Food Lion seems to be the juggernaut in this area when it comes to the grocery market game down here. Seems every town has one, if not more than one. Make sure you have the rewards card for this store, it'll help you out a lot. In my opinion, this store has more of a selection and better prices than other stores in the area. (It also didn't hurt that it was strategically placed close to our house we rented) What we couldn't find stocked in other area stores we definitely found here. With the rewards card the prices were better. We grabbed what we needed and then some. Spending a bit more time in the bakery than we should have. Coming out of that section with more sweets than anyone probably needed to on that day. read more

Stopped here while vacationing at the beach. The store was bright and well stocked. We quickly found what we were looking for (and more). Food lion does not have as much variety as Harris Teeter, but it's good quality and cheaper! read more

Food Lion - Nags Head - Grocery Near Me - Nags Head, North Carolina

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If you're ramblin' down the ol' 158, you notice there are quite a few grocery options starting with the Evil Empire of Retail in Wal-Mart up by MP1 all the way down to a Food Lion by MP 16ish. In between you also have several other choices like Target, The Fresh Market, Harris Teeter, Publix, several local mom and pop grocery bodegas and a few other Food Lion outposts including this one. This store is definitely on the smaller side and during my week (two weeks ago) they had real issues keeping things stocked in certain areas. I.E., a lot of the produce would be severely picked through or just not there regardless of what time of day it was. Same thing for the bread aisle. Not much there unless you want crap white or pricey Keto. For all intents and purposes, this store also doesn't have a bakery or a deli. Sure, there are pre-cut meats and cheeses but the selection was always lacking and bakery wise, nothing is fresh. Everything is either mass produced slop or it's in an open fridge case full of half-dethawed/still semi-frozen things. I also asked customer service where they stocked their frozen hash brown patties and after the three employees huddled with each other, the consensus was that I should go to the other FL location further south by the Outback Steakhouse as they're bigger with more choices and they had no idea what I was looking for. Who knew hash brown patties were such a.....specialty item. Like most things, context is king here. If you're on vacation at one of the many nearby homes and need to pop in for some basics, this place will do you right. But, at the same time there are also some obvious drawbacks. read more

Awful awful store. The managers are psychopaths who rather fight you over a coupon that didnt work (even though you followed the product rules for purchase). They will make a scene and fight you tooth and nail as if the money was coming out of their own pocket! This has happened on at least 4 occasions in the past year. Worst attitude and worst Customer Service of any Food Lion I have ever been in. District Office is useless too and does nothing to help the customer when you file a complaint. Total shit show. If a zero of 5stars was an option that would be my score. read more

The managers and staff are incompetent, pathetic pieces of Sh-t, refuse to sell my 26 year old daughter beer because my niece that is 20 was with her and buying soda, we pay big money to vacation here at the outer banks and it's getting worse every year!!!!!!! Will never go in that sh-t hole of a store again and everyone I know that comes here won't go back either, pretty funny how she went right down the street to the next food lion and had no problem!!! These pathetic incompetent people need to be gone, both managers and staff!!!!!!!!! Learn something and get a real f'n job, actually they can't even work in a damn grocery store!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! read more

Good location. Not as sharp or as much of a selection as Harris Teeter but definitely less expensive. Most employees are ok at their jobs and always treat me and my family respectfully. My only real complaint is that the produce section is hit or miss.. sometimes it's good and fresh with a good selection other times not so much but overall we continue to shop there and they get the job done... much more convenient than Harris Teeter as well. I notice some reviews mentioned the cashiers can be a little distant or not overly friendly but I would like to let people know that this particular location hires many disabled employees and helps them have a full time job and gives them a good opportunity to lead a somewhat normal life and I definitely support that! read more

Love this store. Clean, convenient and reasonable prices. Always find just what I need. Staff is attentive and helpful.

Well it could be worse. Small store just the basics but I have trouble navigating this location as a tourist since stuff seems to have hodgepodge placement. Many other bigger stores but it will do in a pinch read more

Why is it that every time we go there and order something to be weight,deli seafood,you get the wrong amount. If you ask for half lbs they give you a pound.This is not at all an isolated experience.Great job making customers wait forever before someone helps them. By the time you get your ham,cheese,whatever,all you want to do is get out of the store.Then you get to the register and you realize,wait a min,this is twice what I asked for,but now you are so frustrated,you don't want to go back and have it recut. That's how I ended up with lots of cold cuts and sliced cheese in the freezer. Today it was shrimp,asked for 1/2lbs,got a pound. Great way to up your sales Food Lion. read more

Can't for the life of me figure why so many people have complained about this Food Lion. We live here and have shopped all of them. This is our favorite. There is one closer to us but travel farther to shop this one. The store is always clean. The staff is always friendly and ready to help you. I think people want something to whine about. This is a great store. No i do not have friend or family working at this store.. MAYBE the customer was the one not friendly and accomodating. hmmm ?? read more

I ordered groceries to go. Bill and Quisha did my shopping. There was a small mix-up, but after calling to find out what could be done, Quisha and the manager, David, called back, wanting to make it right! The manager even offered to bring the missing items to my home. Great customer service! Appreciate the friendly touch and quality in service! read more

Not sure what the necessity was for this food lion, considering its old location across the street was already losing business each year to Harris Teeter and the other Food Lion no more than two miles south of this one. Anyways, this Food Lion offers the same you would expect from other grocery stores at good pricing. However, my two complaints are lighting and isle sizes. It's not very bright in this store, it always seems dim. Not a big issue, just weird. The more annoying issue is how thin the space between isles are. You can just manage to fit two carts, side by side. So when someone is standing with their cart in the middle of the isle, you're not getting by them with your own cart. I still go here from time to time, but generally go to Harris Teeter or the Food Lion closer to south Nags Head. read more

Employees act if you're a bother. Don't expect to be answered if you ask a cashier a question. God forbid they bag your items without slinging them around and using a box of cakes as a tool to push your groceries down the belt. Worst Customer service both times we visited. read more

Poor upper-management, and unqualified workers. A unqualified worker flagged my name in the western union system because she failed to ask for any information about the transaction before flagging me. Upper management was lazy and made no effort at all to address the problem. Theres two foodlion's in Nags Head, if you ever need to use a western union, the other store 5200 S Croatan Hwy is much more preferred. Management was nice and professional, and the worker handling the western union transactions knew what to do. read more

Food Lion is ok-prices can be a bit high. But I've noticed they, and a local Piggly Wiggly, make quite a few mistakes when you check out. I hate to use the word "cheated", but after several times having the wrong price charged for an item, coupons not discounted from my total, and one time having a single Roma tomato (they are small) being weighed as over 1 pound, I can't help but see a pattern here in the Outer Banks. One time I was overcharged more than $4.00 by a clerk at Piggly Wiggly. You have to watch VERY carefully every time you shop so you aren't charged for more than you bought! Its a real shame that they do this to customers. read more

If you are looking for a place to grab groceries this place is clean, affordable, has a great selection and (for us) was less than a mile from our house. We made SEVERAL trips here over the course of the week. The cashiers were a little bit slow which was irritating since we wanted to maximize our time on the beach and in Nags Head but it didn't ruin our day! read more

Not bad. Clean, organized, decent pricing like any other food lion. Would recommend if you are close by or driving by. There are so many in the area. read more