Flagler Beach SR 100 Food Lion Closing
Flagler County’s only Food Lion grocery store, located on SR 100, will be closed no later than April 15th.
Palm Coast, Florida – April 2, 2009 – Food Lion is closing its only Flagler County grocery store effective "no later than April 15th." The food retailer has elected to not renew its lease which expires in August. Current inventory is being offered at substantial discounts now and through the closing date.
Headquarted in Salisbury, N.C., Food Lion is owned by Belgian food retailer Delhaize Group. Delhaize operates over 2,500 stores in 7 countries with annual sales of EUR 19 billion. At the end of 2008, Food Lion operated 1,158 stores in 11 Southeast and Mid-Atlantic states.
The older Food Lion store is located across SR 100 from the new Publix-anchored Beach Village Plaza, currently under construction on the corner of Roberts Road. A company spokesperson says the new Beach Village Publix is expected to open in late April or early May.
Food Lion / Publix
Of course this had nothing to do with eliminating competition, We can’t have stores competing against each other as it would be too good for the consumer.
Four within 5 miles of FB city limits
By Fall of 2010 the Walmart Super Center will be open on Old Kings, and with Winn Dixie at Old Kings and route 100, the new Publix and Target, what more could you want. You will even have a Murphy Oil in the Walmart Plaza, with price busting fuel prices. That will kick the high priced fuel stations at I-95 in the pants.
This is only a positive for Flagler Beach
Publix continues to be the favorite grocery chain among consumers in our market area and this new plaza is only a plus for residents close by. We are lucky that Publix has chosen to build in our town even if some of their projections for growth were based on old data hoping for the new developments in the area to be built-out quickly. Obviously, that is not happening.
Publix will bring growth and jobs to our area that has no industry except for the tetering Sea Ray plant.
I welcome Publix to the neighborhood.