(Fredericksburg)- Giant stays. Food Lion stores in the area are being sold. The parent company of the merging Giant Food and Food Lion supermarket chain says it is keeping the Giant stores in the Fredericksburg area and selling 13 local Food Lions instead.
The Fredericksburg area and Culpeper Food Lion stores are among 38 being sold to Weis Markets of Pennsylvania.
The Delhaize Group, which is merging with Giant owner Royal Ahold, owns 21 Food Lion stores in the Fredericksburg region. Earlier this year, Giant employees were told those stores might be sold to avoid federal concerns about gaining too much of a market share, which could jeopardize the merger.
Food Lion stores being sold: Route 1 in Fredericksburg, Deacon Road and Route 17 stores in south Stafford, Garrisonville Road and Route 1 locations in North Stafford, two on Courthouse Road in Spotsy, and stores on Tidewater Trail, Route 3, Gordon Road and Spotsylvania Avenue.
In the Richmond area, 10 Martin’s stores are being sold to Publix.