K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc (Food City)

[wiseguy93]

Food City located in the Marty Shopping Center in Coeburn Va right off from Alt Hwy 58. This location served as a Piggly Wiggly. Food City bought out Piggly Wiggly in 1998. This was one of the 11 Food City bought from the Kennedy Piggl Wiggly. The Pig's main office was located right across the road. I figured by now Food City would have already built a new store, because they have most of the other locations they got from Piggly Wiggly. This location doesn't have a gas and go like all the other locations.

[wiseguy93]

A former Winn Dixie Marketplace on Cassidy Blvd. Had been closed for several years, and Food City closed their smaller locations on Mayo Trail and Towne Mountain Rd and moved employess here on Cassidy Blvd and the new Food City that opened on the other in of town. This building was originial gray and food City painted it and opened Gas n Go at the rear of the parking lot.

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A Food City in Knoxville, Tennessee, this is a former Bi Lo locatin bought out by Food City.

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Food City located at Triplett Mill
N. Beaverdam Avenue

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Food City located in Blountville just minutes from the Bristol Motor Speedway. Located on the old Cox Farms.

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This Food City is located in the heart of the Smoky Mountains.

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Here's a Food City in Clintwood, Va. This was one of the Kennedy's Piggly Wiggly, that Food City bought out. The first Kennedy's Piggly Wiggly was opened in Clintwood, Va.

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A side view of Food City in Clintwood

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Located on the location where the old Kern's Bakery was located. The shopping center is named Old Bakery Shopping Center.

[Joeg]

When is the new Food City opening in Clinton TN??

[wiseguy93]

ValuCare is owned and managed by Blue Ridge Medical Management Corporation, a proud member of the Mountain States Health Alliance family. We have partnered with Food City to provide quick, convenient, and affordable care for common minor injuries and illnesses. We are available when your regular health care provider might not be and you don't require emergency room care. Our clinics are located beside the Food City Pharmacy at the front of the store.

http://www.brmmc.net/body_BRPG_practice.cfm?id=32

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Located at Squirewood Village US-70 & US-92. 46,122 square foot

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Shelves are stocked in preparation for the October 15th opening of the new Food City in Rogersville, TN.  The unit serves as a replacement for Food City's former East Main Street location which closed earlier this year to make way for construction of the new store.  Customers will get their first look at the 46,000+ square foot facility when the doors open Wednesday morning.  As their 100th store opening, the event marks a very special milestone in the company's history.  

"As you can imagine, we are very excited about the opening of our 100th store and would like to express our gratitude for the loyalty and support of our customers and associates, without whom this feat would not be possible," said Steven C. Smith, Food City president and chief executive officer.  "Our company was founded on the simple principle of running the best store in town – a tradition that still applies today."  

In celebration of the much anticipated opening, company officials ordered the construction of a steel support beam, bearing a plaque commemorating their 100th store.  The structure was transported to every Food City location, giving the over 12,000 associates an opportunity to sign the beam, which was mounted in the foyer of the new Rogersville store.

"We wanted to select a memorial befitting of the occasion and are especially pleased that our associates were able to participate in commemorating this special event in our company's history," added Smith.

The Food City banner dates back to 1918 with the opening of a store in Greeneville, TN, but Food City's parent company, K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc. really began with the opening of an 8,800 square foot (then Piggly Wiggly) unit by the Smith family in Grundy, Virginia on November 17, 1955.  K-VA-T later acquired Quality Foods, a 19 store chain in 1984 and adopted the Food City name, followed by the acquisition of 37 White Stores in 1989, 11 Kennedy Piggly Wiggly locations in 1998, 7 Winn-Dixie stores in 1999 and 8 BI-LO units in 2006.  K-VA-T has its own 1.1 million square foot distribution center located in Abingdon, Virginia, in addition to Misty Mountain Spring Water, L.L.C., a K-VA-T owned subsidiary.  Misty Mountain bottles over 16 million gallons of spring water for sale in Food City and other retail locations.  

The company has a rich history in Rogersville, dating back to 1948 when they opened their first Rogersville location, a Super Dollar.  The store was the fifth in the Super Dollar chain.  In 1973, the Super Dollar chain began the conversion to the Food City banner.  

The new Rogersville store includes the addition of approximately 13,850 square feet and full service Seafood and Meat Departments, staffed with in-house meat cutters to hand cut steaks and fresh meat to order.  A wide variety of pre-marinated and seasoned oven ready products, in addition to a complete selection of top quality meats that are all-natural with no solutions added and Certified Angus Beef are also available.  Expanded Grocery, Frozen Food, Produce and Health & Beauty Care departments offer a much wider variety and selection.  

