Food City officials held a groundbreaking ceremony July 12 on a new store in the Owens Cross Roads community of Huntsville, Alabama.
The 60,000-square-foot retail supermarket is expected to open early next year and is the first of six stores planned for the Huntsville market.
“We are excited to be joining the Owens Cross Roads retail community. We look forward to constructing a state-of-the-art supermarket that will create quality jobs and tax revenue for the residents of Owens Cross Roads and Madison County,” said Steven C. Smith, Food City president and CEO.
The location will include an in-store bakery and deli, complete with a hot food bar, large café seating area, fireplace, Asian wok, fresh food bar, hickory wood smoker, brick pizza oven and fresh sushi.
Full-service meat and seafood departments will offer quality meats, including Certified Angus Beef and pre-marinated/seasoned oven-ready products. In-house butchers will be available to hand cut steaks and fresh meat to order.
Expanded grocery, frozen food and produce departments will go beyond the normal fare with a large selection of specialty, gourmet and vegan items. Customers will also be able to find Food City’s private label brands throughout the store.
Checkout service will be provided by seven traditional check-out lanes and 10 self-checkouts. GoCart curbside pick-up and home delivery will be available for customers shopping online.
The store will also include a Food City Pharmacy, Food City Gas N’ Go and a Starbucks cafe.
The new location will feature several award-winning energy saving concepts, ranging from energy efficient glass cooler doors, parking lot lights and refrigeration systems to motion sensors and 100 percent LED lighting.
“Our customers can expect to find exceptional customer service and top-quality products at the lowest possible prices, along with great variety/selection and some exciting new services,” Smith said.
Headquartered in Abingdon, Virginia, K-VA-T Food Stores, Food City’s parent company, operates 151 retail outlets throughout southeast Kentucky, southwest Virginia, east Tennessee, north Georgia and Alabama.
Food City was recently named The Shelby Report of the Southeast’s 2023 Retailer of the Year.
