gestão de carreiras de profissionais desportivos , s.a. , known as gestifute , is a portuguese company providing agent services for footballers .

unlike other football associations , portugal allowed other parties to own part of the economic rights of the players , in order to receive part of the transfer fees .

the company was founded by jorge mendes .

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gestifute international is one of a series of irish - based special purpose firms established by mendes as part of his gestifute company .
gestifute later ( or before the deal ) became the agent of the player . that season gestifute also represented coentrão in his €30 million deal to city rival
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gestifute did not respond to questions . jorge mendes will expect to be busy this summer .
in 2004 some players represented by gestifute were transferred for record prices . the first one was
as the latter was the piece - weigh of internazionale to sign quaresma . quaresma himself joined inter for €18 . 6m plus pelé , was also represented by gestifute . in june 2009 , gestifute signed
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according to the most recent accounts for gestifute , the company paid out a dividend of €12 million during 2015 .
the market never stops turning . and with every turn , mendes and gestifute earn another fee , another commission .
gestifute apparently received 30 percent of the transfer fee for their part ownership of the player ' s economic rights .
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founded by mendes in 1996 , gestifute provides agent services for some of the wealthiest and most famous footballers in the world .
it seems from gestifute’s transfer and client history that they are fairly satisfied with the area almost under their control : portugal .
gestifute is a portugese powerhouse that represents some of the very best soccer players in the world . gestifute is headlined by super agent jorge mendes , as well as a roster of bonafide superstars ( including thiago silva , james rodriguez , and christiano ronaldo ) . although gestifute represents almost half of their next closest competitor ( stellar football ) , they have earned twice as much money in cumulative commissions .
according to gestifute’s website , start sgps sa is the holding company used by mendes for all of his sports - related business dealings .
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china ' s fosun buy a player who they represent through gestifute . win - win . now both his representatives and economic rights holder .
if he had paid on a yearly basis , gestifute added , then he would have ended up paying less tax than he eventually paid .
gestifute has hit back at these claims and said in a statement in december that the stars it represents are fully compliant with their tax obligations .
andy quinn , a gestifute director , is also the director of another irish company with football interests , multisports & image management ( mim ) .
among its deals , gestifute was involved in previous transfers involving superstar cristiano ronaldo , showing the company is itself a major player in the business .
after subtracting the €12 million dividend paid from the company’s full - year profit , gestifute shareholders’ funds rose by €6 million to €13 . 8 million .
there is no tax evasion scheme … there has never been any hiding nor any intention to hide anything ,
gestifute said in a statement .
ronaldo ' s agency , gestifute , said in a statement tuesday that
it is clear that the player did not try to evade taxes .
the pattern that is emerging , is a network within portugal’s club sides , which stands to reason as gestifute is portuguese and primarily deals with portuguese talent .
both cristiano ronaldo and jose mourinho are fully compliant with their tax obligations with the spanish and british tax authorities ,
gestifute said in a statement .
according to the latest reports , guo has signed a deal with gestifute to set up a sports brokerage for the trading of athletes between sports clubs in china .
for €40 million . gestifute and orel b . v . received a total of €3 . 705 million agent fee ( unknown ratio between the two company ) .
in its statement , gestifute said that
neither cristiano ronaldo nor jose mourinho have ever been involved in legal proceedings regarding the commission of a tax offense
.
gestifute involved in numbers of high profile move in european transfer market , such as cristiano ronaldo . before fifa set up a new law to restrict third parties ownership ( with
significant influence
) , gestifute was actively involved in third parties ownership . however , it in fact conflict of interests , as gestifute was both the owner and the agent of the player . after 2008 , gestifute only received agent fees for the deals the company broke , and not actively in third parties ownership , however a portion of the million transfer deal ( such as 5 % ) was already half of , or even exceed the annual salary of the player .
overall , the most recent accounts for gestifute show that the company made a gross profit of just over €27 million , almost double the €14 million reported the year before .
a spokesman for gestifute dismissed any suggestion of a dispute , however , saying :
the transfer was completed within the regulations and we are not aware of any complaints .
cristiano ronaldo ’s agency gestifute have published a document disclosing the real madrid ' s forward ' s income for last year in an attempt to stave off accusations of tax avoidance .
wolves buy a player than real madrid wanted . . . . jorge mendes everybody . bet he ' s sold to madrid for 4 times the money in the summer . # gestifute
guo guangchang is teaming up with portuguese super broker gestifute , whose main business is engineering the deals that allow european players to move from one soccer club to another . photo : bloomberg
in this case , guo is teaming up with portuguese super broker gestifute , whose main business is engineering the deals that allow european players to move from one soccer club to another .
in a statement , gestifute said : “cristiano ronaldo communicated to the spanish tax agency on 30 march all the information about his assets , as can be shown in the attached documentation .
dinamo moscow has signed a memorandum of cooperation with the portuguese company gestão de carreiras de profissionais desportivos , s . a . ( better known as gestifute ) , and polaris sports limited .
mediapart said the system gestifute employed for its various clients , using a network of offshore accounts and companies , represented a total potential loss to tax authorities of at least 185 million euros .
shanghai foyo , a company majority owned by fosun’s chairman , guo guangchang , bought stakes in mendes’s agency gestifute’s holding company , start . in january 2016 gestifute and shanghai foyo launched a marketing and football agency joint venture in chinese football with a glitzy event in shanghai attended by guo , mendes and senior figures from benfica and monaco , clubs where mendes has been key to transfers .
gestifute international limited was set up on wednesday the 26th of may 2004 . their current address is 18 - 19 college green , dublin 2 , and the company status is normal . the company ' s current directors luis correia and andy quinn have been the director of 32 other irish companies between them ; 15 of which are now closed . gestifute international limited has 2 shareholders .
guo said he chose gestifute because it’s one of the premier names in its field . fosun is usually better known for its investments in areas like insurance , real estate and other financial products .
one of the publications , the french investigative portal mediapart , said ronaldo and his portuguese compatriot mourinho had benefited from a tax optimisation system developed by their agent jorge mendes , who owns gestifute .
for €25 million plus €11 million bonus . two year before , gestifute signed 10 % economic rights from benfica for €1 million , which benfica the remain 20 % earlier in august for €2 million .
ronaldo ' s agency , gestifute , has explicitly denied the charges , going so far as to post a statement on the agency ' s website they claim has been issued by the spanish tax agency confirming that ronaldo is current with his tax obligations . gestifute went on to say on the site that ronaldo
never has been involved in any conflict with the tax authorities of any country .
the football league , too , decided in december that mendes’s role was no cause for concern , despite rules dictating that agents cannot have a controlling influence on clubs . although a subsidiary of fosun owns a slice of gestifute’s holding company , the football league determined there was no conflict of interest . ( mendes and gestifute did not respond to several requests to discuss their plans for wolves for this article . )
bebé ' s move to old trafford earlier this month was negotiated by gestifute , the portuguese management company headed by jorge mendes , the representative of cristiano ronaldo , jose mourinho and united pair anderson and nani .
ederson , manchester city’s new brazilian goalkeeper , is a case in point : he spent time at rio ave before joining benfica . gestifute , silva campos confirmed , had owned 20 percent of his economic rights .
qfil also has links to gestifute international , an irish - based company controlled by football super agent jorge mendes , who represents real madrid star cristiano ronaldo , manchester united manager jose mourinho and valencia winger nani .
meanwhile , leading overseas players are likely to be introduced to china and vice versa . soccer training organizations will be jointly established by foyo and gestifute in the hope of sending promising chinese players to overseas clubs .
the deal has , however , been criticized in russia . the player agent dmitri seluk , for example , who is no stranger to murky transfer investment deals himself , has criticised the deal between dinamo and gestifute .
carlos osório de castro is said to have acted as gestifute’s lawyer for many years ; he responded to an email from the guardian by saying “it’s my firm’s policy not to comment on any issue regarding the work we perform [ or are alleged to have performed ] for our clients . i’d just like to point out that my firm represents a lot of players not connected to gestifute , along with several clubs and football federations and investors . ”
jorge mendes ( centre ) and peter kenyon ( left ) are two figures who have used tpo to their advantage , with their respective agencies , gestifute and doyen , at the centre of most of the third party dealings .
gestifute is owned by jorge paulo mendes agustinho of portugal . he has been voted on two consecutive occasions the best football agent in the world ( how nice ) . he has a business partner , luis carreia also portuguese .
the following is a list of players who have been at the same club as jose mourinho whilst being with gestifute and in brackets ; the transfer fee paid by mourinho , where no brackets appear mourinho did not sign the player .
chinese soccer aficionados will have a better chance to see world - famous soccer players in the near future as foyo culture and entertainment co ltd－a subsidiary of investment conglomerate fosun international ltd－has joined hands with the highly celebrated portuguese footballers agency gestifute .
following the recent accusations , which were published by a group of european newspapers last weekend , gestifute released a photograph of ronaldo’s ‘model 720’ tax return , in a bid to prove their client declared the necessary assests and rights to spanish authorities .
the following summer , after josé mourinho , also a client of mendes ' s , moved to chelsea as the manager , chelsea signed carvalho , for €30m , and ferreira , for €20m . if gestifute ' s 5 % economic rights were still held in each player – gestifute declined to confirm that – mendes ' s agency would have made €2 . 5m , on top of the €2 . 4m in agents ' fees which , the guardian has revealed , chelsea paid at the time .
