Locally grown strawberries available

Food City’s farm to table partnership with local growers provides their customers fresh-from-the-field fruits and vegetables, many of which are delivered the same day they’re picked. The company purchases nearly $5,000,000 in locally grown produce annually.

“We have always prided ourselves in selecting top quality products for our customers,” says Steven C. Smith, Food City president and chief executive officer. “Our local farms are known for producing some of the finest fruits and vegetables in the country. Buying local is the logical choice. It provides our customers with the freshest produce possible, while lending additional support to our local economies,” adds Smith.

Locally grown strawberries will be among the first crops available in participating locations. These ripe, ready-to-eat strawberries are delivered directly to Food City, while supplies last. Food City purchases produce from a number of local farms, including those in Grainger, Blount, Hawkins, Jefferson, and Sullivan counties in Tennessee and Scott and Carroll counties in Virginia.

“We are proud to partner with a number of local farms and Food City serves as the exclusive retail outlet for many of them,” says Joe Greene, Food City vice president of produce operations.

Look for great tasting locally grown Mann Farms strawberries at Food City locations in Paintsville, Pikeville, Prestonsburg, and Shelbiana, Kentucky – Abingdon, Bristol, Weber City, Coeburn, Big Stone Gap, St. Paul, and Wise, Virginia – Johnson City, Bristol, Elizabethton, Jonesborough, Colonial Heights, Blountville, Gray, Piney Flats, Church Hill, Rogersville, Greeneville, Morristown, Newport, White Pine, and Kingsport, Tennessee.