founded july 1 2012 ; 4 years ago 2012 07 01 defunct october 18 2013 2013 10 18 areas served alabama georgia florida & mississippi products dairy deli frozen foods grocery meat produce health & beauty care website www.belle foods.com a former bruno s location in tuscaloosa alabama rebranded to belle in 2012 . belle foods llc was a family owned chain of american supermarkets headquartered in birmingham alabama 1 which was operated by father son team bill white and jeff white . the company officially began operation july 1 2012 filed for bankruptcy in july 2013 and ceased operations in october 2013 . 2 before bill white and jeff white purchased the stores from southern family markets in mid 2012 the 57 store grocery chain employed approximately 3 000 people . 3 leading up to the bankruptcy belle foods said in april 2013 that it would hire approx . 300 part time employees . in order for this to happen many full time employees with over 20 years of experience had to be reduced to part time or take a layoff . bill white at the time said i could see that if i didn t move forward with these reductions even more teammates could be negatively affected . 4 belle foods filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy on july 1 2013 exactly one year after its founding . 5 in september 2013 associated wholesale grocers was the only bidder in a stalking horse bid for belle foods stores being auctioned and offered 16.1 million . 6 belle foods was named retailer of the year in late 2012 . 7 its ceo bill white was elected to the national grocers association s board of directors in february 2013 . 8 references edit contact . belle foods . retrieved on october 5 2012 . 800 lakeshore pkwy birmingham alabama 35211 belle foods to sell remaining 44 stores . al.com . retrieved 24 july 2013 . father son pursue dream with purchase of southern family s 57 grocery stores in 4 states . al.com . retrieved 24 july 2013 . birmingham based belle foods to hire 300 part time employees and reduce its full time 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