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the deal between gestifute and dinamo moscow was announced on monday april 11 on the club’s official homepage . the director of gestifute , luís correia , told urltoken that the two companies intend to cooperate with dinamo at all levels including marketing : “we have a longstanding relationship with dinamo . from the very first visit to russia , we knew that they want to create a really big club , a high level club . we are impressed by dinamo’s history , and are very excited to be a part of it in the future . ”
gestifute has refuted any suggestions that it acted improperly , but fifa - registered agent gonçalo reis , who arranged bebe ' s free transfer from third division club estrela da amadora to guimaraes in july , insisted he was left on the sidelines when guimaraes sold the player .
manchester united ' s £7 . 4 million summer purchase of portuguese winger bébé resulted in selling club vitória de guimarães receiving just 70 per cent of the fee , with the remaining 30 per cent being allocated to the gestifute sports agency , who part - owned the player .
gestifute , in turn , hopes to benefit from both growing its profile in russia and also increasing its player portfolio : “we are going to cooperate with the club on all levels including with young players from the academia , but also through marketing . ” correia also pointed out that they have similar cooperation agreements with a number of other clubs in europe , but that in russia “dinamo are the first club we have established a link with . ” correia stated that the 2018 world cup has been a prime motivator for gestifute to expand into russia .
paris ( reuters ) - the soccer agency gestifute has denied that clients including portuguese star cristiano ronaldo and manchester united manager jose mourinho are involved in any tax evasion after a media consortium reported that they had used tax havens to handle tens of millions of euros in earnings .
in the list of signings now published annually by the fa , the “intermediaries” involved in that deal are stated to have been carlos osório de castro , a lawyer based in portugal who acted for cavaleiro , and valdir cardoso , a portuguese agent understood to work for gestifute , which represented the club .
speaking to sport - express seluk declared this deal “a complete idiocy ! ” seluk believes that the last time dinamo cooperated with mendes , the club was cheated out of €89 million . furthermore , seluk pointed at valencia cf , and as monaco fc —both clubs have cooperation agreements with gestifute—as examples of where gestifute’s business model has hurt clubs on the field . “you will see neither club will play in the champions league ! dinamo will not perform well with him either ! ! ” asked whether there will once again be an influx of portuguese players at dinamo , seluk responded “definitely ! portuguese , and brazilians . ”
wolves has never hidden the fact that mendes is a “known associate” of fosun , in the words of the managing director laurie dalrymple , though the club has strenuously denied that he is overseeing its transfer policy . wolves’s squad this year , club executives noted , will include a number of new additions not looked after by mendes’s agency , gestifute .
for these agents to claim an area they have to have permanent contacts within a football club or scouting network . below i will show you through the transfer history of gestifute what an agent can achieve when he has a solid network within his chosen area and contact with a foreign network . in brackets total transfer fees exchanged over various moves .
founded in 1996 , gestifute has become one of the most renowned soccer player agencies in europe , involving a number of high - profile players such as cristiano ronaldo , james rodriguez and david de gea . its founder jorge mendes , 50 , has won the agent of the year honor of the globe soccer awards for six consecutive years since 2010 .
telegraph sport understands that gestifute , headed by jorge mendes , the representative of cristiano ronaldo and jose mourinho , received its share of bébé ' s transfer fee following united ' s direct payment to guimarães , who signed the 20 year - old from estrela da amadora following the cancellation of his contract due to non - payment of wages just two months earlier .
in response to a detailed series of questions about mendes ' s earnings on the bébé deal and reis ' s complaint , a spokesman for mendes ' s gestifute agency said :
there is no basis for any action against us in relation to bébé .
she also said :
we never discuss publicly details of the deals brokered by us .
mendes ' contacts in the game are unparalleled ; his ability to find clubs willing to pay big for portuguese talent is also without equal . his most famous clients are cristiano ronaldo and mourinho , but his gestifute stable oversees the careers of hundreds of players and managers , and he has been responsible for the vast majority of the major sales of portugal players over the past two decades .
there was a similar influx at dynamo moscow in 2005 , followed by further financial problems ( though the russian club last year signed a “memorandum of understanding” once again with gestifute ) . at valencia , meanwhile , supporters turned on nuno , the coach . they came to see him as a mendes pawn , and protested against the ownership of peter lim , another close friend of the portuguese agent .
but there is also a network in brazil and an emerging network in argentina . so gestifute must liaise with other agents / agencies from south america to arrange the transfers of players into portugal and within a few years arrange for their high profile transfers in to one of the “big five” leagues consisting of germany , france , italy , spain and england ( with the odd exception of russia ) .
now i’m not suggesting that anything shady is going on with gestifute and mourinho , as many a manager takes players with them wherever they go but i do believe it to be suggestive of a possible conflict of interests . plus i think this suggests that agents / agencies can on occasion have too much influence with regards to transfers and fees especially when the buying manager is also one of their clients .
furthermore , mendes has openly admitted that he , and gestifute , have been involved in third - party ownership deals , and furthermore believes that fifa’s ban on tpo contracts , which came into affect in may 2015 , is illegal . speaking to the news agency reuters on january 30 , 2015 mendes stated that banning the practice is “ illegal , completely illegal , illegal , illegal , both things illegal . ”
it was in 2003 that gestifute first started player trading within the uk , utilising tony henry’s ( formation ) network of contacts . however over time this partnership broke down . the final act of betrayal was when mourinho signed for chelsea and jorge mendes cut the agency formation out of any further deals and dealt directly with chelsea ( abramovich ) . a court case is still on - going in portugal over this partnership breakdown .
in a statement , wolves said : “it is a matter of public record that fosun have a percentage stake in the gestifute company headed up by jorge mendes . jorge is available as an adviser to the owners , in the same way as many other agents and influential figures within football are . wolves have signed players within his portfolio , including last year’s player of the season helder costa , as well as players from other intermediaries .
when another portuguese player , joão teixeira , joined wolves on loan from benfica , the fa’s list of transactions states that he did not have any agent advising him at all , while andy quinn , a director of gestifute international based in ireland , acted for wolves . the portuguese defender silvio , who signed from atlético madrid in july , is not listed in the fa document so the agents on that deal have not been publicly disclosed .
this is just one example of the route an agent / agency or multiple agents use to get their clients in to the biggest paying leagues in the world . small networks either side of the atlantic working together and not the clubs scouting networks as all good managers would have you believe . on the odd occasion that a gestifute client has skipped portugal they have ended up at arsenal ( carlos vela ) & barcelona ( giovani dos santos ) .
at the point of the pyramid , though , are the world’s elite , the clubs to whom mendes sells the very best players at the very highest prices . even here , though , his influence can run deeper than most . when his client mourinho was the manager of real madrid , mendes regularly used mourinho’s office at the club’s training ground as a base from which to conduct gestifute business , including meetings with potential investors into other clubs . clubs like wolverhampton .
both gestifute , and polaris sports limited are owned by the portuguese player agent jorge mendes , who counts some of the most prominent players in the world , cristiano ronaldo ( real madrid ) , james rodrigues ( real madrid ) , ángel di maria ( paris saint - germain ) , diego costa ( chelsea fc ) , and william carvalho ( sporting lisbon ) , as well as the prominent coach josé mourinho ( currently without a club ) , among his clients .
recently , fifa has started investigating the position of quality investment fund , set up by the former chelsea ceo peter kenyon and co - owned by caa sports international and gestifute ( duff and panja , 2011 ) . other third - party ownership projects such as traffic , benfica star fund , sport investment fund and soccer br1 have been set up to directly invest in clubs and academies by controlling their key asset –players’ transfer rights– without being legally responsible for the club with respect to football governing bodies .
despite being a controversial agent himself , seluk might have a point , as gestifute will most certainly view dinamo as a club that can be used to develop players , rather than as a potential title winning machine . furthermore , mendes’ track record of tpo deals , and the fact that clubs can be used to park player contracts , without the player actually playing there , means that dinamo might see very few talented players moving to the club . at the same time dinamo’s poor financial position forces the club into this deal , which could very well turn out to be a deal with the devil .
ronaldo , di maria ( £29m ) , fabio coentrao ( £26 . 4m ) , pepe , ricardo carvalho ( £26 . 4m ) , jose bosingwa ( £0 . 8m & £18m on two occasions ) , paulo ferreira ( £1 . 8m & £17 . 5m on two occasions ) , adriano fabiano rossato ( £1 . 7m ) , henrique hilário ( free ) , tiago cardoso mendes ( £10 . 5m ) , ricardo andrade quaresma bernardo ( £21 . 6m ) . and at the opposite end of the scale mourinho has only ever released one player attached to gestifute filipe oliveira . good business if you can get it .
