Omg, this place is amazing!!…read more My bf and I stopped in during Memorial Day weekend to pick up beer/wine hostess gifts before staying with family in St James. Being from NY, just being able to have the convenience of finding both good wine and good beer in a grocery store is amazing enough, but this is the best grocery chain I think I've ever been to. The employees are super friendly, even complimenting me on my Smashing Pumpkins shirt and swapping concert experience stories :) They have a "snip your own" fresh herb garden, again, lots of local beer, cheeses, BBQ sauces, mustards, inhouse smoked/cured meats. They even have a little beer corner with taps so you can either fill a growler, sit and relax with a drink, or walk around with it while you shop. We even picked up fire works, just for fun

Empty shelves at 4:30 in the afternoon everything that I was looking for not on the shelves it was…read morea complete waste of time going into this grocery store and I will not go back there. In addition to that lines of people trying to pay that are through where people have to walk and up the aisles this is a poorly run grocery store.

I preferred this Publix in Wilmington more than the first one I went to in Wilmington. They had…read moremore deli options, hot soup available in the deli, and had a liquor store beside it. I selected white wines I was not familiar with - both were good. It was near our beachfront hotel and a pleasant ambience. Service was helpful there and tried finding me the free crackers that come with the soup. There was none available yet I used a substitute for crackers in my snack cache. We came here after moving to our second hotel in Wilmington to spend some time on the beach and be closer to our family. It turned out that the grocery store was closer to our beach hotel than the one in downtown Wilmington. Will mark this as the grocery store to come to when we stay at Wilmington again.

I made a quick stop here for an item. This store appeared to be the cleanist and most organized…read moreI've ever seen. The products on the shelves were militarily situated perfectly on each isle. Not to mention they were fully staffed, several employees were stocking and organizing, and there was still cashiers at every sinlge checkout and additional employee at self checkout. I could not find the itemI came for. I asked an employee that was busy stocking shelves where the item was and he happily without hesitation told me what isle and walked me directly to the isle and down the isle all the way to the end where the item i was looking for was. I hate that I didnt ask for his name, but he went above and beyond.

Clean publix. Not super stocked but I was able to get a few things I needed. Prices were decent…read morewhich was nice since it's a beach town.

The made to order food area is convenient for those who don't want to cook…read more The meat section is tiny!

Just had a huge problem at Harris Teeter Deli. They hire a woman that doesn't understand English…read more Wasted 35 minutes asking her I wanted Boar's Head yellow American cheese, not thin. Well here she's slicing super thin about 4 times!!! Then I asked for another same order and she sliced a different color cheese and goes on to say it's the same cheese. I had to show her the two cheese were different color. It took her about 35 minutes going back and forth. Then my 15.99 per pound honey glaze turkey was thick and heavy! Great job HT! At the customers expense. I was late to an appointment and missed it. Stop with this kind of hiring. You're not cheap and we deserve good service. Hope Corporate sees this.

on December 2 I was shopping at this HT (Waterford in LELAND NC) and the produce man would NOT stop…read morehis harassing religious talk. I had tried to shop but instead was preached to about god and marriage and death and all sorts of junk that is NOT needed from a guy in the produce section (Tony). I tried to be nice about it, as he was rather BADGERING and mentally unstable in his rantings. No one needs to have someone Else's religion shoved down their throats. I think I may have to shop somewhere else bc of how repulsed I am. Days later it's still bugging me bc some ppl are hurt by religious people and that memory should NOT be brought back up bc a man in the grocery store can't BEHAVE! UNACCEPTABLE! Tried to use the CONTACT US via the website to find FILE 404. Wonder why?! I spend about $1200-2000 per month at this store, so I think someone else may enjoy my MONEY!

Walmart is walmart, but I was happy to come across this PTSD inducing candy bar. Cool item!read more

Meh! It's ok here, but the Leland location is much better. They do not have as many food products…read moreas the other store. It doesn't have a vision center either. It's a bit closer for me so it will do in a pinch. I'd rather make the extra drive though. Employees are friendly.

