HUNTSVILLE – Mayor Tommy Battle will help break ground on the first of six Food City stores during a ceremony today.
The new-to-market grocer will hold a groundbreaking event at 10 a.m. for its store at the corner of U.S. 431 and Taylor Lane.
Last month, the city approved a development agreement to allow Food City to invest $90 million to build six stores and create 1,350 jobs in Huntsville over the next five years.
The first three locations – Phase I – include the Hampton Cove site, as well as North Memorial Parkway and U.S. 72 East. Locations in Phase II will be on Governors Drive, Alabama 53 and County Line Road. All Food City locations will offer additional retail space for lease to create new retail centers, the city said.
Each store will offer customary grocery items; a full-service bakery, deli and café; full-service Starbucks (with exception to the Governors Drive store due to the existing downtown location); custom seafood and meat markets; full-service pharmacy with drive-thru; fuel center; and curbside pickup (with some locations offering home delivery).