scolari ' s move to chelsea is just the latest multi - million pound move to be brokered by the portuguese superagent . jason burt reports
when jorge mendes was asked to write a column for the portuguese sports daily , o jogo , during the european championship , the title that was originally suggested , somewhat jokingly , was
my millions
. mendes said no to that , instead agreeing to the column being called
the value of euros
which could , even so , be interpreted two ways . it ' s not just the football competition ; it ' s the currency .
mendes ' name doesn ' t mean much to the average football fan . but it should . still just 42 , he is one of the most powerful men – maybe in terms of deals the most powerful man – in the game . mendes is also an agent , a shrewd businessman and a clever media operator with his own management company , website , which employs full - time journalists , and contacts that spread from his portuguese base throughout the world , particularly in the valuable markets of south america .
pini zahavi has long been regarded as the number one super - agent but , this summer , as with last year , mendes ' name is being mentioned by the biggest clubs in europe as the man with the greater influence . he has just taken jose mourinho to internazionale and luiz felipe scolari to chelsea to make the pair the highest - paid club managers in world football .
that mendes has found time to write a column is astonishing . he has been , and is set to continue to be , the busiest agent in the business and makes many millions indeed . having been allowed by scolari to have access to the portugal team hotel during the european championship , mendes has been a visible presence at the opulent lakeside complex as he looks after his clients and plots their futures .
referred to as a
tranquil oasis
in the hotel blurb , the beau rivage in neuchâtel has been anything but that for mendes . not only has he schemed to get scolari to stamford bridge but he is also at the heart of deciding what will happen to his star client , cristiano ronaldo , who wants to move to real madrid . then there is deco , ricardo carvalho , ricardo quaresma . the list goes on .
not a single player , it seems , leaves portugal , or moves clubs , without mendes being involved and it has already been calculated , probably correctly , that scolari ' s squad is the most valuable in the tournament on the transfer market . and mendes represents the eight biggest names .
after securing scolari ' s three - year contract , worth between £5 . 5m and £6 . 25m , with chelsea , negotiating first with peter kenyon , the club ' s chief executive , and then directly with roman abramovich , mendes , on wednesday , flew to italy to meet with mourinho , who has returned from holiday , to direct inter ' s transfer dealings .
with scolari ' s appointment it appears inter ' s chances of securing carvalho have been thwarted – the defender can , however , expect to receive a new , improved contract even though he has four years left on his present deal – although the italian club will battle with chelsea for deco and quaresma . either way , for mendes , it ' s a win - win situation . he represents both players , both clubs , both managers .
mendes is a straight - forward character who has earned a reputation for honesty – he would rather tell someone straight that he can ' t give them information rather than lie – and loyalty . a former semi - professional footballer , mendes also has , according to his associates , a brilliant eye for talented players and is a terrific scout who is quick to sign up those who catch his eye .
he doesn ' t forget either , and still talks to those journalists and football people who helped him in his early days . mendes also learned a very valuable lesson at the start of his career as he watched the waning of another agent , jose veiga . veiga was the number one agent in portugal which meant he was the number one agent with porto , the club where the most lucrative deals are cut . he took luis figo to real madrid , he was involved in zinedine zidane ' s move also but he fell out with porto after sergio conceicao , a midfielder , was sold to lazio .
veiga had lined up a deal for him to go to deportivo la coruña and , angry , went to war with porto . inevitably he was cut out of the picture which allowed mendes to step forward . he seized his opportunity and realised it was better to work with , rather than against , big clubs and other agents which is why one of his most significant alliances was with zahavi .
the israeli was the biggest , so mendes wanted to work with him . but now the biggest deals appear to go through mendes first . last summer it was pepe to real madrid for £25m , anderson and nani to manchester united for £46m , simao to atletico madrid for £16 . 5m . mind - blowing figures . mendes was quick to assemble a superb roster of players and was a constant presence at the soccer schools and youth teams throughout portugal , spotting and signing up the sporting lisbon pair of ronaldo and quaresma before others could get close . he also forged alliances in south america which netted him anderson , for example .
part of his way of working is to jointly buy players with clubs , such as anderson whose registration was acquired for £6 . 3m with porto eventually paying mendes £3m when the midfielder was sold to united . mendes is also good at looking after his clients . anderson , ronaldo and nani all receive frequent house visits from him while his nephew , luis correia , who works for him as a financial adviser , is friends with all three .
but mendes is also tough . time and again players have moved to him , from other agents , just before they have moved clubs . even mourinho did it . his agent , jorge baidek , a relatively small - time brazilian who he had known since his coaching days at uniao leiria , had lined up a move for him to liverpool . that was until mendes intervened , armed with offers from chelsea and , ironically considering subsequent events , inter . mourinho , having led porto to the champions league final , which they then won , dropped baidek .
every portuguese player who then followed mourinho , including paulo ferreira , tiago mendes and maniche , were mendes ' clients . similarly nani ' s move to united only followed the winger ' s decision to drop his agent , ana almeida , and jose bosingwa ' s £16m transfer to chelsea was facilitated by mendes even though he wasn ' t the right - back ' s agent . he is the gatekeeper . and those gates are golden .
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the agent who claims to have discovered the manchester united forward bebé says he was cut out of the player ' s £7 . 4 million transfer from vitoria de guimaraes – 48 hours before being told he no longer acted for the 20 year - old .
in the spotlight : manchester united ' s recent recruit bebé has hit the big time . . . in no time
reis said :
i am unhappy because of the way things have happened . as an agent , i expected more from the other agent involved .
i know i don ' t have the contacts at the top clubs because i have only been doing this for a year , but when [ jorge ] mendes arrived , i was out of the transaction .
i have not spoken to bebé since he went to united . the only contact has been when i received a renunciation card on aug 13 – two days after he signed for united .
it ' s a sad thing that the one who discovers a player does not stay with him when big clubs are interested . but there are four variables in this business .
the first is the player , then the guy who discovers him and takes a bet on him . then there are big agents like mendes and , finally , the big clubs .
similarly , a united spokesman said :
we signed the player having fully adhered to the correct procedure . this appears to be a dispute between other parties of which manchester united has no part of .
reis has ruled out a formal complaint to fifa after insisting that he had a ' moral duty ' to ensure bebe ' s career is not affected .
he said :
i am not complaining to fifa because contracts with players are very fragile . they can renounce them at any moment .
no - one told me what was happening [ with united ] , but i do not want to create an obstacle for bebé . i made a moral compromise because i wanted the best for bebé .
it ' s very simple . a year ago , he had nothing in football , but then i put him into guimaraes , he plays two or three games in pre - season and then there is big interest from big clubs .
when i discovered bebé , he was a poor boy with nothing in his life . i supported him as a father and he sometimes called me ' father ' . our relationship was stronger than just a player and his manager .
bebé has yet to play for united and was left out of the club ' s reserve squad against manchester city ' s second string on tuesday night .
in terms of the transfer fee , i have no doubts about bebé ' s quality . sooner or later , he will jump out and show people how good he is .
emilio macedo , president of vitoria guimaraes , defended the involvement of mendes in the negotiations with united . he said :
jorge mendes has been the bulwark of this transfer .
with all due respect to other agents , this country owes him a lot because he handles large transfers and brings money into the country because this is like an export .
a spokesperson for manchester united insisted on wednesday that
manchester united made no payments to any agent
in order to conclude the transfer of bébé , who marked his full debut for the club with a goal in the 3 - 2 carling cup victory against wolves on tuesday .
united became the sole owners of bébé ' s registration following his transfer in august , but while dual ownership of players contravenes premier league regulations , the practice is common and within the rules in europe and south america .
bébé ' s move to united has been dogged by controversy , with old trafford manager sir alex ferguson admitting that he had not seen the player play before sanctioning the purchase .
ferguson then hit out at what he described as
vicious
attempts to undermine the player amid accusations that he was not even good enough to play for united ' s reserves .
united could have signed the player for nothing when he became a free agent following the breaking of his contract with amadora .
but bébé ' s move to guimarães was swiftly followed by interest from a host of leading clubs , with an unnamed turkish club prepared to pay €6 million for a 50 per cent share of bébé prior to united ' s move .
manchester united ' s manager sir alex ferguson and his trio of unlikely summer signings , from left , bébé , javier hernández and chris smalling . photograph : tim hales / ap
sir alex ferguson has admitted he broke the habit of a lifetime in signing the unknown portuguese bébé without having seen him play . normally the manchester united manager prefers to watch a prospect in person or at least on video before making up his mind , yet he paid £7 . 4m for the striker formally known as tiago manuel dias correia wholly on the strength of personal recommendations .
why a manager who insists on looking for value in the transfer market was persuaded to pay so much for a player yet to appear at the top level and who moved to vitória guimarães on a free just months ago is one of the mysteries behind the most unexpected summer signing , but ferguson clearly believes he needed to act before other clubs moved in .
sometimes you have to go on instinct and sometimes you have to trust your staff as well ,
the united manager said .
this was a first for me , but we rate our scouting department very highly and our scout in portugal was adamant we needed to do something , and quickly .
ferguson ' s former deputy , carlos queiroz , now in charge of the national team , tipped off united about the excitement surrounding the player in portugal .
