Food World

Food World is a chain of supermarkets launched in the Birmingham District by Bruno's in 1972. At one point it was one of the main competitors in the Birmingham grocery market, competing mainly with Winn-Dixie, Piggly Wiggly, and Western Supermarkets. However, between Bruno's Chapter 11 bankruptcies in 1998 and 2009, many Food World stores closed. As of April 2012, the company website only lists 20 locations open in Alabama and 7 in Florida. As of 2012 the chain is owned by Belle Foods.

Locations

Current locations

• 509 Highway 119 South, Alabaster (store #70)
• 1104 Cullman Shopping Center, Cullman (store #15)
• 2891 Allison-Bonnett Memorial Drive, Hueytown (store #58)
• 4200 McFarland Boulevard, Tuscaloosa (store #234)
• 641 Bear Creek Road, Tuscaloosa (store #247)
• 4440 University Boulevard, Tuscaloosa (store #27)

Former locations

• 3980 Veteran's Memorial Drive, Adamsville
• Bellview Shopping Center Aaron Aronov Drive, Fairfield (Open before 1972, operated for a short time as a Southern Family Markets before closing)
• West Lake Mall, Bessemer (store #2, branded as a "supercenter")
• 9th Avenue North, Bessemer, (closed after Bruno's decided to rebrand the West Lake Mall store as Food World)
• Heritage Shopping Center, Dennison Avenue Southwest, Birmingham
• Inverness Plaza, 165 Inverness Plaza, Birmingham
• 9096 Parkway East, Birmingham (store #72)
• Queensbury Shopping Center, 2325 Carson Road, Center Point
• 1940 Forestdale Boulevard Forestdale (store #115)
• 1309 Decatur Highway, Gardendale (store #21)
• 216 Green Springs Highway, Homewood (store #54; closed 2013 in Belle Foods bankruptcy)
• 3313 Lorna Road, Suite 33, Hoover (store #251)
• 4524 Southlake Parkway, Hoover
• 1175 Huffman Road, Huffman open before 1972
• 714 U.S. Highway 78 East, Jasper (store #225)
• 518 Pelham Parkway, Pelham (store #53), opened January 1974
• 613 Martin Street North, Pell City (store #50)
• Village In Trussville, 309 Main Street, Trussville (store #145)
• Vestavia Plaza Shopping Center, Montgomery Highway, Vestavia Hills

References

• Current Food World store locations at food-world.com
• Staff (March 2, 2005) "Bruno's closing 20 stores; four Birmingham Food Worlds." Birmingham Business Journal
• Kent, Dawn (October 5, 2010) "Southern Family to close Pelham, Trussville Food World stores." Birmingham News
• Poe, Ryan (July 5, 2013) "Belle Foods to close 13 stores in reorganization." Birmingham Business Journal

External links

• Food World website