Abincin Babban birnin (K-VA-T)

Food City wani babban kantin sayar da kayayyaki ne na Amurka tare da shagunan da ke Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, da Virginia. Kamfanin K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc., mallakar mallakar iyali ne mai zaman kansa da kuma kamfanin mallakar ma'aikata (13% ta hanyar ESOP)  wanda ke da hedkwata a Abingdon, Virginia. K-VA-T Food Stores ta mallaki Cibiyar Rarraba Abinci ta Birnin (tsohon Mid-Mountain Foods), cibiyar rarraba K-VA'T ta taimaka wajen kafa a 1974 kuma ta sami cikakken iko a cikin 1998, Misty Mountain Spring Water, LLC, mai samar da ruwan kwalliya, da kuma kantin sayar da kayan abinci masu iyaka da ake kira Super Dollar Food Center, Food City Express da Gas'N Go, da kuma shagunan kayan kwalliya na Wine City da Spiritsor. Yawancin manyan kantin sayar da su suna da tashoshin man fetur na kansu, tare da alamar Gas'N Go.

Yana ba da zaɓin samfuran lakabi masu zaman kansu da yawa a ƙarƙashin alamun "Food Club," "TopCare", "That's Smart!", "Food City Fresh!", "Full Circle", "Crav'n Flavor", "Paws Happy Life", "Simply Done", "Wide Awake Coffee Co.", "Tippy Toes", "Harvest Club", "Evolve", "Over the Top", "Nostimo", "Charmony", "Misty Mountain", "Flock's Finest", "Culinary Tours", wanda yawancin su ne, kuma suna da kuma suna da yawa daga cikin shirin Tsabtaccen ɓangare na Harco. Food City kuma ita ce mai rarraba abubuwan da aka fi so na yanki kamar "Kay's Ice Cream", "Moore's Classic Snacks", "Terry's Classic snacks", "Kern's Bread", da "Lay Classic Meats".

## Tarihi

K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc. ya gano tarihinsa zuwa 1955, lokacin da wanda ya kafa ka Jack Smith ya buɗe kantin sayar da Piggly Wiggly na farko mai murabba'in mita 8,800 (8 m2) a Grundy, Virginia, tare da taimakon masu hannun jari na musamman guda uku: mahaifinsa, Curtis Smith, kawunsa, Earl Smith da dan uwansa, Ernest Smith. A cikin 1963, Smith ya kara da shagon na biyu a Kudancin Williamson, Kentucky, sannan kuma sabon wuri na uku da aka gina a Pikeville, Kentucky, a cikin 1965, da kuma shagon a Prestonsburg, Kentucky, da kuma shago a cikin 1967.

Kamfanin ya ci gaba da girma har zuwa 1984 lokacin da ya sami Quality Foods, sarkar shaguna 19 (wanda aka kafa a 1918), wanda ke aiki a ƙarƙashin sunan Food City. Smiths sun karbi Food City a matsayin sabon sunan, tare da al'adunsu, don duk shagunansu da ke ci gaba. A shekara ta 1989, Food City ta sayi sarkar White Stores mai shaguna 37 wanda ke fitowa daga Knoxville, Tennessee, fiye da ninki biyu na girman kamfanin.

A cikin 1998, Food City ta sami sarkar Kennedy Piggly Wiggly mai hawa 11 da kuma cikakken iko da Mid-Mountain Foods, Cibiyar Rarraba Abinci ta yanzu. A shekara mai zuwa, Winn-Dixie ta fice daga kasuwar Knoxville kuma ta sayar da shagunansu bakwai ga Food City. A watan Fabrairun shekara ta 2006, Food City ta ba da sanarwar sayen wurare takwas na BI-LO a Knoxville, Maryville, da Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

K-VA-T ta yi bikin cika shekaru 50 a ranar 17 ga Nuwa, 2005, ta hanyar buɗe kantin sayar da murabba'in mita 46,500 (4,320 m2) a Vansant, Virginia, a waje da Grundy. Shekaru uku bayan haka, a watan Oktoba na shekara ta 2008, K-VA-T ta bude shagon ta 100 a Rogersville, Tennessee. Kamfanin ya yi bikin wannan taron ta hanyar aika da I-beam na musamman ga kowane shago a cikin kamfanin inda ma'aikata suka sanya hannu a matsayin alamar alheri ga sabon shago. Ginin yana zaune sama da hanyar shiga a cikin shagon 100.

