Food City
Investing in the towns its associates and customers call home
Transforming everyday generosity at the register into meaningful progress for everyone impacted by type 1 diabetes (T1D)
It is Food City’s mission to run the best store in town.
Having served their communities for over 100 years, the first company store was located in Grundy, Virginia.
Today, the company operates more than 150 retail locations across Kentucky, southwest Virginia, east Tennessee, north Georgia, and Alabama.
The company attributes their continued success to their talented team of associates and their dedication to their customers and the communities they serve.
Food City in Action
- Point-of sale fundraising
Engaging customers in supporting the Breakthrough T1D mission at checkout
- Associate participation
Bringing associates together to make an impact in their local communities
- Customer support
Turning everyday purchases into progress for the T1D community
- In-kind event support
Donating products to support Breakthrough T1D events across their footprint
- Long-term commitment
Raising more than $6.1M since 2014 to advance breakthroughs
We are proud to partner with Breakthrough T1D in support of its mission to advance life-changing research and ultimately find a cure for type 1 diabetes. Thanks to the incredible generosity of our customers and associates, Food City is proud to be Breakthrough T1D’s largest supporter in the East Tennessee market, having raised more than $6.1 million to date.”
A Shared Commitment to Showing Up
Running the best store in town means more than what’s on the shelves, it means showing up for the people who walk through the doors. For Food City, that has meant a century of investing in the towns its associates and customers call home. For Breakthrough T1D, it means driving toward curing type 1 diabetes while helping make everyday life better for the people who face it. Together, we turn everyday generosity at the register into breakthroughs for the T1D community.
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