This TalkToFoodLion guide draws on the live survey and its sample receipt. It also uses the two expired sweepstakes rule sets we found.
Food Lion isn’t involved here. We’re an outside guide, unconnected to Food Lion or Ahold Delhaize, and we only explain how the survey works. Your PIN and receipt stay with you.
Take the survey at www.TalkToFoodLion.com
Food Lion’s survey page doesn’t show up in Google, so a search mostly turns up lookalike guides. Instead, type the address printed on your receipt, or use this button:
This goes to TalkToFoodLion.com, which forwards you to the Customer Feedback Survey on aholddelhaize.az1.qualtrics.com. Ahold Delhaize is the company that owns Food Lion, and Qualtrics makes the survey software.
In short: go to TalkToFoodLion.com within 5 days of your visit and type the 16-digit PIN from the bottom of your receipt. The survey takes a few minutes, and you can take it in Spanish too. As for the $500 gift card, the last sweepstakes rules Food Lion published ran from April 1 to June 30, 2025, and today’s start screen and sample receipt don’t mention a prize.
The 16-digit PIN the TalkToFoodLion survey asks for
The start screen asks just one thing: Please enter your PIN to take the survey.
Underneath, it adds Your PIN is located at the bottom of your receipt.
The receipt prints the PIN in four groups of four, but the sample shows it typed as one run of 16 digits.
For example, the sample receipt on that screen shows 0702 0219 9006 0002 under Use the PIN # below to start:
, and it labels 0702021990060002 a 16 DIGIT PIN
. The same sample says Within the next 5 days please visit: www.talktofoodlion.com
and También disponible en español
.
There’s also a Language menu at the top of the screen. The survey says it should take a few minutes to complete
, and it links to the Food Lion Privacy Statement at the bottom.
Is your Food Lion receipt still inside the 5 days?
The receipt says to take the survey Within the next 5 days
. Enter the date printed on your receipt and the checker counts the days for you. Since the receipt names no time zone, it uses your device’s calendar, and it runs in your browser without sending anything.
How to take the TalkToFoodLion survey, step by step
- First, find the “How was your visit?” message at the bottom of your Food Lion receipt and the 16-digit PIN under it.
- Within 5 days of your visit, type TalkToFoodLion.com into your browser’s address bar.
- If you’d rather not answer in English, check the Language menu at the top of the start screen.
- Type all 16 digits of the PIN as one run, then select Next.
- Answer the questions about your visit, from the 0 to 10 recommendation score to the store, checkout and department ratings.
- Finally, read the last screen. If it offers a sweepstakes entry, follow the rules it links to.
What the Food Lion survey asks
The survey’s questionnaire pages cover a lot of ground. First, it asks whether anyone in your household, including you, works for Food Lion, and then it asks your age. Next comes How likely are you to recommend Food Lion to a friend, family member, or co-worker?
on a 0 to 10 scale, followed by a box asking why you chose that score.
After that, most questions use a 1 to 10 scale, from Poor to Excellent. They cover your overall shopping experience, the service, whether you’d shop at the same store next time, checkout, cleanliness, prices, sale signage and the freshness of produce and meat. The survey also rates the cashier and how your groceries were bagged.
Then it asks which departments you visited, such as Produce, Deli/Bakery or Meat/Seafood, and has you rate each one. Finally, it asks whether you used the self-serve checkout, and if you did, how easy it was.
Is the $500 TalkToFoodLion gift card sweepstakes still running?
We couldn’t confirm it. The last rules Food Lion published ended on June 30, 2025. Today, the survey’s start screen, its sample receipt and TalkToFoodLion.com itself mention no prize or rules.
Those 2025 rules, titled the Talk to Food Lion Customer Satisfaction Survey
Sweepstakes, gave away 10 Food Lion gift cards of $500 in each monthly entry period, from April 1 to June 30, 2025. That’s 30 gift cards in total, and it’s where the $500 in other guides comes from. Food Lion has run this sweepstakes in set windows before, such as January to March 2019, so it may come back.
Meanwhile, treat any $500 promise as unconfirmed. The 2025 rules said a copy would be available at www.talktofoodlion.com during the sweepstakes, so that’s where new rules should appear. If your survey does offer a sweepstakes entry, the rules linked on that screen are what count.