A watan Disamba na shekara ta 2010, K-VA-T ta sayi Tsohon Kasuwar Birni a Tazewell, Tennessee, a matsayin kantin sayar da sabon wuri na Tazewell, . 

A watan Yulin , Food City ta ba da sanarwar sayen wurare 21 na BI-LO a kasuwar  da kuma shagunan BI-LO guda takwas a Arewacin Georgia daga Kudu maso Gabas Grocers. Kamfanin yana shirin saka hannun jari sama da dala miliyan 40 a cikin ingantaccen babban birnin ga wuraren a cikin shekara ta farko da kuma shigar da tashoshin mai na Gas'N Go a wurare da yawa kamar yadda zai yiwu. K-VA-T ya kai wani muhimmin abu a watan Oktoba 2015 ta hanyar bude wurin farko na Georgia, BI-LO mai canzawa, a Rossville, Georgia. A wannan watan, K-VA-T ta buɗe murabba'in ƙafa 62,000 (5,800 m2) Food City a Johnson City, Tennessee, babbar shagon da kamfanin ya taɓa ginawa.

A watan Nuwamba na shekara ta 2017, Food City ta bude Starbucks ta farko a cikin shagon a wani sabon wuri da aka gina a Athens, Tennessee. Ya zuwa watan Afrilu na shekara ta 2024, kamfanin yana aiki da wuraren Starbucks 60 a cikin shagon.

A watan Fabrairun 2020, Ƙungiyar Masu Ciniki ta Kasa ta kira K-VA-T Food Stores da Food City a matsayin Mai Kasuwanci Mai Kyau a 2020 NGA Creative Choice Awards . 

A watan Yunin , K-VA-T ta ba da sanarwar cewa suna fadada zuwa jiharsu ta biyar tare da shirye-shiryen gina babban kantin sayar da 'in mita 54,000 (5,000 m2) a Albertville, Alabama. An buɗe shagon a ranar 14 ga Afrilu, 2021.

A watan Agustan 2022, K-VA-T ta ba da sanarwar shirye-shiryen sayen dangin Cooke na shagunan a cikin Babban Cleveland, Tennessee, yankin kasuwa. Wadannan shagunan sun hada da wurare huɗu na Fresh n' Low da Cooke's Food Store da Pharmacy a Tennessee tare da wuri ɗaya na Freshn' Low a Georgia. A watan Janairun 2025, Food City ta karfafa dukkan shagunan Fresh n' Low da Cookes a kusa, sabbin wuraren da aka fadada Food City ko, a Ocoee da Arewacin Cleveland, sun gina manyan shagunan maye gurbin Food City.

### Hedikwatar
Ayyukan kamfanonin K-VA-T sun kasance a Grundy, Virginia, daga farkonsa a 1955 har sai da ya koma Abingdon, Virginia, a cikin 1970s. A cikin shekaru, ayyukan kamfanin sun bazu a kan gine-gine daban-daban guda biyar a ko'ina cikin Abingdon da Washington County.

A watan Oktoba na shekara ta , K-VA-T a huku ta karfafa ayyukan kamfaninta a cikin sabon ginin hedkwatar a cikin garin Abingdon, Virginia, a 1 Food City Circle. Ginin bene huɗu, murabba'in ƙafa 140,000 (13,000 m2), yana zaune a kan kadada 17 kuma ya yi amfani da ɓangarorin tsohuwar ginin a cikin ginin sabon, tare da wurin ajiye motoci yana karɓar gyare-gyare don ci gaba da amfani da shi. A watan Nuwamba na shekara ta 2017, K-VA-T ta ba da gudummawar ginin ofishin kamfaninsu na baya a Abingdon ga gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Barter . 

