Ahold Delhaize USA will acquire 62 Bi-Lo and Harvey’s supermarkets and a distribution center from Southeastern Grocers.  The stores are located in the Carolinas and Georgia and will be converted to the Food Lion banner during the first half of 2021.

Southeastern Grocers will concentrate on their Winn-Dixie chain and will phase out Bi-Lo.  The company operates 550 stores under Winn-Dixie, Bi-Lo, Harvey’s, and Fresco-y-Mas banners in southern states.

The acquisition will provide 700 stores under the Food Lion brand and will complement existing Stop & Shop, Giant Food and Hannaford supermarkets, and Peapod. Aahold-Delhaize operates 1,000 stores in ten southeastern and Mid-Atlantic states and employs 77,000.