Who is Greg Finchum?

For over 35 years, Greg Finchum has worked for Food Lion and held various positions, from serving as the company’s Director of Retail Operations to being the Executive Vice President of Retail Operations to eventually taking on his current role as President of Food Lion in May 2025. Greg is also an alum of The Executive Program at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business. He has been praised by JJ Fleeman, CEO of Ahold Delhaize USA, who said, “[Greg] leads with a strategic discipline and focus that delivers strong results and solid performance at Food Lion.” So, when will Greg ensure Food Lion delivers the results it promised customers and finally have the company go 100% cage-free?

Food Lion lied when it said that it would be cage-free by 2025 since the company now says it won't actually get rid of caged eggs until 2032. Consumers are outraged and want Food Lion to take its commitment seriously and follow through on its promise to stop supporting the cruel caging of egg-laying hens.

As consumers—and Food Lion’s own leaders—know, making a promise is not the same as making good on a promise.

Caged egg-laying hens spend their lives crammed together in barren wire cages. They cannot dust-bathe or express most of their natural behaviors. Often, they suffer from broken bones and mental anguish. Each hen is unable even to spread her wings, and she only has as much space as the size of a sheet of paper within which to live her entire, miserable life. Ahold Delhaize claims to be “a passionate supporter of the well-being and welfare of farm animals,” yet its brands continue to support a practice so cruel that many states have made it illegal.

Will Greg Finchum choose to do the right thing and encourage his fellow leaders to ensure Food Lion fulfills its cage-free egg commitment, or will he continue to let Food Lion fail to fulfill its sustainability pledge?

Click “Take Action” below to tell Greg Finchum that consumers demand accountability and animals deserve better. Now is the time to demonstrate true leadership by showing the world that Food Lion is committed to upholding its promises and ending the abuse of animals in its supply chain.