Editing Grundy, Virginia (section)

===Base of a regional grocery store chain===
[[File:Grundy Town Center.jpg|left|thumb|Grundy Town Center was built as part of a $200 million redevelopment which included a Walmart store built on top of a two-story parking garage, the only one of its kind in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldcourier.com/news/unique-new-wal-mart-supercenter-opens-in-grundy-va/article_151ce46f-f298-59d0-9d23-640d5b0ef9f9.html|title=Unique new Wal-Mart Supercenter opens in Grundy, Va.|last=Mcintosh|first=Chris|website=HeraldCourier.com|date=September 14, 2011 |language=en|access-date=April 3, 2020}}</ref>]]
[[File:Grundy, Virginia Walmart Supercenter.jpg|thumb|Walmart in Grundy]]
Grundy was the home of the predecessor to the [[KVAT Food City|Food City Stores]], when Jack Smith opened a [[Piggly Wiggly]] franchise in 1955. The store was Smith's first and the chain has now grown to 150 stores, primarily located in [[Virginia]], [[Kentucky]], [[Tennessee]] Georgia and Alabama.  The chain is known for sponsoring the [[Food City 500]] [[NASCAR]] race at [[Bristol Motor Speedway]].<ref name="Jack Smith Passes Away">{{cite web|url=http://www.volunteertv.com/home/headlines/6518457.html |title=Food City Founder Passes Away |access-date=April 5, 2007 |publisher=WVLT Television |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926223745/http://www.volunteertv.com/home/headlines/6518457.html |archive-date=September 26, 2007 |url-status=usurped}}</ref> The Grundy store remained open one day short of 50 years. It closed in November 2005. A new store opened up just outside the town limits in [[Vansant, Virginia|Vansant]]. The Grundy store was re-opened on June 29, 2011, as one of the [[KVAT Food City|KVAT Food City Stores]]. It is a Super Dollar Foods Center location.