Bottom line: This Food Lion in the Holden Beach area is a good grocery store resource. Clean, with…read morereasonable grocery prices for a beach area, good selection, and both staffed/self checkout options available. Very busy place as it is nearest to the beach and at a busy intersection, so the parking lot can be crowded also. The Deets: The nearest big chain grocery store in the Holden Beach area is this Food Lion, back on the mainland in the shopping center at the first stoplight after coming back over the bridge from the beach (same on as Walgreens). The parking lot is usually pretty packed as this store/shopping center is a pretty busy one. The grocery store itself is pretty clean and has a good layout, but again usually pretty busy with customers. The grocery prices are pretty acceptable for a beach area and of course their Food Lion MVP cards for special prices are useable here. There is a pretty good selection of all grocery items, no visible lacking areas noted so far. There is a hot food bar available if you want to use for a premade meal to take home. The beer cooler is towards the front to the left as you walk in, pretty handy in a beach area obviously. There are staffed checkout lines as well as self checkout kiosks, and the self checkout area line actually moves pretty fast as well staff comes quickly when needed/screen signals them. This beach area Food Lion gets the job done and I have to say it's not bad compared to most beach area grocery stores as well as a lot of Food Lion stores in general.

I live in supply and use this food lion on a very regular basis. Almost every time I order pickup,…read morethey don't even start shopping until it's time for my pickup so I have to wait or come back at a later time. The service they offer for convenience, that I pay extra for, is never convenient. They almost always aren't stocked up on things needed also. The people are always friendly but dang do your job!

Just moved to Southport a couple weeks ago. First time coming here this morning. I'm from another…read morestate and noticed they don't have many of the same products we did. Their prices are also very high for having to check out and bag your own groceries. The store is clean and nice though. All employees were very nice as well. Think I'll stick to Walmart for groceries though.

I am not a Food Lion fan but I did stop in here to use their restroom while visiting the UPS store…read morenext door. This was the cleanest, most beautiful Food Lion I ever saw. The staff I encountered were very helpful and I would definitely shop there if I lived closer. Bathrooms were so clean in case anyone wanted to know.

I grew up going to NC grocery stores just off the beach that served a general store kind of…read morepurpose. I was delighted to find the Sea Merchants kept up the tradition. We were just looking for seashells, which there was a nice and unusual variety. The staff were very helpful and attentive. Absolutely recommend. Remember there are no public bathrooms here.

Smaller Grocery/ Misc store in a convenien spot. Blue hair girl don't play about closing time so…read morechop chop!

Excellent customer service! They were out of small soup cups, and a team member ran to the back to…read moregrab some for me. The cashier still allowed me to purchase my items even though I didn't have a membership and kindly encouraged me to register through the app. She was so sweet, and the manager came over to assist her during the process. They both were incredibly helpful and welcoming. I truly appreciate the outstanding customer service, the quality fresh ready made food, and the beautiful Valentine's display. I'm from out of town and was very impressed. I look forward to stopping here again when I'm in town.

Front end cashier manager was extremely unprofessional wise cracking about me wanting to use cash…read moreat self check out. It's no wonder you go through so many different managers. They're too busy making fun of customers who didn't know they couldn't use cash. Pfft most people here are kind. Except that. Take my business elsewhere if you allow such unprofessional cocky people in management even lead cashiers at self checkout tf

I'm a big fan of Publix grocery store. I absolutely love them, but this has gotta be the…read morefriendliest Publix store on the planet. My experience in the store was just so pleasant. The checkout lady was competent. She even thanked me for bringing my recycling bags, asked me how my visit was and invited me to come back to the store. The bagger was pleasant. He happily bagged my items and as I exited, I believe it was a manager, smiled and bade me farewell. Two thumbs up. This is a model class in grocery store customer service. I will be back.

Here at OI on vacation and we wanted to get deli sandwiches to bring to the beach. We did have a…read morePublix really close to us so we thought we'd get some from here (we usually like to shop local but it's a Sunday and many places are closed) Now, I'm not a huge sandwich person as I'm a picky eater so I was kinda hesitant but it was really good. The bread was very fresh and soft which is usually a deal breaker if it's hard and crunchy. I liked that you could make your own sandwich as I sub a lot of things usually and it was ready in about 25 minutes. Would recommend then for sandwiches if you are needing something fast! We also shared a pasta salad and potatoe salad!