Last year, Food City joined the Ace Hardware family with the launch of their new line of Curt’s Ace Hardware stores. Earlier today, the supermarket retailer broke ground on their tenth Curt’s Ace Hardware location on Cook St. in Abingdon, VA. 

“Much like our Food City stores, we are excited to continue to grow and expand our Curt’s Ace Hardware family of stores,” says Steven C. Smith, Food City president and chief executive officer. “Sadly, locally owned hardware stores are becoming a thing of the past. Having served in the grocery industry for 40+ years, I have seen firsthand how important a local well-run supermarket is to the community and I think the same holds true for local hardware stores.”

The company currently operates Curt’s Ace Hardware locations in Prestonsburg, KY; Pigeon Forge, Newport, Erwin, Elizabethton, Gray, and Piney Flats, TN; and Bristol and Marion, VA with other locations soon to follow. 

“We greatly appreciate the support of our loyal customers, and we want to leverage our Curt’s Ace Hardware brand to better serve the communities where we already do business,” says Smith. “Food City is the name you trust for your grocery needs, now we can help with your home and garden needs as well. Given our vast merchandising and marketing experience, our team has done an excellent job managing and operating these locations.” 

Ace Hardware is known for their wide variety of top-quality products, including Benjamin Moore paints, Big Green Egg, Trager, and Weber barbeque accessories, as well as power tools, including both battery and gas-powered Stihl and EGO power equipment, YETI products, hardware, lawn and garden, and other home improvement supplies.

Headquartered in Abingdon, Virginia, K-VA-T Food Stores (Food City’s parent company) operates 153 retail outlets throughout southeast Kentucky, southwest Virginia, east Tennessee, north Georgia, and Alabama.