Food City recently announced the appointment of Kevin Stafford to the position of Vice President of Marketing.  Stafford brings 20 years of industry experience to the key position, including 18 years in retail management.

Born and raised in Bristol, TN, Stafford joined the Food City team in 1996, serving as a courtesy clerk for their Volunteer Parkway location in Bristol, TN while attending Sullivan East High School in Bluff City, TN.  He quickly worked his way through the ranks, serving in a number of positions, including front-end manager, head cashier, front-end supervisor, help desk manager and most recently director of front-end operations.  Last year, he also assumed the added responsibility of the development of the company’s e-commerce department, including their new GoCart curbside pick-up program. 

“Having begun his career with our company at such an early age, Kevin has amassed a tremendous amount of knowledge of our total store operations, as well as an exceptional rapport with our other department leaders.  He has also been extremely instrumental in developing and managing a number of new programs vital to our success.  I’m confident that his experience and insight will enable us to continue to advance our marketing initiatives to meet and exceed the needs of our loyal customers for many years to come,” says Steven C. Smith, Food City president and chief executive officer.

Stafford’s new responsibilities include the oversight of Food City’s marketing efforts for their entire 135-store supermarket chain.  “I’m proud to work for such a great company – one that supports their associates, their customers and the communities they serve.  And I’m excited to have been given this incredible opportunity to not only work with a great team of associates, but to continue to enhance our company’s rich heritage of serving our loyal customers and the region at large,” says Stafford.

Stafford holds a Bachelor’s of Business Administration Degree, as well as a Master’s of Business Administration Degree from Milligan College.  He is very active within his local church, First Baptist Church of Blountville, where he works with the youth program.  He and his lovely wife Kristie are the proud parents of two sons, Karson (age 7) and Kameron (age 2).  They currently reside in Bristol, TN. 

Headquartered in Abingdon, Virginia, K-VA-T Food Stores (Food City’s parent company) operates 135 retail outlets, including 100 pharmacies and 87 fuel/convenience stores throughout southeast Kentucky, southwest Virginia, east Tennessee, Chattanooga and north Georgia.