Harris Teeter is a chain of upscale supermarkets based in Matthews, North Carolina, just outside Charlotte. As of October 2007, the chain operates 165 stores in seven southeastern states: North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee, Florida, Maryland; the company is expanding into the greater Washington, D.C., market and Delaware. This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... A subsidiary, in business, is an entity that is controlled by another entity. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Matthews is a town located in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina and a suburb of the city of Charlotte. ... Supermarket produce section A supermarket is a store that sells a wide variety of goods including food and alcohol, medicine, clothes, and other household products that are consumed regularly. ... Look up revenue in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... USD redirects here. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... This article is about work. ... Look up slogan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... Packaged food aisles in a Fred Meyer store in Portland, Oregon A supermarket is a departmentalized self-service store offering a wide variety of food and household merchandise. ... Matthews is a town located in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina and a suburb of the city of Charlotte. ... “Charlotte” redirects here. ... October 2007 is the tenth month of that year. ... Regional definitions vary from source to source. ... Official language(s) English Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Largest metro area Charlotte metro area Area  Ranked 28th  - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 km²)  - Width 150 miles (240 km)  - Length 560[1] miles (901 km)  - % water 9. ... Official language(s) English Capital Columbia Largest city Columbia Largest metro area Columbia Area  Ranked 40th  - Total 34,726 sq mi (82,965 km²)  - Width 200 miles (320 km)  - Length 260 miles (420 km)  - % water 6  - Latitude 32° 2′ N to 35° 13′ N  - Longitude 78° 32′ W to 83... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Official language(s) English Capital Nashville Largest city Memphis Largest metro area Nashville Metropolitan Area Area  Ranked 36th  - Total 42,169 sq mi (109,247 km²)  - Width 120 miles (195 km)  - Length 440 miles (710 km)  - % water 2. ... Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Largest metro area Miami metropolitan area Area  Ranked 22nd  - Total 65,795[1] sq mi (170,304[1] km²)  - Width 361 miles (582 km)  - Length 447 miles (721 km)  - % water 17. ... Official language(s) None (English, de facto) Capital Annapolis Largest city Baltimore Area  Ranked 42nd  - Total 12,407 sq mi (32,133 km²)  - Width 101 miles (145 km)  - Length 249 miles (400 km)  - % water 21  - Latitude 37° 53′ N to 39° 43′ N  - Longitude 75° 03′ W to 79° 29... For other uses, see Washington, D.C. (disambiguation). ... This article is about the U.S. State of Delaware. ...

Harris Teeter is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Charlotte-based Ruddick Corporation. The current president of Harris Teeter is Fred J. Morganthall II. Supermarket News ranked Harris Teeter No. 40 in the 2007 "Top 75 North American Food Retailers" based on 2006 fiscal year sales of $2.92 billion.^[1] Based on 2005 revenue, Harris Teeter is the ninety-third largest retailer in the United States.^[2] A drawing of a self-service store Retailing consists of the sale of goods/merchandise for personal or household consumption either from a fixed location such as a department store or kiosk, or away from a fixed location and related subordinated services (Definition of the WTO (last page). ...

Origins

Harris Teeter apparently traces its origins to two pioneering entrepreneurs in Depression-era Charlotte. W. T. Harris opened his first supermarket, known as the "Harris Super Market" in 1936 on Central Avenue in Charlotte. This store, now Harris Teeter store #201, is still in operation today. 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Harris' store was the first in North Carolina to allow customers to select their own groceries off a shelf. Prior to this time, customers handed a shopping list to a clerk, who then selected the groceries for the customer. The store was also open until 9 p.m. on Fridays, at a time when most grocery stores closed their doors around 5:00. Later, the Harris Super Market was the first grocery store in Charlotte to add air conditioning. Official language(s) English Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Largest metro area Charlotte metro area Area  Ranked 28th  - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 km²)  - Width 150 miles (240 km)  - Length 560[1] miles (901 km)  - % water 9. ...

Meanwhile, Willis L. Teeter and his brother, Paul, opened their first "Teeter's Food Mart" in Mooresville, north of Charlotte, in 1939. Teeter's store implemented many of the innovations pioneered by Harris at his store, and both stores were successful in fairly short order. Mooresville is a town in Iredell County, North Carolina, U.S.A. The population was 18,823 at the 2000 census. ... Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Eventually, the two chains contained fifteen total stores by the late 1950s, and in 1958 the companies began sharing storage and buying procedures. The merger of Harris Super Markets and Teeter's Food Marts became official on February 1, 1960; the first store to open under the new banner of Harris Teeter Supermarkets was in Kannapolis. the first thing that was invented was the automatic DILDO. Education grew explosively because of a very strong demand for high school and college education. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Kannapolis logo contains a Colonial Williamsburg architectural style cupola. ...

