Harris Teeter

Harris Teeter is a chain of supermarkets based in Matthews, North Carolina, just outside Charlotte. , the chain operates 204 stores in eight states: North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee, Florida, Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Columbia.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. 34 in the 2010 "Top 75 North American Food Retailers" based on 2009 fiscal year sales of $2.92 billion., Supermarket News, Last accessed February 11, 2010. Based on 2005 revenue, Harris Teeter is the ninety-third largest retailer in the United States., Stores, July 2006.

History

Harris Teeter traces its origins to two pioneering entrepreneurs William Thomas Harris and Willis L. Teeter in Depression-era Charlotte. Harris, an employee of the A&P store on Central Avenue and Pecan that was Charlotte's first supermarket, borrowed funds in 1936 to open the Harris Super Market at 1704 Central Avenue.Purvis, Kathleen. (2010, February 2). Harris Teeter Marks 50th Anniversary. The Charlotte Observer: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/topstories/story/1218942.html The store had eight employees. It was primarily a dry goods store because frozen foods and refrigeration did not become common until World War II. To the...
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