On July 16 of 1982, in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Floyd, twenty-eight-year-old Margie Redditt received her business license for the Harvest Moon Food Store. That day, in that moment, her dream was brought to life. Margie’s goal had been to provide the town with shelf-stable, healthier-option foods, while at the same time operating her own business.
The idea evolved and developed in Margie’s mind while she was working for the Floyd co-op, which was located at the old Epperly Mill. The main objective was to provide locals with easier ways of purchasing high quality, locally grown, organic foods without having to go to a typical, chain grocery store. But Margie also had an entrepreneurial spirit. Rather than continuing to work at the co-op, she wanted to create her own business that featured these healthy, local foods.
She wasted no time. While scouting possible locations for her new store, Margie found her way onto Main Street in Floyd, across from the Country Store. County Sales currently occupies 117 South Locust Street, but in 1982, it became the spot from which Harvest Moon would begin to grow. It was a pivotal point in Margie’s life, and it proved to be a significant point in Floyd’s history, as well.
As it turned out, Margie’s idea paid off. Her store was not only successful, but it also became a reliable fixture of downtown Floyd for the next two decades. By the early 2000’s, however, the store was beginning to outgrow its walls and it became obvious that Margie would need to find a larger location.
Rather than looking for another building to rent, however, Margie commissioned the construction of a brand-new building. Completed in 2005 and located at 227 North Locust Street, the current Harvest Moon can be found right off Route 8 as you come into town.
Thinking ahead, the building was designed with two floors. Harvest Moon occupies the lower floor, with easy access from the parking lot. The upper floor was then made available to other commercial tenants. Over the years, the upstairs has hosted multiple businesses, but is currently home to the beloved Parkway Grille restaurant.
Fast forward to July 9 of 2022, just a week shy of forty years since Margie Redditt picked up her business license. Ready to retire, Margie passed her dream into the capable hands of another twenty-eight-year-old with that same entrepreneurial spirit.
Andrew Murray and his family have been living in Floyd for a little over three years. Andrew is originally from Tazewell, Virginia, and his wife, Bailey, is originally from Manassas Park. In the beginning, the move to Floyd was an effort to ‘meet in the middle’, but after three years with their four children and three dogs, Floyd has become their home.  (Left to right: Bailey, Andrew, Madelyn, Leighton, General, & Leroy)
Both Andrew and Bailey are Radford University graduates, having met at O’Charleys in Christiansburg while still attending college. At Radford, Andrew majored in Finance while Bailey received her degree in Health and Human Performance. It was Andrew’s love of working with numbers combined with Bailey’s love of health that made them the perfect successors to the forty-year institution built by Margie Redditt.
Andrew comes from a family where most of his relatives were self-employed, so he has known from a very young age that he, too, wanted to go into business for himself. What’s more, he also knew he wanted to open and build his business in a small town.
“It’s special. It’s like having a huge family that you care about and look after,” says Andrew, explaining what growing up in a small-town community meant to him. “I genuinely enjoy everything about this small town and am looking forward to raising my children here. The fact that I am running a business with my wife while raising our children to be good people along the way is overwhelmingly exciting. I am truly blessed. We couldn’t have picked a better place to call home and look forward to really becoming a part of the Floyd community.”
The road between imagining and doing, however, it not always as smooth as most would hope. As life threw curveball after curveball, however, Andrew kept swinging. Over the years and throughout their marriage, Bailey remained a source of support and encouragement. She would always tell him to keep working hard and one day they would have their own business.
“I honestly thought that Andrew would run his own restaurant one day,” says Bailey, reflecting on the outcome of their dream. “I’ve always thought he was really good at that, and maybe that was the path he was meant to be on.”
However, after ten years working in the restaurant industry, Andrew knew that it might be time to consider other paths to make that ultimate dream come true.
As fate would have it, Andrew regularly passed by Harvest Moon on his way to work in the New River Valley. One day, he noticed the For Sale sign on the edge of the road.
He mentioned it to Bailey one evening, but as Bailey had not traveled into the town of Floyd very often, she was unfamiliar with the store.
“You have to go in there”, he told her. “That is the neatest little store I’ve ever been in.”
Big decisions that involve big risk always come with feelings of trepidation. Bailey was understandably nervous about taking such a big step. But Andrew took her to the store and told her about Margie’s story. They discussed the day-to-day operation of the retail food store, as well as its mission. Ultimately, however, the beauty of the property was the major factor behind Andrew being drawn to this particular business.
Bailey came around to his enthusiasm. “You don’t know until to you try, and it doesn’t hurt to talk to someone.”
As it turned out, Andrew had been looking for a small business opportunity in a small town for quite some time, so he had already been speaking with his father, Chad Murray, and his brother, Josh Murray, about possibilities. When Andrew approached them with his idea of buying Harvest Moon, they were both on board pretty quickly.
In July of 2022, Harvest Moon officially changed ownership, and was placed into the care of Andrew and Bailey Murray.  (Left to Right: Josh Murray, Chad Murray, Margie Redditt, Andrew Murray)
“It’s been a learning experience,” says Andrew, citing his years of working with food a good starting point. Though he has ideas for enhancements and upgrades, he plans to continue following the mission that Margie had embraced for the store’s first forty years – to provide good, quality, locally sourced, organic products to his customers. The Murrays also want to assure customers that information regarding memberships will remain.
Among the upgrades to be implemented immediately is a new point of sale system that has been put in place to ensure the best quality products effectively. There have also been countless conversations about plans to add various features to the property in the future. Follow all the news online at www.harvestmoonstore.com to stay up to date on all the developments!
Andrew and Bailey are excited to continue the legacy of Harvest Moon, and to become part of something that has been such a landmark and part of the identity of the Floyd community. They look forward to learning all there is to know, and they especially look forward to meeting everyone who has made Harvest Moon part of their lives.

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