### Cibiyar Abinci ta Super Dollar
A cikin shekara ta 2008, K-VA-T ta buɗe kantin sayar da kayan abinci na farko mai suna Super Dollar Discount Foods a Wytheville, Virginia, wanda daga baya aka rushe shi a cikin 2020 don buɗe hanyar sabon wurin Food City. A cikin shekaru, sabon tsarin ya girma ta hanyar buɗe sabbin wurare da kuma canza wasu tsofaffi, ƙananan, wuraren Food City a Pikeville da Prestonsburg, Kentucky; Rogersville, Tennessee; da Grundy, Virginia. A watan Mayu na shekara ta 2017, K-VA-T ta fara sake sanya alamar shagunan Super Dollar Discount Foods a Abingdon, Hillsville, da Wytheville, Virginia zuwa tutar Cibiyar Abinci ta Super Dollar. A cikin shekara ta 2017, sauran wuraren Super Dollar Discount Foods sun canza zuwa wannan sabon tutar. Ya zuwa Maris 2022, akwai wurare 5 na Super Dollar, tare da ɗayan da ke da tashar man fetur na Gas'N Go.

### Bayyanawa ta hanyar Food City
A watan Yunin 2020, K-VA-T ta canza tsohuwar Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, wurin zuwa sabon tsarin Express ta Food City.

### Birnin Abinci ruwan inabi da ruhohi
A watan Agustan 2012, K-VA-T ta bude kantin sayar da giya na farko na Food City Wine & Spirits, a Pikeville, Kentucky. Kamfanin na biyu na Food City Wine & Spirits ya buɗe a Louisa, Kentucky a watan Agusta 2015.  An kara wuri na uku a Whitesburg, Kentucky a watan Mayu 2020 sannan kuma wuri na huɗu a Middlesboro, Kentucky a ranar Satumba 2021.

### Kasuwancin kayan masarufi
A watan Afrilu na shekara ta 2012, bayan sayen tsohon tashar Exxon a Coeburn, Virginia, K-VA-T ta bude kantin sayar da kayan abinci na farko na Food City Express don karawa da kantin sayarwar kayan masarufi na yanzu. A watan Yunin 2014, K-VA-T ta bude wuri na biyu a cikin tsohon kantin sayar da kayan masarufi na RaceWay a Elizabethton, Tennessee, a ƙarƙashin alamar Gas'N Go. An gina wasu wuraren sayar da kayayyaki na Gas'N Go kuma an buɗe su a Morristown da Bristol, Tennessee, daga baya a cikin 2014. An buɗe wuri na biyar a Oliver Springs, Tennessee a watan Yulin 2016 tare da wuri na shida wanda aka buɗe a Pikeville, Kentucky a watan Yunin 2023.

### Kayan aiki na Curt
A watan Afrilu na shekara ta 2022, K-VA-T ta ba da sanarwar shirye-shiryen shiga dangin shaguna na Ace Hardware ta hanyar ƙaddamar da layin su na shaguna na Curt's Ace Hardware kuma suna kimanta wuraren Virginia a Abingdon da Bristol tare da Piney Flats, Erwin, da Elizabethton, Tennessee ban da Mize Farm & Garden Supply a Gray, Tennessee, wanda K-VA -T ta samu kwanan nan. A watan Yunin 2022, an bude wurin farko a Bristol, Virginia. A watan Mayu 2024, K-VA-T ta bude wurin Ace na goma sha biyu a garinsu na Abingdon, Virginia .  A watan Maris na shekara ta 2025, K-VA-T sun canza tsohon kantin sayar da kayan masarufi na Fresh n'Low a Ocoee, Tennessee zuwa wurin su na goma sha uku na Curt's Ace Hardware. A watan Afrilu na shekara ta 2025, K-VA-T ta bude kayan aikin Curt's Ace na goma sha uku a Galax, Virginia. 

### Alamun da ba su wanzu ba

#### Fresh n" Low / Cook's Food Store & Pharmacy
A watan Oktoba na shekara ta 2022, K-VA-T ta fara aiki na wurare huɗu na Fresh n' Low da Cooke's Food Store da Pharmacy a Tennessee tare da wuri ɗaya na Freshn' Low a Georgia.

