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?

Greg Finchum’s apparent inaction in the face of filthy, out-of-step cages is exactly why he is also featured on A-HoleDelhaize.com, which calls out top Food Lion and Ahold Delhaize executives for seeming to ignore the cruelty of animals locked in tiny enclosures, as they present themselves as responsible leadership to the public.

Until Ahold Delhaize ends its use of inhumane cages, Greg Finchum will remain a giant a-hole in our book, and whose company seems to make empty promises for publicity and clout.

Nearly a decade ago, Food Lion promised consumers it would end the abuse of hens in its supply chains. However, it still has not fulfilled this sustainability goal. 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.