i know real madrid were hovering and so were benfica ,
ferguson said .
it was one of those decisions that had to be made quickly , so i made it quickly . i don ' t think it ' s a risk or a fairy story [ bébé was brought up in an orphanage and spent part of his childhood on the streets ] it ' s just an incentive to all young players who haven ' t necessarily had the best start to their careers .
there are plenty of good young players who don ' t get the breaks , or the right opportunities right at the outset , but get noticed in the end . stuart pearce was one of them . bébé is still young – because he ' s not yet 21 we don ' t have to name him in our squad of 25 – and when you get players at that age you can give them time . with all the experience we have in our first - team squad , we don ' t need to rush them .
it possibly does not feel that way to bébé at the moment . speaking through an interpreter in manchester today he said it had been around a week from first hearing of united ' s interest to sitting at old trafford in a club tracksuit .
it has all happened very quickly but i have an opportunity and now i have to grab it and work very hard ,
he said .
of course i have heard of the premier league before , it was always my dream to play for a club like chelsea or manchester united ,
he said , perhaps sounding a tad arrogant but more likely simply naming the two english clubs with the strongest portuguese connections .
some very big names from portugal have played here , cristiano ronaldo , nani and anderson , and that was definitely a factor . i want to become like them .
for a player whose biggest game to date was a losing encounter with benfica while representing a portuguese third division team , bébé is not short of confidence . then again , if manchester united have just snapped you up unseen , why be shy ?
i ' m fast , i kick well , and i score a lot of goals ,
he replied , when asked what english audiences could expect .
but first of all i am here to work and learn .
ferguson ' s trio of somewhat unlikely summer signings – bébé from portuguese obscurity , javier hernández from mexico and chris smalling from fulham ' s reserves – have prompted speculation about whether united are having to look at the economy end of the market because the club ' s american owners have placed limits on spending . the manager has already pointed out that few other clubs would spend more than £20m on relatively untried youngsters and he says he has no wish to join in the
kamikaze spending
triggered by the new generation of enormously wealthy clubs owners .
people are spending amazing amounts of money and i don ' t see any sign of it abating just yet ,
he said .
if anything , it ' s getting worse . i am not saying we will never pay big money for an experienced player again , from time to time we might need to . this is a young players ' club at the moment and it has always been one of our policies to identify good players early and let them grow into the club , but even if you strip all the young players out of the equation , we still have an incredible amount of experience in our first - team squad .
that ' s my back - up , i have all that experience to rely on . there were a couple of higher profile players we looked at this summer but if you buy someone like that you have to put him in the team , and i wasn ' t sure there was anyone who would actually make the team that much better . i asked myself would they do what eric cantona did for us , or wayne rooney or cristiano ronaldo , and in the end i didn ' t think they would .
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last season bébé played four pre - season friendlies for vitória before his move to manchester united . photograph : neal simpson / empics sport
for €9m , the most improbable signing in the career of sir alex ferguson , who admitted he had never seen the player kick a ball .
a 20 - year - old who spent his youth in care near lisbon after being abandoned by his parents , bébé had played only one season , 26 matches , for estrela da amadora in the portuguese third division , before reis negotiated a move for him to a first division club , vitória guimarães . last summer bébé played four pre - season friendlies for vitória , and sacked reis as his agent on 5 august by letter , which reis says he received on 9 august ; then bébé was the subject of a deal with united that works out as £7 . 5m on 11 august .
united confirmed subsequently that jorge mendes , agent to josé mourinho , who has become a huge influence in portuguese football and previously negotiated the moves by cristiano ronaldo , nani and anderson to old trafford , acted for bébé . vitória ' s directors stated at their annual meeting late last year that mendes , after seemingly less than a week ' s work , had been paid €3 . 6m of the €9m fee . reis had a two - year contract to act as bébé ' s agent from august 2009 to august this year .
now reis says he is
seriously considering
making a formal complaint to fifa about the manner in which he lost his client to mendes .
i spotted bébé playing ,
he recalls ,
i could see he had talent but , because of the person he is and his very poor and difficult background , i had to look after him very closely as a person , as well as be his agent . i negotiated his move first to estrela , then to vitória , then last summer he went missing on me . i read that he had agreed an improved contract with a €9m buyout clause at vitória , then i suddenly received this letter in which he purported to say our relationship was at an end . two days later he went to manchester united for €9m . i am now very seriously considering making a complaint to fifa .
reis did believe bébé had potential ; he signed a two - year agreement to represent him as his agent , to run from 19 august 2009 . reis says he negotiated bébé ' s first move to the partly professional , financially struggling estrela , based in lisbon ' s north - western outskirts , when bébé was 19 . the club ' s financial difficulties meant they did not pay bébé , so he became a free agent . reis tried to pitch the player ' s potential to bigger clubs in portugal and around europe , including psv eindhoven , who he says were not interested . vitória , based in guimarães in the north of the country , agreed to take a gamble on him .
reis says he was negotiating the details of bébé ' s proposed contract with vitória from may last year . bébé attacked his chance there , playing formidably in the pre - season friendlies . reis claims bébé suddenly went missing ; he did not turn up to a scheduled meeting in lisbon and reis could not get him on his phone . from then , according to reis , he had no contact with the player he had regarded as his protégé and potentially valuable client . he read in the newspapers that bébé had signed a contract with vitória , then , after notable performances , an improved one with the €9m buyout clause .
bébé , a young man of poverty and patchy education , sent reis a letter , dated 5 august last year , which said the contract they had was balanced in reis ' s favour and that he was unhappy with complaints reis had made to the portuguese media about having been kept out of bébé ' s negotiations with vitória . bébé said he had negotiated that contract himself . for all these reasons , the letter , signed by bébé , said he was treating his contract with reis to be his agent as at an end .
fifa ' s rules on the conduct of agents , which sepp blatter ' s world governing body still currently oversees although it is about to abandon licensing of agents altogether , state that an agent cannot induce a player to breach his contract with another agent . when mendes became involved is not clear , nor how he came to represent bébé , a relationship united confirmed in the only interview bébé has given so far , exclusively to the club ' s official website in november . in it , bébé said he had been playing well for guimarães in pre - season friendlies and :
suddenly jorge mendes told me about the deal . i was very happy at the time , i didn ' t expect it . it was like a dream to me .
reis says he restrained himself from complaining at the time because he did not want to disrupt bébé ' s settling in period at united .
what happened was wrong ,
reis says .
if he had come to me , and said he is the major agent with the experience of deals at the biggest clubs and we should come to an arrangement , i would have talked to him . instead i receive this letter signed by bébé two days before he moves to manchester united , with mendes as his agent . that is not right .
shortly after bébé joined united , ferguson lambasted as
vicious
reports that bébé was too raw a footballer amid the polished skills exhibited by the senior players at old trafford . bébé has made two appearances as a substitute in premier league matches , played three times in the carling cup and once as a substitute in the champions league , at bursaspor where he scored in a 3 - 0 victory . he has also played for portugal under - 21s , many of whose players mendes has represented in recent years , along with the majority of the senior national side .
at the time bébé went to united , emilio macedo , the president of vitória , hailed the work mendes had done .
jorge mendes has been the bulwark of this transfer ,
he said .
with all due respect to other agents , this country owes him a lot because he handles large transfers and brings money into the country . this is like an export .


food city is an american supermarket chain with stores located in georgia , kentucky , tennessee , and virginia .

it offers the house labels " food club , " " top care " , " valutime " , " food city fresh ! " , " food city premium " , " full circle " , " domestix " , " electrix " , " academix " , " pet club " , and " world classics " many of which are part of the topco corporate brand program .

food city is also the exclusive distributor of regional favorites such as " kay 's ice cream " , " moore 's classic snacks " , " terry 's classic snacks " , " kern 's bread " , " lay 's classic meats " , along with " chuck wagon dog food " .

it is owned by k-va-t food stores , a privately held family and employee-owned corporation ( only 13 % via esop ) headquartered in abingdon , virginia .

k-va-t food stores owns the food city distribution center ( formerly mid-mountain foods ) , a distribution center k-va-t helped form in 1974 and acquired full control of in 1998 , misty mountain spring water , llc , a producer of bottled water , as well as limited-assortment grocery stores named super dollar discount foods , food city express and gas 'n go convenience stores , and two food city wine and spirits liquor store .

many of their grocery stores have their own fuel stations , with the gas 'n go branding .

food city ( k - va - t )

acquisition expansion bi - lo food city k - va - t food stores inc .
headquartered in abingdon , va . , k - va - t food stores , inc . operates 91 food city stores and more . visit urltoken .
food city ' s parent company k - va - t food stores is headquartered in abingdon , va . it operates 135 retail outlets throughout the southeast .
k - va - t food stores ranked # 240 in 2005 . industry : grocery stores ( food city and super dollar stores )
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k - va - t food stores inc . , abingdon , va . , and southeastern grocers said they entered into an agreement under which k - va - t would acquire 29 bi - lo stores located in chattanooga , tenn . , and northwest georgia from southeastern grocers . k - va - t intends to operate all of the stores under the food city banner .
southeastern grocers to transfer 29 chattanooga - area bi - lo stores to k - va - t food stores inc .
food city parent k - va - t food stores filed for a permit for the fuel centers with the chattanooga - hamilton county air pollution control bureau .
as an employee stock ownership plan entity , around 13 percent of k - va - t / food city is owned by its associates .
