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Food Lion donates $130K to American Red Cross for tornado relief efforts

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January 13, 2022

Supermarket chain Food Lion has donated $130,496.38 to the American Red Cross to help support tornado disaster relief efforts in the South and Midwest.

The donation includes a Food Lion Feeds $50,000 donation as well as customer donations, according to a press release.

"The American Red Cross is grateful to Food Lion for providing shoppers with an opportunity to give back to those impacted by Midwest and Southern tornadoes in the midst of the holidays," Allison Taylor, regional executive, Greater Carolinas Region of the Red Cross, said in the release. "Food Lion's support will aid the Red Cross in supporting storm victims in their recovery in the weeks ahead. We are sincerely appreciative for this contribution."

In addition to partnering with customers on this donation to the American Red Cross, the retailer has donated 39,000 bottles of water, $26,000 in food to Feeding America Kentucky's Heartland and $10,000 to an emergency relief fund established by Pilgrim's Pride, one of Food Lion's suppliers with operations in the area.

Food Lion is based in Salisbury, North Carolina, has more than 1,100 stores in 10 Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic states and employs more than 82,000 associates.