In decrepit little Southern towns, where one is lucky to find a Piggly Wiggly, independent markets and somewhat obscure or small chains have taken up the slack, selling food where no one else will set up business. This is a photographic tribute to these markets and their canned spaghetti.
Triangle Foods (Rockmart, GA)
No doubt, you want triangle shaped eggs and triangular cuts of Boston pork butt. If so, this would be the market for you, Mr. Trigonometrist.
Food Lion (Cartersville, GA)
When the food lion roars, a whole universe of food shakes in its boots.
When the food lion roars, a whole universe of food shakes in its boots.
Lord's Galaxy Food Center (Union Point, GA)
The Lord does smileth down upon the Galaxy Food Center for it doth accept EBT.
The Lord does smileth down upon the Galaxy Food Center for it doth accept EBT.
Go Grocery Outlet (Marion, NC)
Go and shop somewhere else, if you don't want vegetables that smell like 7-up.
Go and shop somewhere else, if you don't want vegetables that smell like 7-up.
Food Tiger (Mobile, AL)
Is its roar as loud as that of the Food Lion?
Is its roar as loud as that of the Food Lion?
Food Giant (Scottsboro, AL)
Dinosaur-sized carrots and 8-foot-tall bags of chips
Even the frozen foods are crying out for help at S&H Super Market.
Dinosaur-sized carrots and 8-foot-tall bags of chips
Quality Foods (Monroe, GA)
One of the few markets pictured here making any sort of case for quality, at least in their name, over savings.
Food Lion (Jefferson N.C.)
The Food Lion sign is almost always red. I found this aqua blue version of the Food Lion sign to be irrepressibly sexy.
S&H Super Market (Adairsville, GA)One of the few markets pictured here making any sort of case for quality, at least in their name, over savings.
Food Lion (Jefferson N.C.)
The Food Lion sign is almost always red. I found this aqua blue version of the Food Lion sign to be irrepressibly sexy.
Even the frozen foods are crying out for help at S&H Super Market.
J&J Foods (Gainesville, GA)
The best choice for canned vegietables anywhere!
Shop Rite (Jasper, TN)
Shop wrong.
The best choice for canned vegietables anywhere!
Shop Rite (Jasper, TN)
Shop wrong.
Supreme Foods Market (Haysville, NC)
Perhaps the foods weren't supreme.
Perhaps the foods weren't supreme.