Food Lion parent plans 350 layoffs

The parent company of six East Coast supermarket chains is laying off 350 corporate employees in North Carolina, Maine and Florida.

Delhaize America says it is cutting jobs as part of a restructuring effort to reduce general and administrative costs. Delhaize has more than 1,500 stores that include Bottom Dollar Food, Food Lion, Harveys, Hannaford Supermarkets, Reid's and Sweetbay.

Delhaize is also eliminating 150 vacant positions. ...