Food City officials recently announced that they will be rolling out their highly successful School Bucks program to their newly acquired supermarkets in the Chattanooga and north Georgia area.

Beginning December 14, 2015, any college, university, high school, middle school or elementary school in the Chattanooga/north Georgia area can visit the company’s website at foodcity.com to register their school.  Registrations will be accepted through February 26, 2016.  Each participating school will be assigned a code that customers can link (via Food City’s website) to their ValuCard to earn school points.

“We’re committed to the education of our youth and giving back to the communities where we operate,” said Steven C. Smith, Food City president and chief executive officer.  “Our Food City School Bucks program is an easy, cost effective way for area schools to gain the dollars needed to purchase vital educational equipment and tools”.

Beginning January 4 and continuing through May 27, 2016, for every $10 in Food City Exclusive Brand customer purchases (in a single shopping trip), schools will receive 1 point toward their School Buck rewards.  Participating brands include:  Food City, Food Club, Full Circle, Harvest Club, Paws, ValuTime, Top Care, Rosario’s, Bistro Deli Classics, Academix, Domestix, Electrix, Easy Clix and World Classics products, as well as Kay’s Ice Cream, Terry’s Snacks, Lay Meats, Moore’s, Kern’s Bread & Cakes and Chuck Wagon Dog Food. 

Food City has pledged a total of $100,000 in contributions to the Chattanooga/north Georgia market area for the remainder of the school year.  At the end of the program, school points will be totaled and the contribution will be proportionally allocated to each school based upon the number of points they have accrued.  Schools can monitor their progress on Food City’s website, which includes quarterly updates. 

“Food City has always been an industry leader in supporting the education of our youth and we’re extremely excited to roll this tremendous program out to our newly acquired locations in Chattanooga and north Georgia,” said Smith. 

Food City first initiated their Apples for the Students program during the 1990-91 school year.  To date, Food City has awarded over $16,500,000 in much-needed educational equipment and tools to over 1000 participating area schools. 

For more information about this program or how to participate, please contact your local school, visit the website at www.foodcity.com or contact the Food City School Bucks Coordinator, Lisa Johnson at 1-800-232-0174.

Headquartered in Abingdon, Virginia, K-VA-T Food Stores (Food City’s parent company) operates 135 retail outlets throughout southeast Kentucky, southwest Virginia, east Tennessee, Chattanooga and north Georgia.