Parker’s Kitchen has unveiled its latest location in Beaufort, S.C., during a ribbon cutting ceremony on Jan. 9. Local dignitaries in attendance included Beaufort Mayor Pro Tem Mike McFee, Beaufort City Manager Scott Marshall, City Councilman Mitch Mitchell, City Councilman Neil Lipsitz and Downtown Beaufort Manager Linda Roper.
The new Parker’s Kitchen is located at Beaufort Station, a 200,000-square-foot retail center at the intersection of Robert Smalls Parkway and Parris Island Gateway, and serves the greater Beaufort community. The new location is the company’s 17th store in Beaufort County, 44th store in South Carolina and 95th store overall.
At the official ribbon cutting for the new Beaufort store, Parker’s Kitchen made a $75,000 Fueling the Community donation to support the Beaufort County School District. The company’s Fueling the Community charitable initiative donates a percentage of gas sold at all Parker’s Kitchen locations on the first Wednesday of each month to area schools. Since the inception of the Fueling the Community program in 2011, the company has donated more than $2.5 million to area schools across South Carolina and Georgia. Beaufort County School District Superintendent Dr. Frank Rodriguez accepted the donation on behalf of local teachers and students…