Food Lion Conversion To Weis Markets Will Happen in Early Fall

Early fall, September and October, is when is when the conversion of Food Lion grocery stores to Weis Markets will be finished.

Weis Markets announced Wednesday it has completed a deal to buy 13 Fredericksburg-area Food Lions, pending regulatory approval.

Weis also bought Food Lions in Maryland and Delaware.

Weis Markets CEO Jonathan Weis noted in a release that he's interested in retaining current employees of Food Lion.

“We look forward to interviewing and hiring team members who share our commitment to offering an industry-leading combination of value, quality and customer service,” he said.

Delhaize Group has been weighing options for the Food Lion sites while negotiating a merger with the parent company of rival Giant grocery stores, Ahold. Both companies are based overseas, but the Fredericksburg locations of the two grocery chains are frequently around the corner from each other.

In March, shareholders of Ahold and Delhaize agreed to the $10.9 million merger.

Many had assumed the Giant locations would be sold. Instead, it appears those locations will be converted to Food Lion brands. And the existing Food Lion stores will be sold and converted to Weis Markets.

Here are the locations for the switch-overs:

• 10611 Courthouse Road, Fredericksburg
• 282 Deacon Road, Fredericksburg
• 515 Jefferson Davis Highway, Fredericksburg
• 4153 Plank Road, Fredericksburg
• 7100 Salem Fields Blvd., Fredericksburg
• 10601 Spotsylvania Ave, Fredericksburg
• 10871 Tidewater Trail, Fredericksburg
• 736 Warrenton Road, Fredericksburg
• 905 Garrisonville Road, Stafford
• 2612 Jefferson Davis Highway, Stafford
• 9801 Courthouse Road, Spotsylvania
• 540 Culpeper Town Mall, Culpeper
• 513 Madison Road, Culpeper