Harveys Supermarket

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J.H. Harvey Co., LLC

Type of Company	Subsidiary of Delhaize Group
Founded	1950
Headquarters	Nashville, Georgia
Industry	Retail
Products	Grocery
Slogan	The Savings Place
Website	http://www.harveys-supermarkets.com/

Harveys is a supermarket chain located in the Southeast United States with 68 stores in Georgia, North Florida, and South Carolina . The majority of the Harveys stores are between 18,000 and 35,000 square feet.

1 History
2 Delhaize Acquisition
3 External links
4 References

[edit] History

The chain was founded by Joe Harvey in Nashville, Georgia in 1950. Harveys has grown from a total of 22 stores in 1981, Harveys grew during the 1990s primarily through acquisitions

[edit] Delhaize Acquisition

In 2003, Delhaize Group acquired the then 43-store strong Harveys chain for $26.1 million. Since the acquisition, Harveys and sister chain Food Lion have engaged in a mumber of synergies: 25 Food Lion stores have been converted to Harveys; Procurement functions are now handled by Food Lion ;and while Harveys is still headquartered in Nashville, Georgia, many key support functions such as supply chain and back office are now handled by Food Lion.

In May 2006, Harveys has announced they would close their warehouse and distribution center in Nashville to trim costs and enhance the resources of Food Lion, affecting about 200 employees in the process. Food Lion will also which will Harveys stores through their own distribution centers in South Carolina and Florida.1