Food Lion Hosts First Annual “The Feedys” Awards to Honor Local Food Banks and Associates Committed to Hunger Relief

Company Recognizes Late Co-Founder, Ralph W. Ketner, With Honorary
Lion Heart Award and 95,000 Meal Donation to Rowan Helping Ministries

SALISBURY, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Food Lion held its first annual “The Feedys” awards Tuesday at its
corporate headquarters in Salisbury, N.C. The inaugural event honored
those who share the company’s commitment to ending hunger in the
communities Food Lion serves and helped the company donate nearly 180
million meals of its 500 million meal commitment by 2020.


The Feedys honored the company’s partnerships with its 30 local food
banks through years of service awards and presented Kids Café grants to
14 food banks through the Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation,
totaling $143,000. Additionally, four awards were distributed
recognizing an individual hunger hero, a Food Lion store, an individual
Food Lion associate and our food bank partner of the year for their
passion and commitment to fighting hunger every day.

Finally, the company held a special tribute to its late co-founder,
Ralph W. Ketner, who recently passed away at the age of 95 on Sunday,
May 29, 2016, by donating 95,000 meals to Rowan Helping Ministries in
Salisbury, N.C. As Ketner was a catalyst in starting the agency, Food
Lion President Meg Ham presented him with an honorary “Lion’s Heart”
award for all he did to fight hunger in Food Lion’s hometown market.

“At Food Lion, we believe no one should have to choose between dinner
and rent, or gas and groceries, and we know today one in six Americans
are struggling with that choice every day,” said Meg Ham, president of
Food Lion. “Our passion is helping to nourish and feed families through
healthy, fresh, low-price groceries in the towns and cities we serve and
shorten the lines at local food banks. Through this annual event, we
will celebrate the local hunger heroes in our communities and honor
those who are working to make sure no one goes hungry.”

The Feedys inaugural winners include:

  • Doug Mitchell of Bell Buckle, Tenn. – The “Lion Heart” Award
    The
    “Lion Heart” award recognizes an individual that demonstrates
    outstanding skills in coordinating and motivating groups of donors and
    volunteers for Food Lion Feeds’ hunger-relief projects to benefit
    partner food banks.
  • FeedMore of Richmond, Va. – The “Food King” Award
    The
    “Food King” award honors a food bank that demonstrates an outstanding
    commitment to ending hunger through financial support, innovation,
    encouragement and by motivating others to take leadership roles in
    hunger-relief programs and community involvement.
  • Kathy Whicker, Food Lion associate, Winston-Salem, N.C. – The
    “Lion’s Pride” Award

    The “Lion’s Pride” award
    recognizes a Food Lion associate that demonstrates outstanding skills
    in coordinating and motivating associates and volunteers for
    hunger-relief projects for the benefit of Food Lion Feeds and its
    partner food banks.
  • Store 2212 of Simpsonville, S.C. – The “Store That Roars” Award
    The
    “Store That Roars” award honors a store that demonstrates outstanding
    skills in coordinating and motivating store associates, customers and
    volunteers for hunger-relief projects to benefit Food Lion Feeds and
    its partner food banks.

Food Lion launched Food Lion Feeds, its hunger relief platform, in 2014
with a commitment to donate 500 million meals by 2020. To date, the
company has contributed more than 180 million meals toward this goal. To
learn more about Food Lion Feeds, visit www.foodlion.com/feeds.

About Food Lion

Food Lion, based in Salisbury, N.C., since 1957, has more than 1,100
stores in 10 Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic states and employs more than
65,000 associates. By leveraging its longstanding heritage of low prices
and convenient locations, Food Lion is working to own the easiest full
shop grocery experience in the Southeast, anchored by a strong
commitment to affordability, freshness and the communities it serves.
Through Food Lion Feeds, the company has committed to provide 500
million meals to individuals and families in need by the end of 2020.
Food Lion is a company of Delhaize America, the U.S. division of
Brussels-based Delhaize Group (NYSE: DEG). For more information, visit www.foodlion.com.

Contacts

Food Lion
Christy Phillips-Brown, 704-310-2221
cphillips-brown@foodlion.com
or
Kristyn
Callaway, 980-229-0896
kristyn.callaway@foodlion.com

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