Mission
Food Lion has a reputation for providing convenient grocery store locations with products at extra low prices. As part of our commitment to excellence, Food Lion will identify and implement improved financial and operational efficiencies in how we purchase and consume energy, striving to become a world-class leader in energy management within the supermarket industry.

Commitment to Energy Management
Energy Management will plan an increasingly important role in achieving our strategic objectives. Specifically, Food Lion's Energy Management Strategy is to:

· Support the organization's strategic plan to sharpen our pricing and promotion position, improve convenience of the shopping experience, enhance our fresh product perception, and achieve executional excellence.

· Support our commitment to our employees, the environment and the community in which we conduct business by improving the environment through active efforts to reduce energy consumption and pollution.

· Become one of the most efficient grocery stores in the world on a Btu per square foot basis.