I just spent $138 with them last night.”
“When I went to the checkout, the zucchini was priced at on sale 149 normally 179.”
Food Lion complaints
Helpful experiences shared by Food Lion customers. Search, discuss and connect with other people in our community.
Food Lion complaints per month
Nov 2025 - Oct 2026Complaints filed on Complain.biz about Food Lion in each of the last twelve months.
The shoppers at food lion never listened to me and replace the any of my items
The new app never works and the shoppers never replace my items so I’m left with nothing.
Manager
Poor attitude from a manager I am a worker at this location and have enjoyed my experience but when I talk to a manager…
Disrespect and abuse
I was attacked by a manager falsely accused and my child threatened ! Then assaulted by police inside of food lion because this manager…
Wrong prices at the checkout
When I went to the checkout, the zucchini was priced at on sale 149 normally 179. It did not ring up as that and…
Manager violating privacy policy and showing favoritism
Store manager violating privacy policy bringing outside personal affairs into the store effecting job advancement for associate. He’s showing favoritism putting his friends above…
Food poisoning
I purchased a package of California rolls from the “freshly made” sushi bar and 4 hot chicken wings from the hot bar in 4/14/24…
Broken Milk
I recently purchased a milk can from Food lion and it has been spoilt before the expiry date even after it had been stored…
Management
Management adjust time cards to take 30 minutes from employees on a daily basis without their knowledge so they can make payroll on daily.…
Food poisoning
I brought salmon pinwheels on 2-27-24 and cooked and ate it 3-1-24. I vomited from 9pm-6am every hour on the hour. I had diarrhea…
Sale items out of stock when they open
Items out of stock the very morning that open and go on sale !!! Chicken Tenders and Chicken Breast Portions !
How Food Lion compares
Food Lion customer service compared to others in the Supermarkets / Grocery Stores category.
| Company | Complaints | Biggest problem |
|---|---|---|
| Family Dollar | 1,936 complaints | Rude or unprofessional staff 50% |
| Instacart | 359 complaints | Orders late, missing or incomplete 31% |
| Stop and Shop | 305 complaints | Rude or dismissive staff 32% |
| Lidl | 264 complaints | Mouldy, rotten or out of date food 35% |
| Food Lion (this page) | 194 complaints | Rude or aggressive managers 44% |
| Big Saver Foods | 0 complaints | No complaints yet |