Food World/Brunos Closing 10 Stores

[Dengineer]

I woke up this morning to some bad but not totally unexpected news--Food World/Brunos is closing stores. These are the ones that are closing--


5 Bruno's 2747 Bell Road Montgomery, AL 36116
82 Bruno's 1675 Center Point Pkwy Birmingham, AL 35215
125 Bruno's 126 Wildwood Pkwy Homewood, AL 35209
255 Bruno's 1530 East Glenn Ave Auburn, AL 36832
2 FOOD WORLD 1001 Westlake Blvd Bessemer, AL 35020
28 FOOD WORLD 2020 East South Blvd Montgomery, AL 36116
36 FOOD WORLD 4896 US Hwy 231 Wetumpka, AL 36092
115 FOOD WORLD 1940 Forestdale Blvd Forestdale, AL 35214
144 FOOD WORLD 100 Ecor Rouge Place Fairhope, AL 36532
254 FOOD WORLD 3543 Alabama Highway 14 Millbrook, AL 36054

Bruno's Announces Restructuring Measures to Focus on Core Business (http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=prnw.20090218.NY72379&show_article=1)

[BamaLady]

Food World in Pell City will be sold to Kroger, contingent upon the employees decertification of the Union (UFCW). Less than 50 percent are UFCW represented, so the vote should pass.

Kroger will be purchasing other FW stores also. The Sylacauga store will go to Piggly Wiggly, if I remember correctly.

Publix is also coming to St. Clair County in 2010. It will be located on Hwy. 34, so as to draw shoppers from the well to do that live on the River, as well as both Talladega and Pell City.

FW will close for several days to do the changeover which should happen in April. I hope they will retain the present employees.

Look for clearance specials on all Southern Home brand products. They are clearance-ing lots and lots of perishable items in the store now. It pays to go in every morning and cruise through. Yesterday I got Welch's juice for .19 cents a carton. Freeze it for later.

Goodbye Food World...Its been great...Thanks for the memories.

[mama22qts]

Ok so my store is the Fairhope one -- what's the story there? I wonder if it's going to someone else or closing altogether.

[thickbluebug]

I can't believe forestdale is closing. It's usually busy and fairly steady.
The Dora store, I can't believe isn't closing.

Wahoo for Kroger's! Love Love krogers

[mammato4]

Does anyone know about the McCalla store. It looks like it will remain open, but will it be a Kroger or are they buying the Food World stores and continuing to operate them as Food World? Thanks!

[sarahwoellert]

Food World in Pell City will be sold to Kroger, contingent upon the employees decertification of the Union (UFCW). Less than 50 percent are UFCW represented, so the vote should pass.

Kroger will be purchasing other FW stores also. The Sylacauga store will go to Piggly Wiggly, if I remember correctly.

Publix is also coming to St. Clair County in 2010. It will be located on Hwy. 34, so as to draw shoppers from the well to do that live on the River, as well as both Talladega and Pell City.

FW will close for several days to do the changeover which should happen in April. I hope they will retain the present employees.

Look for clearance specials on all Southern Home brand products. They are clearance-ing lots and lots of perishable items in the store now. It pays to go in every morning and cruise through. Yesterday I got Welch's juice for .19 cents a carton. Freeze it for later.

Goodbye Food World...Its been great...Thanks for the memories.


Oh man! that is my store! and i live about 3 miles off of hwy 34 right smack between talladega and pell city too! I am a little sad about the food world change over as i really do like the employees there! i hope they keep them all on. I have alway's liked kroger when i lived in areas that had them though, so maybe it will still be good. kroger has a lot of better coupon perks too, like being able to load e-coupons directly to your store card. save me time and ink there.

I loved publix too when i was living in FL. they usually weren't as good on marking down stuff to get it off the shelf though at the ones i went to. Lots more organic stuff though, that is nice. Their deli rocks too. My husband used to go there for lunch a lot.

[BamaLady]

Well, it looks as though someone told me a whopper.

I will apologize and take it all back. No one in the store knows what is going to happen.

Or, if they know, they will not confirm it. So, we are back to square one. I guess its wait and see, after all. Inventories are getting a bit thin, perishables are being clearanced well before the expiration dates.

I'm late getting back with the info, as I am not at home but for a few hours at night, due to my Mom's condition. She only has a few weeks left, and I am there nearly all the time.

If anyone can ask at their FW stores about what is going to happen, and not be told wild tales of supposition and make-believe, please us know. Food World has a lot of fans here, and we do not want to lose "our store".

[Dengineer]

Does anyone know anything new about what is going on? There was a story on the news the other night that said ALL the Food Worlds in Florida had given lay-off notices to their combined 342 employees. They said not to worry, the stores weren't closing but that it had to do with their reorganization and was something they were doing while they were trying to find buyers for those stores. So what, the stores are going to stay open with no employees??

Anyone know ANYTHING at all about this? I am going to ask on Wednesday when I do my shopping but I don't expect a lot of answers.

[thickbluebug]

no, I haven't heard anything.

[Dengineer]

Well, the nice cashier at my Food World (Pine Forest Pensacola) said that they were closing at the end of May if someone doesn't buy the store (and I don't think there are going to be any buyers jumping forward.) I really hate it--when the manager came over to yell at me about my coupons I only felt sorry for her. :sad:

[robyn812]

All the staff at my Alabama store seemed so sad. I am hoping that the triples will entice someone to purchase the remaining stores.

I bet the Bruno brothers are rolling over in their graves at the status of all their hard work so many years ago.

[frugalfreak]

Well, I know for sure that the Food World in Bessemer (Westlake) has closed and my cashier at McCalla today said she came from Forestdale which has apparently also closed. McCalla employees have said repeatedly that they are not closing. I did my part today-spent $40 on $140 worth of groceries:BigHand:

[thickbluebug]

I know it's sad. Good that the other employees are getting to move stores.