For added convenience, customers can visit the Food City Pharmacy, where a registered pharmacist will be on hand to meet prescription needs and answer health related questions.  Customers can continue to enjoy the services of the Floral Boutique for an assortment of fresh-cut floral and gift items, Video department stocking the latest releases and classic favorites, Bakery/Deli complete with a Hot Food Bar and Sit-Down Café and Food City Gas N' Go, providing top quality gasoline at highly competitive prices.

"I'm very excited about the new store and the additional services it will provide our customers," said district manager and long time Rogersville resident, Rick Bishop.  "The larger departments will allow for enhanced variety and selection and greater ease maneuvering through the store," added Bishop.  "I would like to personally thank all of our customers for their patience and understanding during the construction process.  I feel sure they will agree that this magnificent new state-of-the-art facility was well worth the wait.  

Customers will be able to move quickly through the 7 traditional checkouts and one express lane.  The store is also equipped with four self-checkouts, allowing customers to scan their items and pay for their purchases unaided, should they wish to do so.  To complete the package, the location has been outfitted with an attractive new interior design concept, including open ceiling, department coordinated floor tiling, large department signage and a new store-wide color scheme.

Now headquartered in Abingdon, Virginia, K-VA-T operates 92 Food City supermarkets throughout the tri-state regions of Southeast Kentucky, Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee, in addition to eight Super Dollar Discount Foods limited assortment locations in Wytheville, Abingdon, Hillsville, Christiansburg and Rose Hill, Virginia, Pikeville and Prestonsburg, Kentucky and Asheville Highway in Knoxville, Tennessee.

K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc. ranked 40th on the latest (2008) Progressive Grocer's list of America's 50 Largest Supermarket Chains, 55th on Supermarket News "Top 75 North American Food Retailers" (January, 2008) with over 1.6 billion dollars in sales  and 269th on Forbes Magazine's "List of the largest privately-held companies in 2007".

[wiseguy93]

Does anybody know what this Food City use to be, I know that Food City bought out some Winn Dixie's and Bi Lo's down in the Knoxville, tennessee area. This building doesn't look like a Bi Lo. If you have any information please let me know.

this Food City is located at  Twin Lakes Square  Lenior City, Tennessee.

[wiseguy93]

This Food City is located at 2135 E. Broadway Ave in Maryville, Tennessee. This was a former Bi Lo Supermarket. Food City bought several of the Bi Lo's in the Knoxville area.

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This Food City Superstore opened June 6 2003 at 2120 S. Roan St in Johnson City. In 2003 the 43,000-square-foot superstore is described by company officials as the most modern grocery in the Tri-Cities region.

[wiseguy93]

This building use was home to Piggly Wiggly and later became a Food City. It was one of the Kennedy Piggly Wiggly's that Food City bought in the 1990's. Piggly Wiggly had already purchased land for a new location before Food City bought them out. After Food City bought out the Pig, they went ahead and built a New Food City.

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This is the Food City I was talking about above, Piggly Wiggly had purchased the land and was planing to build a new store and after Kennedy's sold their piggly wiggly's Food City went ahead and built a new store. This store is about 10 years old.

[wiseguy93]

This is where The Food City started in the town of Grundy, Virginia by Jack Smith but back 50 years ago the stroes was known as Piggly Wiggly.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBbSv_xOv_k

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Built in 1999 this Food City is located in White Pines, Tennesse.

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This was one of the 11 Piggly Wiggly that Food City purchased in 1998. Piggly Wiggly had done a major remolding an explansion at this location. Located in
the River Bend Shopping Center.

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Upclose look

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This Food City doesn't reflect any of the Food City's. This store was built about five years ago. It has a corner enterance. The store was built right beside of the old store. The old store was one of the Piggly Wiggly's that Food City purchased in 1998. Food City was built on site of a former Magic Mart Department store.

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Closer Look

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Food City entered the Knoxville, Tennessee area by purchasing a few former Winn - Dixie Marketplace and Bi Lo Foods. This is a former Winn Dixie now Food City. Building was completely remolded right down to the shell of the building with a complete renovations.

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Located at the Five Rivers Plaza.

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Former Food City location in the Downtown West Shopping Center. In Downtown West Village. Food City left store vacant when they moved to a bigger new store.