fate converted to food lion founded 2004 defunct 2012 headquarters salisbury north carolina u.s. key people richard hagen president products groceries parent food lion website http www.foodlion.com bloom store in accokeek maryland bloom was a chain of mid grade north american grocery stores operated by food lion originally established in 2004 . the parent company of food lion the delhaize group announced in january 2012 that it was discontinuing the bloom brand . bloom s headquarters are were in salisbury north carolina . 1 contents 1 history 2 slogans 3 references 4 external links history edit in 2002 after realizing the customers needs expectations and behaviors were changing and becoming more diverse food lion created a cross functional concept team whose mission was to examine customer and retail trends identify opportunities for growth and develop retail concepts to capture those opportunities . soon after came the idea of bloom . 2 bloom then called bloom a food lion market was first test marketed in charlotte north carolina through five test stores the first of which opened on may 26 2004 . the concept is based on the idea of using a slightly unconventional layout to maximize shopper convenience . this layout included a tabletop section at the entrance to the store where the shopper can purchase ready to eat foods wider aisles and convenient groupings of foods . in most locations customers can buy milk at the front of the store . this eliminates the need to walk to the back where milk is normally located . one of the ways bloom tried to differentiate itself from competition was through the addition of consumer friendly technology . self checkout stands pat personal assistant technology the revolutionary touch screen computer that uses a wireless in store network and produce scales with printers that let customers create bar coded tags are placed in most stores to maximize customer convenience . 3 in march 2011 delhaize america and its bloom banner announced that it would convert 15 of its stores in the charlotte north carolina and greenville south carolina markets into food lion stores . in some areas this resulted in two food lions being within a mile or less of each other . in january 2012 delhaize announced that as part of a restructuring of its us operations the bloom banner would be retired and the remaining stores converted to food lion or closed . 4 slogans edit thought for food . 5 a food lion market . 5 a different kind of grocery store . references edit contacts . delhaize group . retrieved on may 17 2012 . delhaize group u.s. p.o. box 1330 2110 executive drive salisbury nc 28145 1330 united states and food lion bloom & bottom dollar food p.o. box 1330 2110 executive drive salisbury nc 28145 1330 u.s.a. food lion to introduce new store concept name . allbusiness.com . retrieved 2007 07 10 . the slow blooming of food lion s technology experiment . phil lempert s xtreme retail . retrieved 2007 07 10 . food lion s owner closing 126 stores retiring bloom banner washington post january 12 2012 a b food lion opens first bloom concept store store is one of five pilots to open in 2004 . food lion . retrieved 2007 07 10 . external links edit bloom official website v t e delhaize america bottom dollar food food lion hannaford supermarkets v t e supermarket chains in the united states kroger baker s supermarkets city market dillons food stores food 4 less foods co. fred meyer fry s food & drug gerbes super markets harris teeter jay c king soopers kroger owen s pay less super markets qfc ralphs roundy s pick n save mariano s metro market copp s ruler foods scott s smith s albertsons acme markets albertsons amigos carrs haggen jewel osco lucky market street pavilions randalls safeway shaw s and star market super saver tom thumb united supermarkets vons supervalu county market cub farm fresh hornbacher s save a lot shop n save shoppers ahold delhaize food lion giant carlisle giant landover hannaford brothers company martin 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