Thank you for contacting Food Lion regarding your fundraising request. Since opening our first store in 1957, Food Lion has been committed to caring for the towns and cities we serve. As your neighborhood grocery store, we are dedicated to nourishing families and setting them up for success in life.

We believe no one should have to choose between dinner and rent or gas and groceries. That's why we're passionate about helping end hunger in our communities. Together, along with our associates, vendor partners and community organizations, Food Lion Feeds has donated the equivalent of 1.5 billion meals since 2014. 

Our work is far from done. Together, we are committed to doubling our efforts, reaching a total of 3 billion meals by 2032.

Food Lion values the contributions of the many volunteer and community groups and organizations that raise funds for important causes in the towns and cities we serve. To that end, we may allow 501(c)3 charitable organizations who are fundraising for local causes to solicit outside of our stores on Saturdays up to two times per calendar year when Food Lion is not running an in-store charitable campaign. *

Guidelines for Application:

Charitable organizations may apply up to a maximum of two times per calendar year to solicit on these Saturday dates only:

Dates remaining in 2025:

Please note that a separate request must be made for each store location you are requesting. Application listing more that one store location cannot be processed.

Solicitation guidelines:

• Bake sales, open food or drink, car washes and membership drives are not allowed. Food Lion also strictly prohibits any individual or group from petitioning or distributing any type of literature on our premises.

• Solicitations are permitted on Saturdays only. Only one charity can solicit at a store on a given Saturday. Charitable organizations may solicit twice in a calendar year.

• Solicitors are not allowed before sunrise or after sunset.

• Solicitation is permitted to the right of the door entrance (facing the store) at least 15 feet from the doorway to enable customers to enter and exit the store comfortably.

• Two solicitors may be present for each approved event. If the event is youth-related, two adults and two children should be present.

• The area of solicitation should be kept neat, clean and professional in appearance. Solicitors should present professional courteous behavior.

• Solicitors must adhere to all state and local CDC guidelines that may be in place.

Food Lion reserves the right to deny access to any group or person at its discretion or revoke any access provided at the sole discretion of Food Lion management. No person shall unduly interfere with the normal use of our stores, including ingress to and egress from these stores, employees' work and customers' shopping. Further, the person(s) should not interfere with the operation of other businesses that may be located nearby. The Store Manager has the right to deny solicitation if the above procedures are not followed.

Please note all contributions are made at the sole discretion of Food Lion or its charitable foundation, Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation. It is our goal to ensure that all donations from Food Lion are provided to organizations that treat its constituents fairly and with equality, and that these organizations do not discriminate based on gender, race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, sexual orientation or gender identity.

*A local Store is described as within a 10-mile radius of the organization's location.