Private company

Food City

Logo: foodcity.com3

American supermarket chain

Food City is an American supermarket chain with stores located in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia. It is owned by K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc., a privately held family and employee-owned corporation (13% via ESOP) headquartered in Abingdon, Virginia.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1955Founded1
A Food City supermarket in Cleveland, Tennessee
Photo: Harrison Keely, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Food City is an American supermarket chain with stores located in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia. It is owned by K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc., a privately held family and employee-owned corporation (13% via ESOP) headquartered in Abingdon, Virginia.2

Timeline

  1. 1955Founded Founded in Grundy1

Sources

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