Grocery chain Food Lion, which has bought three Farm Fresh locations in Virginia Beach, Hampton and Elizabeth City, N.C., is hosting two more job fairs. The company is hosting a Virginia Beach job fair on Monday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Hyatt House at 2705 Atlantic Ave. The following Friday, April 13, it’s hosting a hiring event in Elizabeth City, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 1862 Edgewood Drive, the K.E. White Center at Elizabeth City State University. The grocer had hosted a job fair Tuesday in Hampton. The company said its looking to hire about 150 people across its Hampton and Virginia Beach stores and another 100 to work in the Elizabeth City area. The open jobs aren’t limited to the locations the company bought from Farm Fresh, but a Food Lion spokeswoman said reopening and staffing those stores is the company’s focus. Farm Fresh store manager Andy Adams is also organizing a job fair to be held April 18 at the Virginia Beach Convention Center with a variety of employers. The event, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., will be open to the public but Farm Fresh employees wearing their name badges will be given priority.
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