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headquartered in abingdon , va . , k - va - t food stores ( food city’s parent company ) operates 132 retail outlets throughout southeast kentucky , southwest virginia , east tennessee , chattanooga and north georgia .
food city is abingdon , va . its parent company is k - va - t food stores , which operates 134 retail outlets throughout southeast kentucky , southwest virginia , east tennessee , chattanooga and north georgia .
southeastern grocers to transfer 29 chattanooga - area bi - lo stores to k - va - t food stores inc . - produce blue book
woolridge is front end manager at the store , where she has been employed by k - va - t food stores for seven years .
headquartered in abingdon , k - va - t food stores ( food city’s parent company ) operates 106 retail food outlets throughout the tri - state regions of southeast kentucky , southwest virginia and northeast tennessee .
the city of bluefield and k - va - t food stores , inc finalized an agreement wednesday , opening the former kroger store space in bluefield to interested retailers .
headquartered in abingdon , va . , k - va - t food stores inc . currently operates 105 retail food outlets in the tri - state regions of southeast kentucky , southwest virginia and northeast tennessee .
headquartered in abingdon , va , k - va - t food stores , inc . currently operates 105 retail food outlets in the tri - state regions of southeast kentucky , southwest virginia and northeast tennessee .
abingdon , va . supermarket retailer k - va - t food stores inc . has implemented telapoint inc . ' s telafuel internet software solution to streamline and manage its fuel replenishment process .
k - va - t food stores / food city has been managed by jack smith’s son , steve smith , since he became president in 1993 and ceo in 2001 , the release says .
“we’re not bringing wine to any towns that don’t already have it , ” k - va - t foods ceo and president steve smith said prior to the election .
k - va - t food stores , inc . has been a past or current tenant within the buildings involved in these sale and lease transactions .
headquartered in abingdon , va . , k - va - t food stores , inc . , operates 91 food city and three super dollar discount foods retail outlets throughout the tri - state region of southeast kentucky , southwest virginia and northeast tennessee .
headquartered in abingdon , virginia , k - va - t food stores ( food city’s parent company ) operates 135 retail outlets throughout southeast kentucky , southwest virginia , east tennessee , chattanooga and north georgia .
food city ( k - va - t foods - bbb credit tenant ) anchored strip center . mcdonald ' s , mexican restaurant , laundromat on out parcels not included . . .
city manager dane rideout signed an agreement wednesday with k - va - t food stores , inc . regarding the kroger store which closed in 2012 . k - va - t president and ceo steven c . smith signed the agreement aug . 25 . the space has remained vacant ever since it shut its doors .
rideout credited the work of former mayor tom cole and the former city attorney , brian cochran , for bringing the k - va - t agreement to completion .
according to a times free press article , the locations have been sold to food city , a subsidiary of k - va - t food stores inc . the move will expand food city’s footprint in southeast tennessee and northwest georgia . food city currently operates 104 supermarkets in tennessee , virginia , and kentucky .
k - va - t food stores , abingdon , va . , is the corporate name of the supermarket chain operating in under the name food city . k - va - t is an acronym of its trade area : kentucky , virginia and tennessee . the 96 - store chain has 13 units in southeastern kentucky , 22 units in southwest virginia and 61 units in northeast tennessee .
smith , the president and ceo of k - va - t food stores , inc . , which is food city’s parent company , fought eight years for the legal sale of wine in his tennessee supermarkets .
parent company k - va - t food stores inc . , abingdon , va . , will acquire the bi - lo stores in chattanooga , tenn . , and northwest georgia from southeastern grocers , jacksonville , fla . k - va - t intends to operate all of these stores under the food city banner and hire the vast majority of bi - lo’s store associates . it will , however , add gasoline outlets wherever possible . about 85 % of k - va - t’s 104 food city stores have fuel locations , according to a report in the times free press .
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abingdon , va . and jacksonville , fla . , jul . 23 , 2015 – k - va - t food stores inc . and southeastern grocers , llc today announced that they have entered into an agreement under which k - va - t will acquire 29 bi - lo stores located in chattanooga , tennessee and northwest georgia from southeastern grocers . k - va - t intends to continue to operate all of these stores under the food city banner and hire the vast majority of their store associates , retaining their years of service .
it’s the second in what food city’s steve smith — president and chief executive officer of food city’s abingdon - based parent company k - va - t food stores — said may be a growing line of reborn regional food items . it follows the reintroduction of kay’s ice cream last year .
“we’re going to do all that we can to sell his strawberries , ” k - va - t produce director mike tipton said in an interview at his abingdon , va . , office .
food city stores will carry eggs raised by the green valley poultry farm in washington county , va .
richard petty greeted fans who lined the aisles at the euclid avenue food city iin bristol , va .
another thing that impresses me about k - va - t is that when you go to an fmi conference / convention or a state grocers association conference , k - va - t sends lots of people . thats a common denominator among other successful retailers like publix and hy - vee .
two k - v - a - t food city employees and current students were awarded scholarships for being rising stars in the grocery industry on tuesday .
food and gasoline , the retail staples of k - va - t ' s food city chain of grocery stores , are the main drivers of inflation , seeing dramatic spikes in recent weeks , according to the federal government .
headquartered in abingdon , virginia , k - va - t food stores , inc . currently operates 105 retail food outlets in the tri - state regions of southeast kentucky , southwest virginia and northeast tennessee .
the food city banner dates back to 1918 when its first grocery store opened in greeneville , tenn . k - va - t food stores , food city’s parent company , began in 1955 when founder jack c . smith , his father , curtis smith , cousin ernest smith and uncle earl smith opened their first store in grundy , va .
the city released a copy of the settlement soon after rideout signed it . this agreement includes payments to the city and building inspections . according to the document , k - va - t agreed to pay $ 5 , 000 and make arrangements to let the city inspect the property . a second payment of $ 1 , 101 and a second inspection must take place by jan . 19 , 2018 . by july 20 , 2018 , k - va - t will pay another $ 5 , 000 and allow a third inspection unless the city “finds it appropriate to grant k - va - t an exemption” to this fee . by jan . 19 , 2019 , k - va - t will pay the city another $ 1 , 101 and allow another inspection .
food city : food city , sometimes known as k - va - t food city , is an american chain of grocery stores that have locations in kentucky , virginia , and tennessee , as their acronym name suggests . they are known for providing locally grown produce and fresh eggs from nearby farms . food city also sells a typical assortment of grocery store items and is heavily involved in local charity organizations . . see food city application .
from food city - abingdon , va ( wjhl ) - the local favorite , scott ' s farms strawberries are now available for sale at select food city locations .
abingdon , va . - spanning 45 acres against a backdrop of rolling hills in this rural town west of the blue ridge mountains , k - va - t food stores ' headquarters is ground zero in a regional fight against inflation .
delivering exceptional customer service and partnering with the communities it serves is what k - va - t food stores’ food city supermarkets are all about . “we are focused on our customers and the community , ” president and ceo steve smith says .
local donations through k - va - t stores ( food city and super dollar ) were given back to help local residents at area food pantries this week . approximately $ 10 , 000 in donations were given back to of one accord’s rogersville food pantry and the emergency services food pantry system toward the purchase of more food .
steven c . smith , chief executive of food city parent k - va - t food stores inc . , said thursday in chattanooga that the company plans to enhance selection and variety in the local units and offer sharp price points on goods .
knoxville — k - va - t food stores inc . , parent company of food city , recently presented a check for over $ 52 , 000 to juvenile diabetes research foundation ( jdrf ) to help fund research to cure type 1 diabetes .
but , that doesn ' t mean you have to go inside a food city store to get them .
k - va - t food stores president steve smith on tuesday touted his company’s ability to keep its employees and customers happy and healthy while also boosting the economy by purchasing local products .
