Store remodeling
A Food City official said Friday the company is awaiting approval from local planners to start the initial two remodeling jobs of its Chattanooga area stores. John Jones, the company’s executive vice president, said Food City’s St. Elmo and Harrison stores will be the first couple to undergo the work. The remodeling will take about four months, he said. Other stores identified for work this winter and spring include those at 4510 Highway 58, 5604 Hixson Pike, Soddy-Daisy and Ooltewah, officials have said. The remodeling work is part of $40 million to $50 million the company has said it plans to spend over three years on its 29 stores.
Amy Blankenship says a portion of a $100,000 pledge by Food City to help area schools could go toward bolstering West Side Elementary’s physical education equipment or its computer lab.
“Whatever the need may be at the time,” said the Rossville school’s parent-teacher organization member.
The grocer on Friday unveiled its Food City School Bucks program in the Chattanooga area. Over the next two-and-a-half months remaining in this year’s school calendar, schools can earn money to aid their educational needs.
Even more money likely will be earmarked for the full school year that will follow, said John Jones, Food City’s executive vice president.