Food City ta fara aiki a kan manyan shagunan biyu don maye gurbin wuraren Candies Creek da Ocoee Fresh n" Low a watan Yunin 2023. An rufe kantin sayar da abinci da kantin magani na Cooke a watan Disamba na shekara ta 2023 bayan an fadada garin abinci kusa da wurin.

A watan Janairun 2025, duk wuraren Fresh n' Low an karfafa su a cikin kusa, sabbin wuraren Food City da aka sake gyarawa ko maye gurbin su gaba ɗaya da Babban Birnin Abinci.

#### Kasuwar Tsohon Birni
Lokacin da K-VA-T ta sami Kyautar Abinci kuma ta karɓi sunan Food City a cikin 1984, an sake sunan Galax, Virginia, Piggly Wiggly Market. A shekara ta 1989, Food City ta sayar da Kasuwar Oldtown ga mambobi biyu na ƙungiyar gudanarwa da suka yi ritaya. Wannan tutar ba za a rikita ta da Tsohon Kasuwar Tazewell, Tennessee, wurin da K-VA-T ta saya kuma ta sake sanyawa a cikin 2010.

#### Abinci Mai Daraja
K-VA-T ta canza wurin su na Sweetwater, Tennessee, zuwa Valu Foods, kantin ajiya mai ragi. An rufe wannan wurin a cikin 1999.

#### Yayinda yake Rashin
K-VA-T ta rufe daya daga cikin wurare biyu na Sevierville, Tennessee, a cikin shekara ta 2005, amma ta sake buɗe wannan wurin bayan 'yan watanni a ƙarƙashin tutar While It Lasts. An yi amfani da wannan wurin a matsayin kantin sayar da kayayyaki daban-daban da alamomi daga sayen shagunan Bi-Lo waɗanda ba a ɗauka a wuraren abinci na yau da kullun ba. An rufe shi a shekara ta 2006.

## Kasancewar al'umma
 
Saboda ayyukan sadaka da ke da alaƙa mai ƙarfi da tattalin arzikin su na gida, Food City ta sami lambar yabo ta Supermarket News ta Community Service Award a shekara ta 2008. 

Steven C. Smith, shugaban kasa kuma babban jami'in zartarwa na K-VA-T an ba shi suna 2009 Grocer of the Year ta Tennessee Grocers & Convenience Store Association a lokacin taron shekara-shekara. TGCSA ta zaɓi wani fitaccen mai siyar da Tennessee wanda ke nuna ƙa'idodin aminci da inganci wanda aka kafa kungiyar don a kira shi Grocer of the Year . 

A watan Fabrairun 2013, Food City ta sami lambar yabo ta Dale Carnegie Leadership Award wanda ke nuna sadaukarwa ga kyakkyawan sabis da samfuran inganci; sadaukarwa don ci gaban ma'aikaci; amincewa da darajar ma'aikaciya; da kuma ma'anar wajibai wanda ke kawo babban matakin shiga cikin al'umma.

### Gidajen dabbobi
Kowace shekara Food City tana karbar bakuncin Pet Hunger Drive. Ana gayyatar masu siyarwa don siyan jakunkunan abinci na dabbobi da aka riga aka shirya don bayar da gudummawa ga mafaka na dabbobi na gida. A cikin 2017, kamfen ɗin ya tara rikodin rikodin $ 109,000 don amfanin mafaka na dabbobi a duk yankin.

### CSX Santa Train
A shekara ta 1992, Food City ta fara aiki tare da Kamfanin Kasuwanci na Kingsport Area da CSX Transportation don neman gudummawar kayan wasa, alewa, tufafi da kuɗi don jirgin saman Appalachia Santa, tafiya mai nisan kilomita 110 ta cikin Dutsen Appalachian ta hanyar jirgin kasa wanda ke rarraba fiye da tan 15 na kyauta ga yara. Kasuwancin Food City ya karu har zuwa inda kusan masu sa kai 200 ke aiki a kan aikin a kowace shekara.

