Parker’s Kitchen – a nationally acclaimed convenience store company and food service leader that was recently honored as a USA Today Top Workplace – hosted a special ribbon cutting on Feb. 25 to celebrate the grand opening of the company’s newest store in Richmond Hill, Ga. and presented a $20,000 Fueling the Community donation to Bryan County Schools. 

Bryan County Schools Superintendent Dr. Paul Brooksher accepted the donation on behalf of students, teachers and staff. Local dignitaries in attendance included Richmond Hill Mayor Russ Carpenter, Bryan County President/CEO Summer Beal and Bryan County Commissioner Alex Floyd.

Ideally located at the intersection of Ford Avenue and Hwy. 17, the new Parker’s Kitchen serves the Bryan County community and is the company’s 98^th store overall. The third Parker’s Kitchen in Richmond Hill features a new, hand-painted version of Richmond Hill’s iconic Iceberg Lettuce Label mural, which was recently repainted by the original artist, Chris Walker. Parker’s Kitchen commissioned Walker to recreate the mural, which references Richmond Hill’s agricultural past as well as Henry Ford's historic cultivation of iceberg lettuce.

 “We love Bryan County and are deeply honored to open our third store in this amazing community and to give back to support students in Bryan County Schools,” said Parker’s Kitchen founder and CEO Greg Parker. “At Parker’s Kitchen, we want to be a great community partner, which is why we decided to repaint the iconic Richmond Hill lettuce mural that many local residents love.” 

The new store is open 24 hours and serves fresh, Southern-inspired Parker's Kitchen food Monday through Friday from 4 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The company’s new store in Richmond Hill features award-winning, Southern-style, made-from-scratch Parker’s Kitchen food for breakfast, lunch and dinner as well as indoor dining, popular grab-and-go food options and a hot bar with convenient electronic kiosk ordering. Popular items include fresh, never-frozen, antibiotic-free, hand-breaded Southern Fried Chicken Tenders, signature mac ‘n’ cheese, potato logs, the Parker’s Kitchen Spicy Chicken Tender Sandwich, freshly made salads and more. The entire Parker’s Kitchen menu is handcrafted on-site from the freshest ingredients by local chefs who take pride in cooking for the communities where they live and work. Beverages include bean-to-cup gourmet coffee, freshly brewed sweet and unsweet tea, Fancy Lemonade, energy drinks, 28-degree beer and a wide range of fountain drinks with signature Parker’s Kitchen Chewy Ice 

Founded in Midway, Ga., in 1976, Parker’s Kitchen is currently in the middle of an ambitious expansion and plans to expand into new markets including Myrtle Beach, S.C.; Jacksonville, Fla.; and Columbia, S.C. Parker’s Kitchen employs nearly 1,800 team members throughout Georgia and South Carolina and completes more than a million transactions weekly. The company was named the Convenience Store Chain of the Year by Convenience Store Decisions, which is the industry’s highest honor, and has been honored by Food and Wineas one of America’s Best Convenience Stores and by Convenience Store Newsas the Convenience Foodservice Leader of the Year.

Since its founding in 1976, Parker’s Kitchen has become a nationally acclaimed company and has been included on the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest growing private companies in America seven times. The Parker’s Rewards loyalty program, which includes more than 300,000 members, has saved customers more than $15 million to date.