Article: FOOD LION POSTS STRONG FIRST QUARTER SAME STORE SALES UP 5.2%

SALISBURY, N.C., April 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Food Lion, Inc. (Nasdaq-NNM: FDLNA FDLNB) today announced strong first quarter 1996 sales and earnings driven by 5.2% same store sales growth. Sales for the 1,084 store chain topped $2.0 billion -- an 8.5% increase over the same quarter last year. Food Lion's earnings of $40,853,000 also increased by 8.5%. Operating results, excluding an accounting charge described below, are highlighted by an earnings increase of 24.1%, and a net margin of 2.31%. The Company's net margin has been almost double the industry average for the past eight quarters.

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