Im tempted to e-mail Food Lion and complain

What he said. Instead of E-mail though I would do it directly by phone, because it would be so easy for them to disregard your E-mail. I would let your voice be heard by them on this matter, because I think it is total bullshit that they actually escorted you out of the store just for not wearing shoes.That is insane & While they were wasting the time escorting you out of the store for no reason at all , there was probably someone in there stealing or actually do something wrong worth getting escorted out for. Sad thing they probably got away with it. Stuff like this just pisses me off, sorry for ranting again , but society is so fucked in so many ways.
Back to the main topic, Yes I would most certainly let them know about it . If you really wanted to push it, you could tell them you feel you should be compensated in some way due to he fact that you were treated so poorly and harassed by management for your beliefs and the way you look also for your time .

I am not even a full time bare footer & it stills pisses me off. Good luck with everything

 

Since when did logic and common sense ever have anything to do with the law.

Doesn't have to make sense, I'm just telling you what my 20 years of experience has taught me, as well as being told straightforward by Loss Prevention.

Like I said, no matter whatever the reason is, it ALWAYS comes down to the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$, and a barefoot shopper is much more likely to injure their foot in the store than a shod patron, or given the same accident, a shoeless person may sustain greater injuries. Nobody can logically argue against that, shoes do afford some degree of protection.
So from a legal and loss prevention/mitigation standpoint it makes perfect sense, but not so much from a health issue standpoint, but how well do you think it would go over with the general public, shod and shoeless alike, if a sign in the store said

"We don't allow barefoot people in our store because they present a greater potential for lost revenue due to injury and possible legal action due to any such injury."

It's the truth, and it's the main reason a lot of business's don't allow or frown upon shoeless shoppers, but it just doesn't have the same appeal as "Health Code Violation" or even the old "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Service".

 

I'd usually argue, shout and make a scene. I'm not as tollerant as my partner and the little devil in me loves to fight :devil:. However it has not happened to me in a very long time, but if I was you I'd just let it pass and shop elsewhere

 

Really? You're obv. a shoe wearer, so for you...who cares?

My guess is that you've stepped on shit and never cleaned your shoes...we clean ours everyday

 

no one is likely going to ask you to have any contact with his/her toes, you sound morbidly squeamish bro. go figure what's hidden in the underpants of people you meet and freak out! LOL

 

you are not going to accomplish anything by writing a stupid fucken email. stop wasting your time

 

go ahead and send an email. you may even get a coupon out of it.

you don't pay attention to what other people post... he said you couldn't find it, not that you didn't look for it.

 

unfortunately he's right

 

There is only one reason that any business would kick out a barefoot person. That reason is misinformation or prejudice. I've worked for Walmart as a manager for over 15 years and as a manger of Kroger for 10 years. In my capacity as a manager and with assisting loss prevention I have had to fill out many incident claims for people who have claimed to have been injured in my stores. With the use of proper investigative tools like CCTV and witness statements, we have been able to not pay claims on certain trips and falls due to the injured wearing cheap flip flops after coming in from the rain. (we noted whether our floors were wet or dry, clean or dirty and always backed it up with video and photos) Perhaps other companies were quick to settle out of court but for us we did what we had to do. Walmart and Kroger are the nations 2 largest grocers and Walmart is also the target of more injury and loss claims than any company in the world. We do not have a no shoe, no shirt policy anywhere on the books. If they thought that would lose an insurance claim due to someone not wearing shoes. Trust me they would write it somewhere. Also, we all know that there are no health code anywhere in the country that mandates patrons wear shoes in stores or restaurants. It is all a personal choice by the owner, operator, manager. people greeter, or other associate. By some of the posts on here it's clear people believe myths over facts and will stick to a myth no matter what is written and researched to be truth
Call the company headquarters with the facts and ask if that particular company has a policy against no shoes and if so that they send you a copy such policy. I bet $100 bucks that they do not.

 

Food Lion is suppose to be a barefoot friendly company now. Google "Barefoot Food Lion". In first five links you should see a link for checkblairshow. This is a radio show on barefoot issues. You will see what Food Lion corporate told the radio show and how they have committed to no longer discriminate against barefooters and vow to train their employees in this matter. This happened last November. I have noticed there are no longer any NSNSNS signs at Food Lion anymore. This is the reason why. I think you stand a good chance of getting heard if write corporate on this matter.

 

A store that deals with food has to maintain a certain degree of cleanliness. The store made the right decision.

 

i don't agree with their policy, but if it's a policy that she has to follow, i can understand. but she should never escort you out of her store like you're a child. Thats almost a form of humiliation. If you complain, likely she will be written up. I'd say go for it. She should learn from that.

 

lol i dont think the manager is going to write herself up

 

District manager. The district manager is in charge of the store manager, and so on and so fourth. I work in retail…. =/

 

the DM is more than likely going to understand that that store has that policy, but is more than likely going to write her up for handling it the way she did. They can't technically terminate her if she was following policy (assuming that is the policy?).

 

I also work in retail. They wont write her up

 

It is true. It is the reason I will never work retail again. Higher ups never get in trouble for their decisions. It is part of the allure of being higher up, because one is basically immune to all the retarded decisions they make, especially when those decisions are at the expense of someone below them.

 

For what it's worth here's the link.https://www.sites.google.com/site/checkblairshow/announcements/foodlion-nowbarefootfriendly

 

One more for the road http://ahcuah.wordpress.com/2012/08/27/barefoot-v-kroger/

 

I actually called Food Lion and they even told me they have "No Shirt ,No Shoes" policy" so i dont know..lol..this is actually the 4th incident i ever had in my 12 years of barefooting as far as being kicked out of somewhere goes...i was just more offended over the watching me like a hawk as i left the store like i was doing something wrong...it wont stop me..i just wont visit that Fod Lion next time im in Chrstansburg Va...i mean hey Food Lion has shut down like 100 stores this year and as well as a distrubution center in TN..but hey they dont want my money..oh well..its funny though..Food Lion would never give me problems back in the day but Wal-Mart were asses about it but no lately with me it has become the other way around.