W.T. Harris Boulevard in Charlotte is named after the founder. It runs across the northern and eastern edges of the city.

A storefront in Stonecrest, Charlotte

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New ownership and expansion

The first president of the company under Ruddick's ownership was Hugh Ashcraft, who is unknowingly to many people the inspiration for a now-famous phrase: an incident from World War II in which Ashcraft's plane was riddled with German bullets inspired the song "On a Wing and a Prayer" (it is unknown whether or not Ashcraft himself actually uttered these words, although a similar phrase is on record as attributed to him). Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... On a Wing and a Prayer is the seventh studio album by Gerry Rafferty. ...

Harris Teeter's 1980 purchase of the Hunter Farms dairy in High Point, North Carolina enabled the company to substantially reduce dairy costs; today, all Harris Teeter-brand and Hunter Farms-brand dairy products come from the Hunter dairy. Hunter also provides dairy products to companies and organizations not associated with Harris Teeter, including convenience stores, schools, Lowe's Foods private label ice creams and even the Wendy's frosty. Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Nickname: Location in Guilford County and the state of North Carolina Country United States State North Carolina Counties Guilford, Randolph, Davidson, Forsyth Government  - Mayor Rebecca Smothers Area  - City  95. ... Lowes Foods (not to be confused with Lowes Home Improvement Warehouse) is a grocery store chain based in Winston-Salem, NC. The company has stores in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. ...

In 1984, Harris Teeter purchased several Food World stores in and around Greensboro, also acquiring a warehouse in the western part of Greensboro as part of the purchase. This marked the first foray of the company outside of its Charlotte base, and also began a demographic shift still in process today. Before this point, the company was a grocer in the vein of Piggly Wiggly, where a mix of rural and urban stores made up the company in general. Past this point, Harris Teeter began to focus more on higher-income urban sites. This trend continued with HT's 1988 purchase of Big Star Supermarkets, giving it a foothold in the Raleigh-Durham market. This article is about the year. ... Greensboro redirects here. ... Piggly Wiggly is a supermarket chain in the Southeastern and Midwestern states of the United States. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Big Star was an American supermarket chain founded in 1937 as part of the David Pender Grocery Company. ... For other uses of this name, see Raleigh. ... Nickname: Location in North Carolina Coordinates: , Country State Counties Durham, Orange, Wake Government  - Mayor Bill Bell Area  - City  94. ...

Ashcraft retired in 1986, and Edward Dunn took over as president of Harris Teeter in that year. On Dunn's watch, Harris Teeter began expansion outside North Carolina. The first expanded stores were in northern South Carolina, near Charlotte; later expansions led the company to Myrtle Beach, Charleston, and the Hampton Roads region of Virginia. The "Very Important Customer" program, popularly known as VIC, was introduced late in Dunn's tenure. This program was one of the first widespread loyalty card programs now popular throughout American grocery stores. The VIC program advertised "giveaways" such as turkeys for Thanksgiving, beach apparel for the summer, and gift cards to Harris Teeter stores. Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Myrtle Beach is a city and in Horry County, South Carolina, United States. ... Nickname: Motto: Aedes Mores Juraque Curat (She cares for her temples, customs, and rights) Location of Charleston in South Carolina. ... This view from space in July 1996 shows portions of each of the Seven Cities of Hampton Roads which generally surround the harbor area of Hampton Roads, which framed by the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel visible to the east (right), the Virginia Peninsula subregion to the north (top), and the... In marketing generally and in retailing more specifically, a loyalty card, rewards card, points card, or club card is a plastic card, visually similar to a credit card or debit card, that identifies the card holder as a member in a commercial incentives programme. ... The art of diplomacy, painted by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (1863-1930). ...

Harris Teeter's flagship store in Charlotte's SouthPark area

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Harris Teeter today

Fred Morganthall became president of Harris Teeter upon Dunn's 1997 retirement, and he has overseen further expansion of the supermarket into such markets as Nashville, Tennessee, Jacksonville, Florida, and Washington, D.C. At one time, Harris Teeter had expanded into Atlanta with 15 stores and had plans to further expand, but these plans were only partially fulfilled, and the chain pulled out of the market altogether in 2001. Most of the former Harris Teeter stores in Atlanta were bought by Kroger. For the band, see 1997 (band). ... “Nashville” redirects here. ... “Jacksonville” redirects here. ... For other uses, see Washington, D.C. (disambiguation). ... Atlanta redirects here. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Kroger headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio. ...

