Southern Family Markets
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| Southern Family Markets | |
|---|---|
| Type | Grocery Store |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Headquarters | Birmingham, Alabama |
| Industry | Retail |
| Products | Dairy, deli, frozen foods, grocery, meat, produce, snacks |
| Website | www.cswg.com |
Southern Family Markets is a chain of American supermarkets operated by C&S Wholesale Grocers, a distributor based in Keene, New Hampshire. The chain is operated as an affiliate of C&S.
The chain is comprised primarily of smaller stores, almost all acquired from other chains. In 2005, Southern Family Markets acquired 104 stores from BI-LO, which operates stores under the BI-LO, Bruno's Supermarkets, Food World, FoodMax and Food Fair brand names.[1] These stores were primarily smaller and older, and frequently found in declining neighborhoods. In addition, Southern Family acquired various stores from Winn-Dixie, which had been undergoing a retrenchment out of upper regions of the Southeast, back toward its home base of Florida due to bankruptcy restructuring of the company.
Under increasing competition from other grocers, supercenters, warehouse stores and natural food stores, Southern Family Markets announced in August 2006 that they would either close or sell 30 stores in Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi along with their complete North Carolina market of 17 stores.[2] Soon after, on November 30, 2006, Southern Family Markets announced that they were closing all seven of their stores in Tennessee[3] then announced on January 5, 2007 that it would close all six stores in its hometown of Birmingham, Alabama.[4]
In August 2007, C&S converted six Southern Family stores in Georgia to the Piggly Wiggly brand name.[5] In October 2007, seven Southern Family stores in Alabama were converted to the Piggly Wiggly banner.[6] In January 2008, three additional Southern Family stores in Alabama were converted to the Piggly Wiggly banner.[7][8]
As of September 2007, Southern Family Markets operates 29 grocery stores and 11 liquor stores.[9]
[edit] References
- ^ C&S affiliate buys stores, press release dated May 3, 2005
- ^ Southern Family Markets to Exit North Carolina, The Food Partners Article dated August 10, 2006
- ^ Southern Family to Close Tennessee Stores, Supermarket News Article dated November 30, 2006
- ^ Southern Family Closing Birmingham Stores, Supermarket News Article dated January 5, 2007
- ^ Grocer hopes Mr. Pig boosts sales, Athens Banner-Herald Article dated July 31, 2007
- ^ More Southern Family Stores to Switch to Piggly Wiggly, Supermarket News dated September 27, 2007
- ^ Southern Family stores to become Piggly Wiggly, DecaturDaily.com Article dated January 10, 2008
- ^ Market to open Wednesday, TimesDaily.com Article dated January 13, 2008
- ^ Highway 45 supermarket to shut doors on May 19, cdispatch.com Article dated May 8, 2007