TalkToFoodLion today versus the expired 2025 rules
| Topic | The survey and its sample receipt today | The 2025 rules (ended) |
|---|---|---|
| Deadline | Within the next 5 days | Within five days of the receipt date |
| Code | A 16-digit PIN | The receipt number |
| Prize | None mentioned | 10 gift cards of $500 per monthly period, April to June 2025 |
| Who could enter | Not stated | Residents of DE, DC, GA, KY, MD, NC, PA, SC, TN, VA and WV, aged 18 or older |
| Entry limit | Not stated | Five per person in each entry period |
| Free entry by mail | Not offered | A 3 x 5-inch card to P.O. Box 456, Newark, NY 14513, now closed |
| Sponsor | Not stated | Food Lion, LLC, Salisbury, NC |
What other TalkToFoodLion guides get wrong
When we compared guides that show up in searches for talktofoodlion with the rules, two presented old sweepstakes terms as if they still applied.
| What the guide says | What the evidence shows |
|---|---|
| The sweepstakes runs from April 1, 2026 to June 30, 2026 (www-talktofoodlion.com) | Its postmark, arrival and drawing dates match the 2025 rules day for day, it lists an “April 31, 2026” that doesn’t exist, and we found no 2026 rules |
| “There are six entry periods” (www-talktofoodlion.com) | Its own table, like the 2025 rules, lists only three |
| A rules link with no dates beside it (talktofoodlion.customer-survey.com) | That file covers January 1 to March 31, 2019 |
Is there still a free mail-in entry?
Not one we could find. The only recent mail-in address belongs to the 2025 rules, whose last cards needed a postmark by July 1 and had to arrive by July 9, 2025. So don’t post a card there unless newer rules say to.
When TalkToFoodLion.com won’t take your PIN
- If the PIN is rejected, type all 16 digits as one run, just as the sample receipt shows.
- When you count fewer or more than 16 digits, check the bottom of the receipt again, since that’s where the PIN is printed.
- If more than 5 days have passed since your visit, the receipt’s window has closed. In that case, look for a survey invitation on your next receipt.
- When your receipt has no “How was your visit?” message, it has no survey invitation, so there’s nothing to enter.
Lookalike TalkToFoodLion sites
The address on Food Lion receipts is www.talktofoodlion.com, with a dot after “www”. However, www-talktofoodlion.com puts a hyphen there and runs its own “survey” page, and sites such as talktofoodlion.page and talktofoodlion.store aren’t Food Lion either. Neither is this site, so type your PIN only on the real survey.
Also, the survey never asks for payment. If a message says you’ve won $500 and asks for a fee, gift card numbers or bank details, it isn’t from Food Lion. According to the FTC, real prizes are free.
TalkToFoodLion questions
Taking the Food Lion survey
What is TalkToFoodLion.com?
It’s the survey address printed at the bottom of Food Lion receipts, under “How was your visit?”. The site forwards you to a Customer Feedback Survey with the Food Lion logo.
How long do I have to take the Food Lion survey?
Five days. The receipt says “Within the next 5 days please visit: www.talktofoodlion.com”, so go soon after you shop.
How many digits is the Food Lion survey PIN?
It’s 16 digits. The receipt prints them in four groups of four under “Use the PIN # below to start:”, and the sample shows them typed as one run.
Can I take the talktofoodlion.com survey in Spanish?
The receipt says “También disponible en español”, and the start screen has a Language menu at the top.
Is www.talktofoodlion.com legit?
Yes. It’s the address on Food Lion receipts, and it forwards to a Food Lion survey on aholddelhaize.az1.qualtrics.com. Ahold Delhaize owns Food Lion.
What does the Food Lion survey ask?
It asks whether anyone in your household works for Food Lion, your age and how likely you are to recommend Food Lion. Then it has you rate the store, checkout, prices and departments on 1 to 10 scales.
The $500 gift card sweepstakes
Is there a $500 prize for the TalkToFoodLion survey?
We couldn’t confirm one. The last rules we found gave away 30 Food Lion gift cards of $500 from April 1 to June 30, 2025. However, today’s start screen and sample receipt don’t mention a prize.
Are there 2026 rules for the Talk to Food Lion sweepstakes?
Not that we could find. One guide shows April to June 2026 dates, but they match the 2025 rules day for day, and no 2026 rules file turned up.
Who could enter the 2025 Food Lion sweepstakes?
Only legal residents of Delaware, the District of Columbia, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia aged 18 or older.
Can I still mail in a free entry?
Not that we know of. The mail-in address, P.O. Box 456 in Newark, NY, belonged to the 2025 sweepstakes, and its last cards had to arrive by July 9, 2025.
What if my survey offers a sweepstakes entry?
In that case, follow the rules linked on that screen, because they’re the ones that count. We’d also like to see a screenshot at contact@myreceiptsays.com, so we can update this page.
Where these TalkToFoodLion facts come from
- The Customer Feedback Survey at TalkToFoodLion.com, including its start screen and sample receipt
- “Talk to Food Lion Customer Satisfaction Survey” Sweepstakes rules, April 1 to June 30, 2025 (PDF, expired)
- Talk to Food Lion Customer Satisfaction Survey Sweepstakes rules, January 1 to March 31, 2019 (PDF, expired)
- FTC consumer advice: Fake Prize, Sweepstakes, and Lottery Scams
When Food Lion posts a new set of sweepstakes rules, they’ll apply straight away, and we’ll revise this guide to match.
Saw a sweepstakes offer at the end of your survey? Tell us at contact@myreceiptsays.com, and we’ll update this page as our editorial policy explains. We also cover the Publix, H-E-B and Kroger receipt surveys.