“the city’s board of directors shall make this determination in good faith and it shall be based upon k - va - t’s efforts during this time frame to attempt to sublease the property , ” according to the settlement . in another section , k - va - t “shall make good faith efforts to sublease the property to a retail business that will utilize all or a substantial portion of the property . in addition , k - va - t will keep the city appraised of its efforts and be responsive to any communications or recommendations by the city with respect to these efforts . ”
today , k - va - t food stores , inc . , which reported over $ 770 million in retail sales in 1998 , operates 81 supermarkets in kentucky , virginia , and tennessee .
with many supermarkets in the state already making plans — and renovating spaces — to house wine sections , the ceo of food city parent company k - va - t said the quick start could put a burden on wine wholesalers .
headquartered in abingdon , va . , k - va - t food stores , inc . , operates 91 food city and three super dollar discount foods retail outlets throughout the tri - state region of southeast kentucky , southwest virginia and northeast tennessee . k - va - t ranked 39th on progressive grocer’s 2007 list of “america’s 50 largest supermarket chains , ” 55th on supermarket news’ “top 75 north american food retailers” ( january 2007 ) and 269th on forbes magazine’s “list of the largest privately held companies in 2006 . ”
abingdon , va’s , k - va - t foods , inc . , operates the region’s food city chain of supermarkets . the present abingdon food city store is in the existing town centre shopping plaza near i 81’s exit 17 . k - va - t proposes to vacate that store and to build a 61 , 000 - square - foot facility as the anchor for a 30 - acre new shopping center on the meadows farm , a development anticipated to include two hotels , several restaurants , and other retail stores .
headquartered in abingdon , virginia , k - va - t food stores , inc . currently operates 105 retail outlets in the tri - state regions of southeast kentucky , southwest virginia and northeast tennessee .
headquartered in abingdon , virginia , k - va - t food stores , lnc . currently operates 105 retail outlets in the tri - state regions of southeast kentucky , southwest virginia and northeast tennessee .
under the agreement , the city agree to dismiss its civil action without prejudice , according to the document . it was also noted that the agreement “shall not be deemed as an admission of fault or liability by k - va - t , and the parties acknowledge that k - va - t denies any fault or liability and has not admitted any fault or liability . ”
executives with the chain’s parent company , k - va - t food stores , the corporate owner of food city , claim that when they are in season , scott’s strawberries and those grown by david mann , a scott county , va . , farmer , make up 8 to 10 percent of their total produce sales .
but smith said the acquisition will boost volume for abington , va . - based food city by up to 30 percent .
steve smith , president and ceo of k - va - t food stores , is working with suppliers and vendors to lower food costs as consumer prices continue to increase . the company is lowering prices on about 25 percent of its inventory .
k - va - t food stores ' unique name reflects the locations of its supermarkets in kentucky , virginia and tennessee , operating under the food city and super dollar supermarkets names . the company also offers customers private label choices of food club , top crest and valutime through its participation in the topco cooperative .
last year , k - va - t bought $ 5 million worth of fruits , vegetables and decorative plants from farmers in its service area , which stretches from crossville , tenn . , to pikeville , ky . , and hillsville , va .
besides making payments and allowing inspections , k - va - t and the city will work together on marketing the cumberland road space , rideout said . however , there are no plans to put a new grocery store there .
k - va - t food stores , inc . is the corporate banner of a supermarket chain operating in three states under the food city banner . this privately held , family - owned company has grown over the years by expansion and acquisition . with 15 units in southeastern kentucky , 27 units in southwest virginia and 62 units in east tennessee , k - va - t is an acronym of its trade area : kentucky , virginia and tennessee . the 104 - store chain includes 93 food city locations ( with 79 pharmacies and 84 fuel / convenience stores ) , ten super dollar discount foods limited assortment stores and one wine & spirits store . they also operate their own 1 . 2 million square - foot distribution center , located in abingdon , va . for more information about k - va - t food stores , please visit urltoken .
k - va - t food stores operates 104 stores in southeast kentucky , southwest virginia and northeast tennessee . the company recently purchased 29 bi - lo supermarkets in chattanooga , tenn . , and north georgia , which it ' s in the process of converting to the food city format and banner .
founded in 1918 , k - va - t food stores ' unique name reflects the locations of its supermarkets in kentucky , virginia and tennessee . this 16 % - employee - owned private company has 93 grocery stores operating under the food city and super dollar supermarkets names . k - va - t food stores has its own 900 , 000 - foot distribution center , mid - mountain foods , located in abingdon , virginia . the company also offers customers private label choices of food club , top crest and valu time through its participation in the topco cooperative .
started as an 8 , 000 - square - foot piggly wiggly by smith’s father in 1955 , today k - va - t operates 92 food city and four super dollar stores in kentucky , virginia and tennessee , with annual sales approaching $ 1 . 8 billion .
bluefield will seek another grocery store for the city , but the goal is to assure interested grocery chains that k - va - t cannot suddenly undercut their plans by rushing a new store into the old kroger space , rideout said .
headquartered in abingdon , va . , k - va - t food stores , inc . ( the parent company ) operates 106 retail food outlets throughout the tri - state regions of southeast kentucky , southwest virginia and northeast tennessee . the company recently purchased 29 bi - lo supermarkets , including 21 pharmacies , in chattanooga , tenn . , and north georgia and has converted them to the food city format .
mike helton moves a load of dry goods for a food city store to a waiting truck . the abingdon va . , distribution center stocks more than 15 , 000 items that are sold in food city stores .
this is a complete list of all food city locations , along with their geographic coordinates . food city is a u . s . supermarket chain .
this loopnet k - va - t food stores , inc . tenant and owner information is organized and aggregated from public records and the millions of historical and current sale and lease listings provided by members of the loopnet commercial real estate marketplace .
the most interesting thing about k - va - t isn’t its alleged local produce and meat sourcing . it’s the fact that this company is largely composed of castoffs that it turned around . k - va - t includes castoffs from piggly wiggly , white stores , mid - mountain , winn - dixie , bi - lo , and quality foods . retail chains all have the same equipment and the same suppliers . management is the only difference between the losers and the winners .
in addition to working with good people , smith relies on ingenuity to keep him one step ahead of the competition . k - va - t / food city ' s distribution center was one of the first to use upc codes for stock numbers , allowing more accurate inventory management .
since last fall , k - va - t / food city ceo steve smith and other top executives have been putting their heads together trying to come up with a way to deal with rising commodity prices at a time when many consumers still are struggling from the aftershocks of recession .
k - va - t is using telafuel , a browser - based application suite , to improve management of fuel replenishment operations across 43 of its company sites with gasoline operations in kentucky , tennessee and virginia .
he speaks the truth ,
said steven c . smith , president and chief executive officer for k - va - t food stores , which owns the food city chain .
it ' s not exactly the free enterprise system i grew up with . sausage gets made and it ' s not pretty .
food city is a supermarket chain operating with 11 units in southeastern kentucky , 21 in southwest virginia and 62 in northeast tennessee . based in rogersville , tenn . , it functions various departments , including bakery , produce , meat / seafood , organics , video , floral , deli and pharmacy , among others . food city offers brands , such as food city , food club , paws , valu time , full circle , top care , world classic , academix , domestix , electrix and easy clix . k - va - t food stores inc . is the corporate name of food city .
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food city # 424 - 330 n . mayo trail , paintsville ky , 41240
food city is a well - known partner within the communities the company serves .
food city is joining a growing number retailers with fuel centers in the area .
the grocery store pictured is food city . their generic stuff is pretty decent .
k - va - t food stores owns and operates the 1 . 1 million square - foot food city distribution center , located in abingdon , virginia and continues to grow every year through our profit - sharing plan . “about 14 % of the company is owned by our associates , ” says smith . k - va - t food stores ranked 40th on the 2008 progressive grocer’s list of america’s 50 largest supermarket chains , 55th on supermarket news’ top 74 north american food retailers ( in 2008 with over 1 . 6 billion dollars in sales ) and 269th on forbes magazine’s list of the largest privately - held companies is 2007 .
davis , danny k . [ d - il ] ( 105th - 115th )
delaney , john k . [ d - md ] ( 113th - 115th )
delbene , suzan k . [ d - wa ] ( 112th - 115th )
simpson , michael k . [ r - id ] ( 106th - 115th )
zinke , ryan k . [ r - mt ] ( 114th - 115th )
hirono , mazie k . [ d - hi ] ( 110th - 115th )
after making this last - minute stop , cody scott’s pickup truck pulled in front of the bonham road food city at exit 7 in bristol , va .
hunger is a serious problem throughout the appalachian region where many food city stores are located . food city and kellogg’s are proud to be a part of the “race against hunger , ” says steven smith , food city’s president and chief executive officer .
i think i ' ve built my monument in k - va - t food stores ,
smith says .
and i ' d like for it to continue to operate and for all the people who made that possible to continue to prosper .
food city gocart is currently available at stores in kingsport , johnson city , knoxville , powell and oak ridge , tenn . ; and bristol , va . , with additional stores in knoxville and johnson city slated to roll out the service this month .
