CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Grocer Food City doubled up Thursday as it broke ground on a pair of new supermarkets in the area, investing heavily in Bradley and Polk counties.
“It’s rare to have a two-a-day groundbreaking,” Food City Chief Executive Steve Smith said to about 50 people who turned out at 4525 Georgetown Road in Cleveland, where the company is putting up a 50,000-square-foot store.
Earlier in the day, Smith and other officials marked the start of work on a 46,000-square-foot supermarket in Ocoee, Tennessee, at 116 Whitewater Drive.
“Polk County doesn’t have a major grocery store,” he said, adding that about 100 people attended that groundbreaking.
Food City is investing more than $30 million in the new supermarkets and an addition to an existing store in Cleveland, Smith said.