### Gidauniyar Binciken Ciwon Cutar Matasa
K-VA-T tana gudanar da kamfen ɗin tara kuɗi na shekara-shekara inda masu siye zasu iya ba da gudummawa ta hanyar sayen "sneaker" na JDRF a lokacin rajista. 100% na kudaden da aka tattara an ba da gudummawa ga Gidauniyar Binciken Ciwon Cutar Yara. Ya zuwa Nuwamba 2018, Food City ta ba da gudummawa sama da dala miliyan 1.878 ga JDRF.

### Abubuwan da aka shuka a cikin gida da ƙwai
City City na sayen kayan amfanin gona da yawa a yankin kasuwancin su, suna ba da ƙarin tallafi ga yankunan da suke aiki.  Kamfanin yana sayen matsakaicin $ 6,000,000 a cikin kayan amfanin gida a kowace shekara daga wasu gonaki na gida, ciki har da waɗanda ke cikin Grainger, Blount, Hawkins, Unicoi, Jefferson da Sullivan County a Tennessee;  Lardunan Scott da Carroll da kuma ta hanyar haɗin gwiwar Girbin Girbin Appalachian don abubuwan da ake nomawa a cikin gida daga masu noma a yankin Scott County, Virginia.[1]  A cikin Yuli 2011, Food City ta ba da sanarwar cewa kashi 95 na ƙwai za su fito daga Dutt & Wagner na Virginia, Inc., kasuwancin kwai na iyali wanda ke samarwa da rarraba ƙwai daga Abingdon, Virginia.  Sauran kashi 5 na ƙwai ana ɗaukar samfura na musamman, irin su Egg Beaters

### Manufar: ABLE
Tun daga shekara ta 2011, K-VA-T da NASCAR Champion Richard Petty sun haɗu don amfanin Paralyzed Veterans of America's Mission: ABLE ta hanyar tattara gudummawa daga masu siye sama da dala miliyan 1.26. 100% na gudummawar da aka tattara ya amfana da tsoffin sojoji masu shanyayye a cikin yankin.

### Tsayayya da Yunwa
Tun daga shekara ta 1992, shagunan Food City sun gudanar da kamfen ɗin hutun shekara-shekara na Race Against Hunger inda masu siye zasu iya ba da gudummawa a lokacin sayarwa. Kamfen din Race Against Hunger yana tara sama da $ 350,000 a kowace shekara ga kungiyoyin agaji masu yawa a duk yankin.

### Abubuwan Makaranta
a 1990, Food City fara su Apples ga Students shirin.  Tun daga farkonsa har zuwa 2007, shirin ya ba wa ɗalibai damar tattara rasitocin rajista na City City masu launi na musamman don musayar kwamfuta, software, kayan wasanni, ƙididdiga, kayan aikin koyarwa, sauti / gani da sauran kayan koyarwa ga makarantunsu.  A cikin 2007, shirin ya tafi gaba ɗaya na lantarki, yana bawa abokan ciniki damar haɗa katunan amincin su na Abinci City zuwa takamaiman makarantar da suke son ba da gudummawa.  Wannan ci gaban ya kuma baiwa makarantu damar duba jimlar kan layi.  A cikin 2009, City Food ta sake sanya sunan Apples don shirin ɗalibai a matsayin Kuɗin Makarantar Abinci.  [abubuwan da ake bukata&#x5B;**&#x5D;

Tun lokacin da aka fara shirin, Food City ta ba da kyautar dala miliyan 21.4 ga makarantu sama da 1,000.

### Wasanni
Tun daga shekara ta 1988, Food City ta kasance mai tallafawa Tim Irwin / Food City Bass Tournament da aka gudanar a Lenoir City, Tennessee. Kudin da aka samu daga gasar ya amfana da kungiyoyin Boys & Girls na kwarin Tennessee kuma ya tara sama da $ 1,000,000 tun daga shekarar 1988.