“millions of americans need food assistance each year . the food city race against hunger campaign is one way we can help meet those needs , ” adds ron bonacci , vice president of marketing for food city .
the irwin food city bass tournament , forged by a longtime charitable partnership between food city and knox county juvenile court judge tim irwin , reached a giving milestone on thursday .
that ' s not the only efficiency food city ' s athens store will employ .
and , he pointed out , back in september food city and the scott county hair sheep project marked the $ 1 million mark in lamb sold at food city stores .
food city president and ceo steve smith talks about the new corporated headquarters in abingdon .
the first store was opened in 1918 at greeneville , tennessee . however , the store only started operating officially in 1955 when founder jack c . smith , along with his father and uncle , opened the first k - va - t food store in grundy , virginia .
three years ago , k - va - t food stores worked with the southwest virginia farmers market to secure a $ 225 , 000 grant from the virginia tobacco indemnification and community revitalization commission to build a pair of 40 - foot - long hydrocoolers for its wholesale operations .
in 1954 , just a few days before christmas , jack smith ' s mother sent him to the local supermarket to buy some groceries . almost 45 years later , smith , now chairman and chief executive officer of k - va - t food stores , inc . abingdon , va , recalls that day as one that would change his life forever .
with telafuel , k - va - t is electronically processing fuel replenishment orders and optimizing the scheduling of its carriers to better manage [ image - nocss ] petroleum inventories and supply logistics , resulting in lower costs and greater administrative efficiency .
k - va - t works to counter the extra expense with an aggressive marketing campaign that features store banners highlighting the farmers . it also sends its produce section employees on farm tours so they can learn more about what they sell .
millions of americans need food assistance each year . the food city race against hunger campaign is one way we can help those in need ,
adds ron bonacci , vice president of marketing for food city .
it ' s a real opportunity we think ,
steven c . smith , chief executive of k - va - t food stores inc . , said , according to times free press . food city already has substantial presence in knoxville , tennessee , with room to fill in with new stores between it and the scenic city , smith said .
that gives us a lot of growth opportunities .
connolly , gerald e . [ d - va ] ( 111th - 115th )
wittman , robert j . [ r - va ] ( 110th - 115th )
warner , mark r . [ d - va ] ( 111th - 115th )
food city is the second - longest - running sponsor in nascar racing through its sponsorship of two of the sport’s most popular events – the food city 500 and food city 300 – at bristol motor speedway in bristol , tenn . it has contributed more than $ 500 , 000 in proceeds from the annual food city race night events to local nonprofits .
food city is a great company to work for . the store manger was good with working around schedule changes . the best part of working for food city is the customers .
it probably isn ' t real rice . in food photography , almost anything that can be faked , is .
headquartered in abingdon , virginia , k - va - t food stores , inc . ( the parent company ) operates 106 retail food outlets throughout the tri - state regions of southeast kentucky , southwest virginia and northeast tennessee . the company recently purchased 29 bi - lo supermarkets ( including 21 pharmacies ) in chattanooga , tennessee and north georgia and just completed the process of converting them to the food city format .
pictured above ( from left to right ) : rabbit zielke , wutc membership chuck cantrell , wutc station manager bob citrullo , executive director of the hamilton county education humane society corey reynolds , food city store manager amber battaglia , mckamey animal shelter : headquartered in abingdon , virginia , k - va - t food stores , inc . ( food city’s parent company ) operates 135 retail supermarkets throughout southeast kentucky , southwest virginia , east tennessee , chattanooga and north georgia .
food city has benefitted from its relationships with farmers . new contracts are already in place .
today , the company operates 105 food city supermarkets throughout southwest virginia , southeast kentucky and northeast tennessee and of those , 78 include a pharmacy and 81 locations offer fuel . k - va - t food stores also operates misty mountain spring water , l . l . c . and its own 1 . 2 million - square - foot food city distribution center . “we are not a general merchandise retailer , ” steve smith adds . “we are a traditional supermarket format . ”
pictured are shane arnold , food city manager ; melanie phillips , cgs social services coordinator ; debbie james , food city human resources coordinator ; and debra lawson , cgs direct services coordinator . food city is partnering with local agencies in the race against hunger through dec . 9 .
k - va - t’s localized approach to buying produce is deliciously wholesome and exciting . it’s good for everyone . i hope we see more of the same from other supermarkets and retailers in other parts of the country where we can grow fresh produce .
the abingdon - based business now employs 13 , 000 people , smith said , adding that about half of these employees are enrolled in k - va - t’s employee stock option program and as a result own a 15 percent share of the company .
garrett , thomas a . , jr . [ r - va ] ( 115th )
pikeville , ky – on september 12 , the southeast kentucky chamber of commerce , community leaders , and kentucky state representative jill york joined food city of louisa for a ceremonial ribbon cutting to celebrate food city’s grand opening of their second eastern kentucky wine & spirits location . the opening of the wine & spirits location in louisa , kentucky has created approximately 5 jobs within lawrence county . louisa’s food city wine & spirits is located at 70 business us 23 north , louisa , kentucky . for more information visit their website at urltoken or call 606 . 638 . 3434 . k - va - t food stores , inc . is the corporate banner of a supermarket chain operating in three states under the name food city . food city is a 133 supermarket store chain including 101 food city locations with 100 pharmacies and 84 fuel / convenience stores ; ten super dollar discount foods , and two wine & spirit stores . this privately held , family owned company has grown in leaps through acquisition and expansion over the years . k - va - t is an acronym of its trade area : kentucky , virginia , and tennessee .
thank you for your interest in k - va - t food stores inc . k - va - t is the parent company of food city , super dollar discount foods , misty mountain spring water , and the food city distribution center . if you have the desire to work in a fast - paced and fun environment while interacting with a diverse group of people , look no further ! this automated employment application provides a quick and efficient way to gather information about your work interests , qualifications and experience relevant to job opportunities available . please be prepared to provide any of the following pieces of information : your social security number , driver ' s license , employment history , and personal and professional references . let ' s begin . . .
food city and snack alliance inc . have teamed up to bring back the terry’s brand , once a regional snack food in the southeast .
log in or register and save more on your purchase with the food city valucard and coupons .
food city “race against hunger” ongoing there is a chance to aid a cause fighting against hunger each time you pick up groceries at your local food city . check out this story on urltoken urltoken
the pay isn ' t the best but its a fun place to work . they are good to you . however the hours aren ' t so great it isn ' t a job for someone with a family unless you advance .
southeastern grocers and k - va - t anticipate that the transfer and handoff dates of the 29 bi - lo stores will begin august 30 , 2015 , with all stores fully transitioned by october 5 , 2015 , subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions .
“we have made experts , ” said keith cox , a k - va - t produce buyer who specializes in the company’s locally grown offerings . “they have become experts at [ farming ] , and it’s as nice of a product as you’ve seen anywhere . ”
weber , randy k . , sr . [ r - tx ] ( 113th - 115th )
“millions of americans need food assistance each year . the food city race against hunger campaign is one way we can help those in need right here in our own area , ” adds kevin stafford , vice president of marketing for food city .
“million of americans need food assistance each year . the food city race against hunger campaign is one way we can help those in need right here in our own area , ” adds paul sabattus , vice president of marketing for food city .
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mccaul , michael t . [ r - tx ] ( 109th - 115th )
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human resources coordinator brenda barbrow at the chilhowie food city said that supporters of the program can donate at the cash registers . check with the store or food city website for qualifying brands and items .
rick bishop , manager of k - va - t foods’ bristol , johnson city and greeneville district , said he had seen a report that the pantry at good samaritan — one of the largest pantries in the johnson city in the area — was running low . “we’ve been good partners with sara ( wells , the ministry’s former director ) and good samaritan , ” he said .
million of americans need food assistance each year . the food city race against hunger campaign is one way we can help those in need right here in our own area ,
adds kevin stafford , vice president of marketing for food city .
“millions of americans need food assistance each year . the food city race against hunger campaign is one way we can help those in need right here in our own area , ” kevin stafford , vice president of marketing for food city , said .
million of americans need food assistance each year . the food city race against hunger campaign is one way we can help those in need right here in our own area , ” said ron bonacci , vice president of marketing for food city .
we had folks spread out over five different buildings across abingdon and washington county ,
said steve smith , president and ceo of k - va - t , the company that oversees grocery chain food city .
it ' s helpful to put us all together . . . . we ' re already seeing that ' s a better way to do business .
one of those employees is athenian rusty rollins , who currently manages food city ' s harrison store .
oak tree plaza is a 49 , 062 square foot center anchored by food city and family dollar .
we look to the day when food city will become a household name ,
he said .
jon springer , supermarket news ' retail editor , said food city is similar to bi - lo in many ways and the purchase provides food city a chance to grow its franchise in a new market .
food city , tammy baumgardner , 276 - 623 - 5100 , ext . 5734 , baumgardnert @ urltoken
this is a food city , i worked for kvat and know people in headquarters . those faggots .
ryan gash , 21 , selects potatoes at the food city store at deane hill in west knoxville .
“in july and august , one out of every five dollars of produce sold in our stores is locally grown , ” said steven smith , president and ceo of abingdon , va . - based k - va - t food stores . “we’ll bring the farmers in and they’ll talk about produce and the crops they’ve raised . we’ll do television advertising using some of the farmers , and they’ll talk about their quality . ”
thank you for your interest in k - va - t food stores inc . k - va - t is the parent company of food city , super dollar discount foods , misty mountain spring water , and the food city distribution center . if you have the desire to work in a fast - paced and fun environment while interacting with a diverse group of people , look no further ! this automated employment application provides a quick and efficient way to gather information about your work interests , qualifications and experience relevant to job opportunities available . your application will also be considered for other positions and locations . please be prepared to provide any of the following pieces of information : your social security number , driver ' s license , employment history , and personal and professional references . let ' s begin . . .
bishop said food city and the red , white and food campaign obtained hundreds of thousands of signatures from supporters to place the referendum on municipal ballots .
the big stone gap food bank received $ 3013 . 53 of that total during a recent check presentation ceremony , a food city press release states .
officials at food city , the abingdon , va . - based chain that owns 10 stores in chattanooga , did not dispute carter ' s view that he may be able to compete on price .
