Food Lion Donates $500,000 to Support Racial Equality and Justice

Food Lion Donates $500,000 to Support Racial Equality and Justice

Funding Earmarked to Support Programming of Long-Standing Community Partners

Food Lion announced today that it has selected several longstanding community partners to receive additional funding to support their work to address racial equality and justice.

“At Food Lion, our value of care is at the center of everything we do, from how we run our business to how we engage with associates and customers to how we nourish our communities,” said Meg Ham, president of Food Lion. “Because we believe there is no place for systemic racism in our world, we are committed to doing our part to support racial equality inside our organization and inside our communities. We are holding ourselves accountable for making lasting change, and together with our community partners, we are hopeful that we can create a better future for all,” Ham added.

All funding will be earmarked for initiatives that support equality and social justice including scholarships and internships for Black and African-American students, education and social engagement in the Black and African-American community, Census participation and voter registration, development of diverse suppliers, education for children on civil rights, police community relations, and virtual town halls and community engagement series.

These funds augment the more than $1 million annually that Food Lion already directs to community partnerships supporting racial equality.

Multiple chapters of some of the following organizations will be supported by Food Lion’s funding: The Urban League of Central Carolinas (Charlotte, NC), 100 Black Men of America, Carolinas-Virginia Minority Supplier Development Council and others. 

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