Food Lion Store No 1274

Not quite sure why we decided to visit this location as we already had stopped at the one in Corolla not that long before. With that being said this location was much better organized than the other. Same deals, but it seems that there was more merchandise inside this store.
Not much else to write about this location except that there is more around it to shop at when you are done here. That’s about the only plus side about coming to this location.

Fresh fruit and vegetable selections not to mention bakery items were extremely small. I was very disappointed! Not what I expected. Not sure if it is like that during the tourist season but this was the Christmas holidays.
Meat selection was also minuscule so I headed back to Walmart which was somewhat better.

One of the cleanest Food Lion I have ever been in. The people working there were nice and helpful. The manager from the Food Lion close to my home could learn a great deal from this store. Will stop there everytime I go down.

On a quick run to get a few last minute items for Thanksgiving I hit up the local Food Lion in Southern Shores, NC. I appreciated that they were open on a holiday, but was hoping to not utilize any stores today if I could prevent it.
This is a place that I have been over dozen, or so times. It is one of our families main markets to get supplies while at the beach. The prices are good and they usually have what you need. The meat department is excellent. If I can avoid going across the street to Walmart for anything than I will avoid the madness
The outside of the store was well maintained and all the carts were clear. Upon walking in the grocery I found it to be clean and shelves tidy. I counted possibly five cars, so they were dead. If you are looking for a more modern store with updates this is not your place.
I only had a list of four items, so I suspected this would be quick. I ran across employee #1 the manager who was within feet of me. No howdy, or can I help you, or even a nod. Oh well, it’s obvious he does not want to work today. On to the the frozen foods and ran across employee #2 that was right beside me as I looked around. No Happy Thanksgiving, is there something I can help you find. NOPE, just busy, busy, busy stocking those shelves and could not loose concentration to provide a little customer service.
After I obtained three out of four items I went to the register that was just closing. however, they opened one just for me… very nice and appreciated. Employee #3 asked if I found everything to which I said no, but I was in a hurry. She stopped ringing me up and walked right over to the isle where I found what I needed. She was pleasant and smiled as we talked.
I completed the check out in no time and sped out to deliver those last minute necessary items for dinner. If employee #1 and #2 could have been like employee #3 they would have most certainly got at least a one star upgrade. Overall good store and I will be back, but hopefully on a next encounter all employees will have an attitude toward the customer comes first.

This is the best place to shop while at OBX. I began my shopping journey ayWal-​Mart, thinking they had a well-​stocked and inexpensive assortment of groceries. I was totally wrong about that. I got the basics, and nothing cold that needed keeping, and went into Harris Teeter for the rest. HT had very high prices, for what I was used to in Northern Virginia.
The next day, I decided to come to Food Lion. The store was very well stocked with the usual variety of stuff you find at a Lion. Much more than what I used to see in the Hopewell stores of years ago. I got everything I needed in one place and didn’t feel robbed when I was checking out. I’m shopping here for the rest of the week.

They have never heard of Sabrett’s Onion Sauce for Hot Dogs! What!
Employees were nice and they seemed to have a wide range of items otherwise. Lots of sales.

According to some friends who rent often in the area, this is the place to get stuff like toilet paper and Cheerios. For the good meat, produce, etc. you go elsewhere. We found this out the hard way when we tried to do all our shopping here. The produce was terrible (rock hard avocados and mangos). They didn’t have a lot of items we take for granted. (e.g. no soy milk, which my family drinks heavily).
We left with only ²⁄₃ of our shopping list completed and had to go to Harris Teeter and Tommy’s market to get the rest.