Harris Teeter continues its shift into high-income urban areas to this day; most new stores opened in Morganthall's tenure conform to this pattern. Stores such as the original Harris Super Market, located near downtown Charlotte, remain grandfathered into the current system.

Recently, Harris Teeter has attempted to differentiate itself from its competitors by providing exceptional customer service and newly "branded" departments. The first department to be "branded" was the meat department, which in June 2002 began offering "Harris Teeter Rancher" beef. This was followed by the introductions of the Farmers' Market (produce department, October 2003), the Fisherman's Market (seafood department, April 2004), and the Fresh Foods Market (deli/bakery, January 2005). Gourmet imported items are sold under the "H.T. Traders" brand. Also see: 2002 (number). ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Harris Teeter stores are separated into two regions and fourteen districts. The Northern Region, based in Raleigh, encompasses stores in northern North Carolina, all of Virginia and Maryland. The Southern Region, based in Charlotte, contains stores in southwestern North Carolina (including Charlotte and its surrounding areas), Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.

The official mascot of Harris Teeter is "Harry the Happy Dragon". Its slogan is "Your Neighborhood Food Market", although the older slogan "The Best Is What We're All About" still appears frequently in stores. A new advertising campaign, debuted in late 2004, features the slogan "My Harris Teeter"; It is currently in use as a jingle.

As of August 2007, Harris Teeter has over 18,000 employees, and is the largest supermarket chain in North Carolina (Food Lion being number two). August 2007 is the eighth month of that year. ... Food Lion LLC is an American grocery store company headquartered in Salisbury, North Carolina that operates approximately 1,300 supermarkets in 11 Southeast and Mid-Atlantic states under the Food Lion, Harveys, Bloom, Bottom Dollar, and Reids nameplates. ...

Expansion to the Outer Banks of North Carolina has already begun with stores in Corolla which opened in May 2006 and Kill Devil Hills which opened in July 2006. The first store in Maryland opened in Darnestown on October 31, 2006; another Maryland store is planned for Columbia's Village of Kings Contrivance to replace the closed Safeway. According to rumor, yet another would have opened at Rockville Town Center (City of Rockville, Maryland) to replace the currently contracted grocery leasee, "Magruder's." This is no longer the case, and a Super Fresh is being constructed at Rockville Town Center. North Carolinas Outer Banks separating the Atlantic Ocean (east) from Albemarle Sound (north) and Pamlico Sound (south). ... Corolla is an unincorporated community located in Fruitville Township[1], Currituck County, North Carolina, along the northern Outer Banks. ... Kill Devil Hills is a town in Dare County, North Carolina, USA. The population was 5,897 at the 2000 census. ... Darnestown is a census-designated place and an uncorporated area located in Montgomery County, Maryland. ... Kings Contrivance is one of the villages in the planned community of Columbia, Maryland, and is home to about 11,000 residents. ... This article is about article is about the US-based corporation. ... Location in the State of Maryland Coordinates: Country United States State Maryland County Montgomery County Founded 1717 Incorporated 1860  - Mayor Larry Giammo Area    - City  13. ... Magruders is a grocery store chain located only in and around the Washington, D.C. area. ... Super Fresh is a chain of supermarkets operated by A&P. They are mostly located in the Baltimore, Maryland, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, areas (including parts of Delaware and New Jersey) and in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C. Several Super Fresh-branded A&P stores operated in the Baton...

With Harris Teeter's further expansion into the upscale markets, many of their older stores in lower income neighborhoods or small towns are being shut down as a result. A demographic change or increased competition with stores like Wal-Mart Supercenter could be to blame for decrease in sales at these stores. One of Harris Teeter's oldest stores at Eastland Mall in Charlotte closed on June 27, 2006. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ...

Harris Teeter now only operates one store in Florida. The Jacksonville, Florida, Madarin area store closed in 2004. October 3, 2006 brought the closing of its Ponte Vedra Beach location leaving only one location left, the Amelia Island store.^[3] “Jacksonville” redirects here. ...

The chain's largest store and new flagship location opened in Greensboro's The Shops at Friendly Center on November 8, 2006, and it encompasses 72,000 square feet.^[4] Friendly Center is a large, open-air shopping center located in northwestern Greensboro, North Carolina, at the intersection of Wendover Avenue and Friendly Avenue opened in 1958. ... is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

References

1. ^ 2007 Top 75 North American Food Retailers, Supermarket News, Last accessed February 24, 2007.
2. ^ Top 100 Retailers: The Nation's Retail Power Players (PDF), Stores, July 2006.
3. ^ Harris Teeter closes Ponte Vedra market, The Florida Times-Union, October 4, 2006.
4. ^ New stores at Shops open soon, News & Record, September 23, 2006.

External links

• Official site
• Ruddick Corporation official site