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'''Hill's Food Stores''' were a chain of grocery stores founded in [[Birmingham]] in [[1911]]. | '''Hill's Food Stores''' were a chain of grocery stores founded in [[Birmingham]] in [[1911]]. | ||
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* [[Hueytown Road]] ([[Hueytown]]) - opened [[August 20]], [[1959]] | * [[Hueytown Road]] ([[Hueytown]]) - opened [[August 20]], [[1959]] | ||
* 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]]) | ||
* [[U.S. Highway 78]] at [[Heflin Road]] in [[Forestdale]] - opened [[August 25]], [[1960]] | |||
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Revision as of 14:53, 1 August 2010
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
- 2 Cotton Avenue, Arlington-West End (opened January 19, 1950)
- Eastwood Mall
- 2806 18th Street South
- 1120 Oxmoor Road, Edgewood (later Dawson Memorial Baptist Church Recreation Center, now a parking deck)
- 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
- Hueytown Road (Hueytown) - opened August 20, 1959
- 851 Park Road, Pleasant Grove (now Hill's Foodland)
- U.S. Highway 78 at Heflin Road in Forestdale - opened August 25, 1960