[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 193 (Monday, December 17, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H15472]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       CELEBRATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF FOOD LION SUPERMARKETS

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Food Lion, a North 
Carolina business success story, for 50 years of doing business the 
right way.
  Food Lion, founded in Salisbury, North Carolina, in 1957, today 
boasts a chain of 1,300 supermarkets spread throughout the Southeast 
and mid-Atlantic States.
  Food Lion's 73,000 employees serve more than 10 million customers 
every week and embody the ethic that great service in local communities 
is a formula for a successful and profitable business.
  This company has shown a true commitment to its employees by offering 
employees a working environment that focuses not just on good wages, 
but also integrates working conditions and profit-sharing arrangements 
that are some of the best in the retail business.
  And Food Lion's business model doesn't stop at the bottom line or 
with treating employees right. Food Lion gives back every year to many 
community organizations and charitable causes, including the Children's 
Miracle Network, America's Second Harvest Food Banks, Easter Seals, the 
United Way, the American Red Cross, and local schools.
  Food Lion represents the type of company that helps make North 
Carolina and America great. I applaud their 50 years of service to 
hundreds of communities and wish them many more years of success.

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