“we don’t want a company to come in and start preparing the site and then have k - va - t immediately put a grocery store in that location , ” he said . “if a competitor comes in there , they could quickly do a turn key grocery store in there and off ramp another project . so we put that safety net in that agreement if you will , so that now jim ( spencer , community and economic development director ) can go out and market it ; and hopefully somebody could come into another vacant space and they can have confidence that k - va - t is not going to put one in that location . ”
are you up for the challenge ? food city has pledged $ 700 , 000 in contributions for the upcoming school year . with the new food city school bucks challenge , it’s easier than ever to earn reward points . for every $ 1 you spend , using your food city valucard , you’ll receive one point .
beyer , donald s . , jr . [ d - va ] ( 114th - 115th )
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from left are food city assistant store manager david scearce , bernard flemming of clintwood ministries , the rev . tony palubicki of the big stone gap food bank , lan mccluskey of the wise county food bank and jackie gilliam of the pound food bank .
build to suit - adjoining food city - vacant in - line lot . available space up to 20 , 000 sq . ft . , divisible into smaller spaces as required t . . .
food city is buying 29 bi - lo supermarkets in the chattanooga market , including the east brainerd location .
food city employees held an open house for members of the media , local businesses and vendors thursday afternoon .
sarah beth woolridge , with church hill food city , was district 3 winner for the company’s claude varney volunteer recognition program . she’s seen here , receiving her award from steve smith , food city president and ceo .
“hunger is a serious problem throughout our region . food city and kellogg’s are proud to be a part of the race against hunger , ” says steven c . smith , food city’s president and chief executive officer .
for more information about the new food city school bucks challenge , please contact your local school , visit urltoken or contact the food city school bucks coordinator , lisa johnson at 1 - 800 - 232 - 0174 .
food city is a supermarket chain operating with 11 units in southeastern kentucky , 21 in southwest virginia and 62 in northeast tennessee . it functions various departments , including bakery , produce , meat / seafood , organics , video , floral , deli and pharmacy , among others . food city offers brands , such as food city , food club , paws , valu time , full circle , top care , world classic , academix , domestix , electrix and easy clix . k - va - t food stores , inc . is the corporate name of food city . the company additionally operates thirteen super dollar discount foods limited assortment locations in wytheville , abingdon , hillsville , christiansburg , vinton , lynchburg and rose hill , pikeville , prestonsburg and barbourville , as well as rogersville , tenn . and asheville highway in knoxville , tenn .
potatoes , which are received at food city ' s distribution center by a railroad line that runs directly through the property , currently account for the only shortage . food city is having to locate potato supplies in canada .
hunger is a serious problem throughout our region . food city and kellogg ' s are proud to be a part of the race against hunger ,
says steven c . smith , food city ' s president .
azlinn will represent food city during its sponsorship of the nascar sprint cup series food city 500 and the xfinity series food city 300 at bristol motor speedway , as well as other race and company related activities and events throughout 2016 . she will also have the unique opportunity to represent food city during the battle at bristol in september at what promises to be the largest attended college football game in history between the university of tennessee and virginia tech .
food city district manager rick bishop , who is over stores from greeneville to bristol , said he was pleased with the results and thanked the city’s voters for their support .
for the past 10 years , bishop said food city has also partnered with the johnson city salvation army to help add to to annual souper bowl for the hungry fundraiser .
k - va - t food stores , better known as food city , is expanding its business presence in elizabethton by opening a new gas station and convenience store on broad street . the grocery store chain is in the process of purchasing the racetrack raceway convenience store next door to subway and carter county bank to open a gas & go convenience store . the move could bring an additional 18 - 20 jobs to elizabethton . k - va - t district manager rick bishop said the plan for the new convenience store was to move the gas station out of the current food city parking lot , which he noted was a source of the majority of complaints from the elizabethton food city . “that will clean up some of the congestion in the parking lot and free up some parking places , ” bishop said . “it will alleviate that problem . that is what we hear the most complaints about . ” bishop said the store would offer traditional convenience store fare , along with some hot food items such as sandwiches and hot dogs , and some bakery selections as well . k - va - t real estate manager steven spangler said the chain should close on the purchase of the building next thursday , may 15 . he added this would be the second free standing gas station / convenience store for the chain . the other opened in coeburn , va . last year . the store is set to open in the first or second week of june .
first runner - up was megan grace stanley of abingdon , va . second runner - up was emelea shaunta talford of bristol , va . amanda burke of fall branch , tn was selected as miss photogenic . azlinn succeeds kassie marie perkins of harriman , tn , who held the title of miss food city 2015 .
if you ' re vegetarian , don ' t worry - they offer produce , too .
the one on the right doesn ' t really , either . the image is posterized .
food city is planning to put up its initial three gas ' n go fuel centers in the chattanooga area .
he said food city treats the centers as part of the store , just as the bakery section or produce .
, food city president and chief executive officer .
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hunger is a serious problem throughout our region . food city and our co - sponsors are proud to be a part of the race against hunger , ” says steve smith , food city’s president and chief executive officer .
like all good stewards , smith insists on giving back to the communities that have supported his business . such projects include ‘apples for students ' in which students return food city register tapes in exchange for valuable educational equipment for their schools . to date , nearly $ 5 million worth of equipment has been purchased via the program . there is also food city ' s annual sponsorship of the nascar food city 500 and food city 250 races at the bristol motor speedway . surrounding the popular events , food city hosts family race nights , where fans meet and greet nascar personalities . proceeds from these events have enabled food city to donate more than $ 80 , 000 to local charities .
but the bill didn’t advance in the general assembly until it was reviewed and deemed agreeable by the statewide groups representing the food and liquor industries .
rideout said smith of k - va - t told him how the city could contact the company’s property manager about prospective leads . there are also plans to include the former kroger and the former kmart on cumberland road in a new global information system on the city’s website which will list available buildings . one goal is to find a tenant – for instance , a furniture store – which could use most of the old kroger space .
food city actually dates back to 1918 when a store was opened in greeneville , tennessee , but k - va - t food stores’ official beginning took place in 1955 when founder jack c . smith - - with his father , curtis and uncle , earl - - opened the first store in grundy , virginia . since that time , food city has grown in leaps through the acquisition of several piggly wiggly operations in southwest virginia and eastern kentucky , along with quality foods / food city , white stores , winn dixie and bi - lo units in east tennessee . the company has also grown steadily by expansion into new market areas while remodeling and replacing existing locations as needed to best serve their customers .
on thursday , k - va - t president steve smith announced his company will now buy 95 percent of its eggs from dutt & wagner of virginia , inc . , a family - operated egg business that produces and distributes its eggs from abingdon and sells them to customers in eight states across the southeast .
“we feel this ordinance has accomplished exactly what we set on and is now allowing our code enforcement as well as our first responders access to vacant buildings so we can maintain public safety . this was not a target against k - va - t , ” he stated . “this was for public safety . ”
food city staff and officials , along with the southeast kentucky chamber of commerce directors cut the ribbon for the re - grand opening of food city located on cassidy boulevard . the event was also a chamber business after hours reception .
food city first initiated their apples for the students program during the 1990 - 91 school year . to date , food city has awarded approximately $ 14 . 4 million in educational equipment and tools to over 800 participating area schools .
since 1992 , food city has held their annual race against hunger holiday campaign , co - sponsored by kellogg’s which benefits local hunger relief organizations . “hunger is a serious problem in america . food city and kellogg’s are proud to be part of the race against hunger , ” says steven c . smith , food city’s president and chief executive officer .
smith joined food city more than 35 years ago , serving in multiple leadership positions before becoming president and chief executive officer . founded by smith’s father in 1955 , k - va - t ( food city’s parent company ) today operates 93 food city supermarkets ( including 78 pharmacies and 84 fuel / convenience stores ) , ten super dollar discount foods and a wine and spirits store throughout southeast kentucky , southwest virginia and northeast tennessee . the company supports numerous organizations – including local food banks , the united way , american cancer society , boy scouts of america , juvenile diabetes research foundation , susan g . komen , ywca , boys and girls club and paralyzed veterans of america association — throughout the tri - state region .
sheldon livesay , ministry director added his thanks to food city and their shoppers from making this gift possible . he added that their three food pantries will distribute an expected 1 . 3 million pounds of food by year’s end .
plans are to transfer the bi - lo bonus cards to a food city value card loyalty program , he said .
lewis said food city has competed with wal - mart since the arkansas - based company first moved into its market .
smith said terry’s fits into the “buy local” philosophy that food city also uses in produce . in july and august , he said 18 percent of produce sold at food city stores came from area farmers in kentucky , virginia or tennessee .
jul 02 , 2018 , 10 : 57 et paralyzed veterans of america partners with food city , richard . . .
schools throughout the area served by chilhowie food city are the recipients of “school bucks” presented last week at the store .
the shelby report special about food city appears in the december 2016 print edition of the shelby report of the southeast .
hunger is a serious problem in america . food city and our co - sponsors are proud to be a part of the race against hunger ,
says steven c . smith , food city ' s president and chief executive officer .