Our goal is to drive more foot traffic and sell more groceries and provide more job opportunities.
Food City is kicking off the conversion of the 29 Chattanooga area Bi-Lo supermarkets it has acquired, with the first four stores to see new signs, merchandise and prices early next month.
“What we’re doing is making sure the stores are in proper working order, restocking the stores and, most importantly, lowering thousands of prices,” said Steven C. Smith, chief executive of Food City parent K-VA-T Food Stores.
Smith said four Bi-Lo stores initially will change over to Food City supermarkets, closing either Aug. 30 or 31 and then reopening Sept. 2 or Sept. 3.
The first units are at 3600 Hixson Pike, 8530 Hixson Pike, 3901 Dayton Blvd. in Red Bank, and 8634 Highway 58 in Harrison, he said.