If you shop at the BI-LO grocery store on Parris Island Gateway in the Shell Point area in Port Royal, you’ll soon see some changes. Port Royal BI-LO was sold to Food Lion, and the store has announced it is scheduled to close on Sunday, February 28th.
In a telephone call to management on Monday morning, we were told that the store will be closing for approximately 2 weeks for rebranding and redesigning, and then will reopen as a Food Lion location.
You’ll just need to find somewhere else to shop for a little while.
Last June, Food Lion announced the largest acquisition in its history: the purchase of 62 BI-LO and Harveys Supermarket stores across South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia, including the location in Port Royal.
The stores continued to operate as BI-LO up until now, but, with the sale complete some of the stores will permanently close, and some will be re-branded and operated as Food Lions.
Food Lion is planning to hire 4,650 associates across the 62 stores, adding to the 42,000 associates who currently work for Food Lion in Georgia and the Carolinas.
In addition to the stores, BI-LO operator Southeastern Grocers has agreed to transition a distribution center in Mauldin, South Carolina, which will support the newly acquired stores and Food Lion’s current network of stores.
“We are so excited to add these new locations to our more than 630 stores across Georgia and the Carolinas,” a spokesperson for BI-LO said in a release.
“We’ve been serving customers in these larger regions for almost 60 years. We’re thrilled to add these locations and serve even more towns and cities across these three states with fresh, quality products at affordable prices every day with the caring, friendly service customers expect from their local Food Lion.”
A complete list of affected locations can be found below.
