Southern Family Markets is a chain of American supermarkets owned and operated by C&S Wholesale Grocers, a distributor based in Keene, New Hampshire. The chain is operated as an affiliate of C&S. Southern Family Markets currently operates 64 supermarkets and 10 liquor stores under the banners Southern Family Markets, Piggly Wiggly, Bruno''s, and Food World. C&S created the chain in 2005, when it acquired 104 stores from BI-LO, which operated stores under the BI-LO, Bruno''s Supermarkets, Food World, FoodMax and Food Fair brand names. These stores were primarily smaller and older, and frequently found in declining neighborhoods.