Regional grocer builds its presence around Alabama’s most populous city
Company officials at Food City broke ground on the grocer’s new location, at Lucas Ferry Road in Athens, Ala., on Aug. 8. The 57,000-square-foot retail supermarket is the company’s fifth location of six planned for the Huntsville market area.
“Our first four Huntsville locations have been very well received, and we would like to thank our valued customers for the great welcome they have shown our company. We are excited to be adding a fifth location, in Athens, to better serve the residents of Huntsville and Limestone County,” said Steven C. Smith, Food City president and CEO.
Food City unveiled its newest Huntsville market location on July 9 at Memorial Parkway in Huntsville, the most populous city in Alabama. Technology, space and defense industries have a major presence in the area, thanks to the Army’s Redstone Arsenal, NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center and Cummings Research Park. Home to several Fortune 500 companies, Huntsville also offers a broad base of manufacturing, retail and service industries…