Watch workers convert an old Bi-Lo into a Food City store in 60 seconds

Staff photo by Tim Barber Food City Market Manager John Massengale, center, oversees the realigning of the expanded lunch meat area inside the former Bi-Lo store in Red Bank. Mark Jackson, left, and Jeff Foster, right, execute the changes.
Staff photo by Tim Barber Food City Market Manager John Massengale, center, oversees the realigning of the expanded lunch meat area inside the former Bi-Lo store in Red Bank. Mark Jackson, left, and Jeff Foster, right, execute the changes.

It takes three days to convert an old Bi-Lo store into a Food City, but in this video the transformation happens in just 60 seconds.

Seven more rebranded supermarkets are slated to be unveiled this week, including stores in Rossville, Trenton and Fort Oglethorpe.

Food City, based in Abingdon, Va., in July announced that it was buying 29 Bi-Lo supermarkets in the Chattanooga area.

When the stores reopen, customers will see new signage and rebranding both inside and outside, he said.

customers will see a difference in the prices of store goods.

"That has been one of Bi-Lo's biggest obstacles," he said. "It needed a little bit of price sharpness. That's what is taking place during the down hours."

Smith said Food City is introducing its own loyalty program, called the Food City value card. He said holders of Bi-Lo fuel perks or bonus points will need to spend them by about Oct. 1.

Also, the Food City official said the company is negotiating with landlords where its stores are located to gain the OK to build fuel centers. About 85 percent of existing Food City stores have fuel centers.

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