Food Lion’s New CEO: ‘We Just Have To Get Better’

Beth Newlands Campbell is going back to the basics in her attempt to turn Food Lion around: Clean stores, fresh produce, helpful associates and consistency from store to store.

But Newlands Campbell, the grocer's CEO since December, said she agrees with industry analysts who say that won't be enough.

With fierce competition from everywhere on the price spectrum – Whole Foods, Publix and Harris Teeter on the higher end, Walmart and Aldi at the low end – her greatest challenge is giving shoppers a reason to choose Food Lion.

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