Food Lion Job Applicants Reach $3M Background Check Class Action Settlement

Food Lion Job Applicants Reach $3M Background Check Class Action Settlement

Food Lion Job Applicants Reach $3M Background Check Class Action Settlement

A group of job applicants say they support the almost $3 million class action settlement reached with Food Lion, LLC and its parent company Delhaize America, LLC over allegedly illegal background check procedures by the east coast grocery store chain. Lead plaintiff Jeneen Brown is asking the North Carolina federal judge to approve the class action settlement for the almost 60,000 class members in the March 2 memorandum in support of the unopposed motion for preliminary approval of the class action settlement.

The class is for those who applied to work at grocery store chains owned and operated by Delhaize America such as Food Lion, Hannaford, Bottom Dollar, Harvey’s Supermarket and Sweetbay.

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