Credit union to open 2 Chattanooga branches in Food City stores

Steve Smith, Food City president and CEO, right, and Todd Fortner, TVFCU president and CEO talk Friday, Sept. 23, 2016 at Food City in Red Bank about two new branches of TVFCU that will be opened in the Red Bank and East Hamilton Food City locations. Steve Smith, Food City president and CEO, right, and Todd Fortner, TVFCU president and CEO talk Friday, Sept. 23, 2016 at Food City in Red Bank about two new branches of TVFCU that will be opened in the Red Bank and East Hamilton Food City locations.

By Mike Pare September 24, 2016 3 min read

A Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union branch will open in the Red Bank Food City.

TVFCU HOURS

Financial services consultants will be available Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to open new accounts and loans. Each branch will feature TVFCU LIVE stations which will be open Monday through Saturday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union is opening new full-service branches in two Chattanooga area Food City stores in what could be the start of a bigger tie-in between the businesses.

“Our companies have a lot in common,” said Steve Smith, Food City’s chief executive. “At the end of the day, we’re focused on our customers.”

Early next year, TVFCU will open branches in the Food City stores in Red Bank at 3901 Dayton Blvd., and in East Hamilton County at 1667 Ooltewah-Ringgold Road.

Todd Fortner, TVFCU’s chief executive, said at the Red Bank store that Food City is “a good fit.”