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* [[Mountain Brook Village]] | * [[Mountain Brook Village]] | ||
* 1100 [[24th Street North]] ([[Norwood]]) - opened [[June 27]], [[1957]] | * 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]]) | ||
Revision as of 17:23, 1 April 2009
Hill's Food Stores were 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.
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.
Locations included:
- Clairmont Avenue
- Eastwood Mall
- 2806 18th Street South
- 3000 Montgomery Highway (U.S. Highway 31) in Homewood (opened January 20, 1949, now Piggly-Wiggly)
- East Side Square, Huntsville
- Jasper
- 1st Avenue North in Woodlawn
- 200 Spring Street in Avondale
- 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 (now Hill's Foodland)