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'''Hill's Food Stores''' ( | '''Hill's Food Stores''' (operated by the '''Hill Grocery Company''', later '''Hills Super Market''') was a chain of grocery stores founded in [[Birmingham]] in [[1911]]. | ||
The chain was marketed alongside [[Piggly Wiggly]] in the 1930s. | The chain was marketed alongside [[Piggly Wiggly]] in the 1930s. | ||
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==Locations== | ==Locations== | ||
[[File:1949 Hills Grocery interior.jpg|right|thumb|375px|Interior of the Five Points South store in 1949. Photograph by Charles Preston]] | [[File:1949 Hills Grocery interior.jpg|right|thumb|375px|Interior of the Five Points South store in 1949. Photograph by Charles Preston]] | ||
* "Big Store", 408-410 [[20th Street South]] (before [[ | * "Big Store", 408-410 [[20th Street South]] (before 1914) | ||
** 430 [[20th Street South]] (1941) | |||
* "No. 2", 410 [[24th Street North]] (before [[1914]]) | * "No. 2", 410 [[24th Street North]] (before [[1914]]) | ||
* "No. 3", 1004 [[19th Street North]] (before [[1914]]) | * "No. 3", 1004 [[19th Street North]] (before [[1914]]) | ||
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* "No. 6", 1130 [[Avenue F Ensley]] (before [[1914]]) | * "No. 6", 1130 [[Avenue F Ensley]] (before [[1914]]) | ||
* [[Clairmont Avenue]] | * [[Clairmont Avenue]] | ||
* "No. 71", 5401-5403 [[1st Avenue North (Woodlawn)|1st Avenue North]], [[Woodlawn]] (July 14, 1922) | |||
* 1323 [[Vanderbilt Road]] (1926) | * 1323 [[Vanderbilt Road]] (1926) | ||
* 4829 [[5th Avenue South]] (1926) | * 4829 [[5th Avenue South]] (1926) | ||
* "No. 75", 5004 [[4th Avenue North]] (November 1927) | * "No. 75", 5004 [[4th Avenue North]] (November 1927) | ||
* "No. 179", 207 [[Walnut Street]] (November 1927) | * "No. 179", 207 [[Walnut Street]] (November 1927) | ||
* 2109 [[2nd Avenue North]] (1929) | * 2109 [[2nd Avenue North]] (1929) | ||
* 1909 [[14th Avenue North]] in [[Fountain Heights]] | |||
* 3927 [[Vanderbilt Road]] (1941) | * 3927 [[Vanderbilt Road]] (1941) | ||
* 1016 [[20th Street South]] ([[Five Points South]]), 1940s | * 1016 [[20th Street South]] ([[Five Points South]]), 1940s | ||
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* East Side Square, Huntsville | * East Side Square, Huntsville | ||
* [[Jasper]] | * [[Jasper]] | ||
* 200 [[41st Street South|Spring Street]] in [[Avondale]] | * 200 [[41st Street South|Spring Street]] in [[Avondale]] | ||
* [[Mountain Brook Village]] | * 2807 [[Cahaba Road]], [[Mountain Brook Village]] | ||
* 851 [[Park Road (Pleasant Grove|Park Road]], [[Pleasant Grove]] (now [[Hill's Foodland]]) | * 851 [[Park Road (Pleasant Grove|Park Road]], [[Pleasant Grove]] (now [[Hill's Foodland]]) | ||
* Main bakery: [[2200 Magnolia Avenue]], 1923 | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http://www.birminghamrewound.com/hills.htm Hill's Food Stores] at [[Birmingham Rewound]] | * [http://www.birminghamrewound.com/hills.htm Hill's Food Stores] at [[Birmingham Rewound]] | ||
[[Category:Grocery store chains]] | |||
[[Category:Former grocery stores]] | [[Category:Former grocery stores]] | ||
[[Category:1911 establishments]] | [[Category:1911 establishments]] | ||
[[Category:1960s disestablishments]] | [[Category:1960s disestablishments]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:12, 6 June 2021
Hill's Food Stores (operated by the Hill Grocery Company, later Hills Super Market) was a chain of grocery stores founded in Birmingham in 1911.
The chain was marketed alongside Piggly Wiggly in the 1930s.
Golden Flake potato chips were created by Magic City Foods, located in the basement of the original Hill's.
In the early 1960s, the company's offices moved to the former Continental Gin Company building, renamed the Hill Building at 4500 5th Avenue South. Shortly afterward, though, the chain was bought by Jacksonville, Florida-based Winn-Dixie. Initially the stores kept their names, selling Winn-Dixie meat and other products under the Hill's nameplate. By the end of the decade the transition to all Winn-Dixie Supermarkets was completed.
Locations
- "Big Store", 408-410 20th Street South (before 1914)
- 430 20th Street South (1941)
- "No. 2", 410 24th Street North (before 1914)
- "No. 3", 1004 19th Street North (before 1914)
- "No. 4", 731 15th Street South (before 1914)
- "No. 5", 1200 Cotton Avenue, Westfield (before 1914)
- "No. 6", 1130 Avenue F Ensley (before 1914)
- Clairmont Avenue
- "No. 71", 5401-5403 1st Avenue North, Woodlawn (July 14, 1922)
- 1323 Vanderbilt Road (1926)
- 4829 5th Avenue South (1926)
- "No. 75", 5004 4th Avenue North (November 1927)
- "No. 179", 207 Walnut Street (November 1927)
- 2109 2nd Avenue North (1929)
- 1909 14th Avenue North in Fountain Heights
- 3927 Vanderbilt Road (1941)
- 1016 20th Street South (Five Points South), 1940s
- 3000 Montgomery Highway (U.S. Highway 31) in Homewood (opened January 20, 1949, now Piggly Wiggly)
- 2600 31st Avenue North at 26th Street, North Birmingham, opened April 21, 1949
- 8500 block of 1st Avenue North in East Lake, opened 1949
- 2 Cotton Avenue, Arlington-West End (opened January 19, 1950)
- 1100 24th Street North (Norwood) - opened June 27, 1957
- Hueytown Road (Hueytown) - opened August 20, 1959
- U.S. Highway 78 at Heflin Road in Forestdale - opened August 25, 1960
- 4505 5th Avenue South, 1960s
- Eastwood Mall
- 2806 18th Street South
- 1120 Oxmoor Road, Edgewood (later Dawson Memorial Baptist Church Recreation Center, now a parking deck)
- East Side Square, Huntsville
- Jasper
- 200 Spring Street in Avondale
- 2807 Cahaba Road, Mountain Brook Village
- 851 Park Road, Pleasant Grove (now Hill's Foodland)
- Main bakery: 2200 Magnolia Avenue, 1923