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, most Food World stores are now closed, with the only two locations in the district still open being the location on Allison-Bonnett Memorial Drive in Hueytown, and Green Springs Highway. The company website only lists 20 locations open in Alabama, and 7 in Florida.

Former locations

• Veteran's Memorial Drive, Adamsville
• Bellview Shopping Center Aaron Aronov Drive, Fairfield (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
• Cullman Shopping Center, Cullman (store #15)
• 1940 Forestdale Boulevard Forestdale (store #115)
• 1309 Decatur Highway, Gardendale (store #21)
• 216 Green Springs Highway, Homewood (store #54)
• 3313 Lorna Road, Suite 33, Hoover (store #251)
• 4524 Southlake Parkway, Hoover
• 2891 Allison-Bonnett Memorial Drive, Hueytown (store #58)
• Huffman Road, Huffman
• 714 U.S. Highway 78 East, Jasper (store #225)
• 518 Pelham Parkway, Pelham (store #53)
• 613 Martin Street North, Pell City (store #50)
• Village In Trussville, 309 Main Street, Trussville (store #145)
• 4200 McFarland Boulevard, Tuscaloosa (store #234)
• 641 Bear Creek Road, Tuscaloosa (store #247)
• 4440 University Boulevard, Tuscaloosa (store #27)

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

External links

• Food World website