Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, April 8, 1995                   TAG: 9504100028
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: A-8   EDITION: METRO 
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REPORTED EARNINGS

Food Lion Inc., Salisbury, N.C.-based supermarket chain, reported net income of $37.7 million, or 7.79 cents per share, on sales of $1.87 billion in its first quarter ended March 25, compared with year-earlier $31.2 million, or 6.44 cents per share, on sales of $1.80 billion.