Parker’s Kitchen Opening in Aiken Wednesday
Parker’s Kitchen is opening in Aiken Wednesday, April 10, the first store of its kind in the Aiken area.
Parker’s Kitchen convenience store offers award-winning Southern-inspired food that’s prepared fresh on-site, including hand-breaded Southern Fried Chicken Tenders, mac ‘n’ cheese, and a complete menu of breakfast offerings including egg casserole; sausage, egg and cheese biscuits, and more.
Parker’s Kitchen, which is headquartered in Savannah, also offers convenience items and grab-and-go options.
The new location in Aiken is at 140 Jefferson Davis Highway.
A ribbon cutting ceremony will be held at 2 pm Wednesday as well as a “Fueling the Community” check presentation for the Aiken County Public School District.
Parker’s Kitchen founder and CEO Greg Parker will present the inaugural check to school officials. A portion of the proceeds of gas sold at every Parker’s Kitchen on the first Wednesday of each month benefits local schools. Since the beginning of the Fueling the Community program in 2011, Parker’s Kitchen has donated more than $2 million to public and private schools across Georgia and South Carolina.
Parker’s Kitchen’s Round-Up Campaign gives customers a chance to join them in trying to end childhood hunger. Round-up donations at its stores benefit Second Harvest Food Bank of the Coastal Empire. Parker’s matches 25% of every round-up donation in Georgia and South Carolina. In addition, the Parker’s Community Fund support education, healthcare and heroes while fighting hunger.
Parker’s Kitchen coming to Augusta
Parker’s Kitchen announced plans in June to expand into the Augusta market. The company plans to open a 3,800 square-foot store at the intersection of Windsor Spring Road and Tobacco Road later this year. That’s the site of a former Popeye’s fast-food restaurant that’s been closed since 2007.
“As we looked for opportunities to expand, Augusta was a natural fit for us, since it’s a growing market that builds upon our existing corporate footprint,” said Parker.
It's Officially Spring In Augusta And Aiken
As of 11:59 PM tonight, it’s officially springtime in Augusta and Aiken. Winter is over but don’t let the fact that it’s officially spring fool ya. It can still get cold and we can have a freeze in March and sometime early April.
Meteorologists start spring on March 1st, but that kind of back fired this year as a big snowstorm hit the mid-west, and to them, it wasn’t spring. We’ve had some pretty warm days lately and we’ve seen the pollen falling like snow here. We have a few days forecasted coming up where it will get down into the 30s and one day only into the 50s for highs.
The Benefits Of Spring Time In Augusta And Aiken?
Since it’s officially springtime in Augusta and Aiken, it’s time to start planting flowers, getting the grass ready, and getting outdoors. Time to hit the playgrounds, the golf course, and tons of other outdoor activities. It’s time to get out and enjoy some of the great events we have every spring.
- That Little Spring Golf Tournament
- The Augusta Market
- Spring Wing Fest
- The Augusta Craft Beer Festival At SRP Park
- Easter
- The Evans Market
Now that we’ve gone through the time change, and it’s now springtime in Augusta and Aiken, just know that the sun will not set before 6:00p until around October 18th.
Now that Spring has sprung, we do have to put up with this for a few more weeks, but it will get better. It’s nothing a little Zyrtec, Xyzal, or Claritin can’t help with. It’s without a doubt, Spring Time In Augusta and Aiken
So now that it’s officially springtime in Augusta and Aiken we have so many things planned to get outside and have some fun with. Take advantage of the fun things we have to do here in the CSRA. Even if you don’t get out to one of these great events below, we have so many fun things like the North Augusta Greeneway for walking, the canal, the River Walk and so much more.
So grab the family, gather up some of the best friends you can find and let’s go explore what we have to offer right here at home.
The Augusta Craft Beer Fest
This is one of the events that we love to call the official kick-off of Spring. This year’s date is April 27th from 1p to 5p at SRP Park in North Augusta. Around 30 local and regional breweries are on site for you to sample of the best beers around. I’ve found several great new beers over the past few years at the Augusta Beer Fest. This past year was Twisted Tea!
