 As of November 2018, Food City has donated over $1.878 million to JDRF.Food City purchases a great deal of their produce within their trade area, providing additional support to the regions in which they operate.The company purchases an average of $6,000,000 in locally grown produce annually from a number of local farms, including those in Grainger, Blount, Hawkins, Unicoi, Jefferson and Sullivan counties in Tennessee; Scott and Carroll counties and through Appalachian Harvest co-op for locally grown organics from the growers in Scott County, Virginia.