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'''Hill's Food Stores''' were a chain of grocery stores founded in [[Birmingham]] in [[1911]].
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'''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.


[[Golden Flake]] potato chips were created by [[Magic City Foods]], located in the basement of the original Hill's.
[[Golden Flake]] potato chips were created by [[Magic City Foods]], located in the basement of the original Hill's.


Hill's was bought by Jacksonville, Florida-based Winn-Dixie in the early 1960s. Initially the stores kept their names, selling Winn-Dixie meat and other products. By the end of the decade the brand transition was completed.
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 included:
==Locations==
[[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 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]]
* [[Clairmont Avenue]]
* "No. 71", 5401-5403 [[1st Avenue North (Woodlawn)|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 [[Independence Drive|Montgomery Highway]] ([[U.S. Highway 31]]) in [[Homewood]] (opened [[January 20]], [[1949]], now [[Piggly Wiggly]])
* 2600 [[31st Avenue North]] at [[26th Street North|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]]
* [[Eastwood Mall]]
* 2806 [[18th Street South Homewood|18th Street South]]
* 2806 [[18th Street South Homewood|18th Street South]]
* 3000 [[Montgomery Highway]] ([[U.S. Highway 31]]) in [[Homewood]] (opened [[January 20]], [[1949]], now [[Piggly-Wiggly]])
* 1120 [[Oxmoor Road]], [[Edgewood]] (later [[Dawson Memorial Baptist Church Recreation Center]], now a parking deck)
* East Side Square, Huntsville
* East Side Square, Huntsville
* [[Jasper]]
* [[Jasper]]
* [[1st Avenue North]] in [[Woodlawn]]
* 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]]
* 1100 [[24th Street North]] ([[Norwood]]) - opened [[June 27]], [[1957]]
* 2600 [[31st Avenue North]] ([[North Birmingham]]) - opened [[April 21]], [[1949]])
* 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


==References==
==External links==
* [http://mywebpages.comcast.net/bham.rewound/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:1960s disestablishments]]

Latest revision as of 12:12, 6 June 2021

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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

Interior of the Five Points South store in 1949. Photograph by Charles Preston

External links

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