There is a new grocery store coming to Fayetteville. Food Lion will open its first grocery store in Fayette County in mid-summer at Jeff Davis Drive and County Line Road.

Food Lion representative Jennifer Speck said the 35,500-square-foot store will likely open in July. Food Lion recently opened two new stores in Coweta County, with the Fayetteville store being the company’s first location in Fayette County.

The new store at Jeff Davis and County Line Road will occupy the location formerly held by Winn-Dixie.

“We’re looking forward to serving Fayette County,” Speck said.

Speck said the new grocery store will feature a pharmacy and a full-size organic and natural products section.

Food Lion serves more than 10 million customers each week and offers more than 28,000 products in its stores, including approximately 2,900 Food Lion-brand products, according to information supplied on the company’s website.

Based in Salisbury, N.C., Food Lion LLC is a subsidiary of Brussels-based Delhaize Group (NYSE: DEG). Founded as Food Town in 1957, today Food Lion is one of the largest supermarket companies in the United States. Food Lion LLC operates approximately 1,300 supermarkets, either directly or through affiliated entities, under the names of Food Lion, Bloom, Bottom Dollar, Harveys and Reid’s.

The company has stores in 11 Southeastern and mid-Atlantic states and operates five distribution centers.