Virginia Avenue Food City Set to Open

Virginia Avenue Food City Set to Open
Abingdon, VA. - Friday, Apr 1, 2016.

Shelves are stocked in preparation for the much anticipated April 6th opening of the new Food City on Virginia Avenue in Bristol, TN.  The 42,600+ square foot supermarket replaces the former 28,878 square foot location, which was demolished last year to make way for construction on the new unit.  Food City also operates four other locations in the Bristol area.   

“The residents of Bristol have certainly been supportive of our company and we’re extremely excited to provide our loyal customers with this new, larger state-of-the-art Food City to replace the former outdated location,” says Steven C. Smith, Food City president and chief executive officer. 

The new store includes a bakery/deli, complete with a hot food bar and sit-down café, enlarged produce, grocery, frozen food and health and beauty departments, as well as a full line of natural and organic items.  Full service meat and seafood departments will offer pre-marinated and seasoned oven ready products, plus a complete selection of top quality meats that are all-natural with no solutions added, including Certified Angus Beef.  In-house meat cutters will hand cut steaks and fresh meat to order.  The Food City Floral Boutique will offer a large assortment of fresh-cut floral arrangements, bouquets and gift items.  Rapid checkout service will be provided by six traditional check-out lanes, one express lane and four self-check-outs.  And, the Food City Pharmacy is equipped with a drive-thru for greater ease in prescription services. 

“I’m confident that our customers are going to be pleased with their new, much improved Food City and will agree that it was well worth the wait,” says Rick Bishop, Food City district manager. 

The new location also features an open rafter ceiling and several award winning energy saving concepts.  These range from energy efficient glass cooler doors, parking lot lights and refrigeration systems to motion sensors.  And, the unit is the company’s first to be equipped with 100% LED lighting, both inside and outside the store.

“I’m very excited about the new store and the additional variety, selection and services it will provide our customers,” says store manager, Eric Sandefur. 

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.