K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc. is the corporate name of a supermarket chain operating in three states under the name Food City. This privately held, family-owned company has grown over the years by expansion and acquisition. With 11 units in southeastern Kentucky, 21 units in southwest Virginia and 61 units in northeast Tennessee, K-VA-T is an acronym of its trade area: Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee. The 93-store chain serves a current trade area population of over 2.5 million people and over 980,000 households. The company also operates eleven Super Dollar Discount Foods limited assortment locations in Wytheville, Abingdon, Hillsville, Christiansburg, Vinton, Lynchburg and Rose Hill, Virginia, Pikeville, Prestonsburg and Barbourville, Kentucky as well as Rogersville, TN and Asheville Highway in Knoxville, TN.