City City tana tallafawa abubuwan NASCAR guda biyu a Bristol Motor Speedway, NASCAR Cup Series' Food City 500 a cikin bazara da kuma ƙarshen NASCAR Xfinity Series' Food City 300 a lokacin rani.  Yarjejeniyar Abinci City, wacce ta fara a cikin 1992, a halin yanzu ita ce yarjejeniyar tallafawa haƙƙin tsere na biyu mafi dadewa a cikin Jerin Kofin.  A matsayin wani ɓangare na sabuntawa da sanarwar cika shekaru 20 a cikin 2011, bayan mutuwar a cikin 2010 na Shugaban Waƙa da Babban Manajan Jeff Byrd, tseren bikin cika shekaru 20 an sake masa suna Jeff Byrd 500 wanda City City ta gabatar.   An canza tseren na 2015 suna City Food City 500 Don Tallafawa Steve Byrnes Da Tsaya Zuwa Ciwon daji, [2] yayin da tseren 2020 aka sake masa suna City City yana gabatar da manyan jarumai 500 don girmama ma'aikatan gaba a lokacin cutar ta COVID-19.. 

Tare da waɗannan tseren, Food City tana gudanar da Food City Family Race Nights a Knoxville da Tennessee" id="mwAYI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bristol, Tennessee">Bristol, Tennessee, makon da ya gabata kafin abubuwan NASCAR.

A cikin 1995, Food City ta sanya hannu a matsayin mai tallafawa Dale Earnhardt's No. 3 Winston Cup Series Chevrolet race car. Sun sabunta tallafin a shekarar 1997 don ƙarin shekaru biyu tare da tallafin tallafi na Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s Busch Series Chevrolet race car. Haɗin Food City / Earnhardt ya kama nasarori bakwai da kuma gasar zakarun 1998 a lokacin yarjejeniyar tallafawa. 

Daga 2005 zuwa 2007, Food City ta kuma dauki nauyin tsohon taron Hooters Pro Cup a Bristol Motor Speedway, Food City 150. 

Kafin shekara ta 2010, Food City ta kasance babban mai tallafawa gasar golf ta Web.com Tour Knoxville Open a Knoxville, Tennessee, wanda ya amfana da kungiyoyin agaji da yawa.

A watan Satumbar 2014, an ba da sanarwar cewa Food City za ta zama mai tallafawa ga yakin da aka yi a wasan kwallon kafa na Bristol a 2016 tsakanin Tennessee Volunteers da Virginia Tech Hokies .  A watan Satumbar 2016, Bristol Motor Speedway ta ba da sanarwar cewa Food City ta sanya hannu a matsayin mai tallafawa wasan kwallon kafa na "Bucs a Bristol" tsakanin ETSU Buccaneers da Western Carolina Catamounts. Wasan Bucs a Bristol shine wasan farko na Kudancin Kudancin ETSU tun 2003 lokacin da makarantar ta rushe shirin kwallon kafa.

A kan Agusta 24, 2023 Jami'ar Tennessee ta ba da sanarwar cewa City Food ta shiga haɗin gwiwa na shekaru 25 tare da Sashen Wasan Wasanni.  Yarjejeniyar ta canza sunan filin wasan kwando na Jami'ar Tennessee zuwa Thompson-Boling Arena a Cibiyar Abinci.  A musayar haƙƙin suna, City City za ta ba da gudummawar dala miliyan 20 ga makarantar a cikin shekaru goma masu zuwa.  Wannan yarjejeniya tana faɗaɗa shirye-shiryen da suka gabata a wurin tare da shirin wasan motsa jiki na Volunteer na Tennessee

## Wuraren da aka yi
Ya zuwa Oktoba 2022, K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc. tana aiki da kantin sayar da kayayyaki 153 (gidan ajiya na Food City 132, Cibiyoyin Abinci na Super Dollar 6, shagunan Wine & Spirits 4, Fresh n' Lows, 1 Cooke's Food Store and Pharmacy, da shagunan kayan aiki 5) a Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, da Virginia. Sashin ya haɗa da kantin magani sama da 114 da tashoshin mai sama da 100.