About 14 years after it closed an underperforming Hilton Head store, Food Lion is planning to open a new location on the island.
Plans have been submitted for a new Food Lion at the former Sam’s Club site at 93 Mathews Drive in Port Royal Plaza. Most recently, a 20-year memorandum of lease was signed Oct. 9 between the grocery chain and landlord Barony Fund I Investment LLC for a 41,000-square-foot store.
The Sam’s Club property is owned by Hilton Head businessman J.R. Richardson, who bought it in February 2024 for $5.8 million. Part of the site has already been redeveloped into Dill Dinkers Pickleball…