Company officials will host ribbon cutting ceremonies at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, September 17th for the newly expanded/remodeled Food City on Hardin Valley Road in Knoxville, TN. The grand re-opening celebration, which also begins Wednesday morning will include special pricing on select items throughout the store. 

“Our customers will find the same smiling faces, top quality products, exceptional customer service and competitive pricing they have come to expect from Food City, along with some exciting new services and conveniences,” says Steven C. Smith, Food City president and chief executive officer.

Over 9,700 sq. ft. of retail space has been added to the store, bringing the total square footage to 53,600+ sq. ft. and creating fifty new area jobs. The expansion includes the addition of a Starbucks café, offering a wide assortment of blended hot and cold coffees and beverages and an assortment of tasty breakfast sandwiches and pastries. The meat, seafood, produce, grocery, dairy, frozen food, and beer/wine departments have been expanded to make way for added variety/selection. The food service department has been enlarged to incorporate some exciting new services, including a fresh food bar featuring a variety of soup, salad and fruit selections, Asian Wok, hickory wood smoker, brick oven pizza, fresh sushi, instore made popcorn, specialty cake shop, sandwich station and a large café seating area along with an outdoor patio space. The floral department has also been expanded, and an outside walk-up window has been added to the Food City Pharmacy.

“I would like to thank our loyal customers for their understanding and patience during the construction process,” says store manager, Joe Fahy. “I think our customers will agree that these exciting new services were well worth the wait.”   

Headquartered in Abingdon, Virginia, K-VA-T Food Stores (Food City’s parent company) operates 161 retail outlets throughout southeast Kentucky, southwest Virginia, east Tennessee, north Georgia, and Alabama.