New Food City store in Hampton Cove now open for business
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The first of a proposed six Huntsville-area Food City grocery stores opened Wednesday. The announcement last spring of the Virginia-based grocer’s entry into the Alabama market fills a definite need in the Huntsville area.
Here’s a look at the first location to open in the Rocket City:
A look at Food City in Hampton Cove
The Hampton Cove location, at 7060 US 431 S Hwy SE, Owens Cross Roads, AL 35763 includes everything you would expect in a grocery store — produce, dry goods, sundries and more.
But also, Food City offers:
- Full-service meat and seafood departments
- In-house butchers to hand cut steaks and fresh meat to order
- Pharmacy
- Starbucks on site
- Gas station adjacent to the store
- Family Saving Credit Union branch
- Deli, complete with a hot food bar
- Asian wok
- Fresh food bar offering a variety of soup, salad and fruit selections
- S hickory wood smoker
- A brick pizza oven
- Fresh sushi
More Food City locations in the Huntsville area
This Hampton Cove location is the first of six Food City locations set to open in the Huntsville area.
“Food City has a strong reputation as a quality retailer and being a good community partner. They will be an excellent addition to the Huntsville market. This partnership allows Huntsville to secure all six store locations planned to service the Huntsville-Madison County market.”
Shane Davis, Huntsville Director of Urban and Economic Development
Food City’s agreement with the City of Huntsville involves:
- Food City will invest $90 million to build the six new stores in Huntsville.
- The stores will create 1,350 jobs over the next five years.
- The City of Huntsville will provide cost reimbursements up to $9 million (total for all six locations opened) in sales tax to offset a portion of the company’s infrastructure costs incurred for construction of the six locations.
- Projected revenues calculate a two-year return on investment for the City (or projected revenues indicate the city will recover its investment within two years).
- The company will not qualify for any cost reimbursements until all new stores in Huntsville are completed and open to the public.
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