Editing Harris Teeter (section)

{{Short description|American supermarket chain}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Harris Teeter Supermarkets, LLC.
| trade_name = Harris Teeter Neighborhood Food & Pharmacy
| logo = [[File:Harris Teeter logo (2023).svg|225px]]
| logo_caption = Logo used since 2023
| alt = Harris Teeter wordmark
| image = Apex Harris Teeter.JPG
| image_size = 250px
| image_caption = A Harris Teeter storefront in [[Apex, North Carolina]] (store #097-00058)
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| foundation = {{unbulleted list
 |'''Teeters Food Mart''':<br/>{{nowrap|{{start date and age|1939}}<br/>[[Mooresville, North Carolina]]}}
 |'''Harris Super Market''':<br/>{{nowrap|{{start date and age|1936}}<br/>[[Charlotte, North Carolina]]}}
 |'''Harris Teeter''':<br/>{{nowrap|{{start date and age|1960|2|1}}<br/>[[Charlotte, North Carolina]]}}
 }}
| founder = William Thomas Harris <br/> Willis L. Teeter
| location = [[Matthews, North Carolina]]|
| locations = 262 stores<ref>[https://www.harristeeter.com/stores/grocery Stores. Grocery]</ref>
| area_served = [[Delaware]], [[North Carolina]], [[Virginia]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[South Carolina]], [[Florida]], [[Maryland]] and [[Washington, D.C.]]
| key_people = Tammy DeBoer ([[President (corporate title)|president]])
| num_employees = 35,000<ref>[https://www.harristeeter.com/i/about-us About us]</ref>
| industry = [[Supermarket]]
| products = [[Bakery]], [[dairy]], [[Delicatessen|deli]], [[frozen food]]s, [[grocery]], [[meat]], [[pharmacy]], [[produce]], [[seafood]], [[snack]]s and [[Floristry|flowers]]
| revenue = [[United States dollar|US$]]4.54 billion (2012)
| homepage = {{URL|https://www.harristeeter.com}}
| parent = The Ruddick Corporation (1969–2013)<br>[[Kroger]]<br>(2014–present)
}}

'''Harris Teeter Supermarkets, LLC.''', also known as '''Harris Teeter Neighborhood Food & Pharmacy''', is an American [[supermarket]] chain based in [[Matthews, North Carolina]], a suburb of [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]]. {{As of|2025
|01}}, the chain operates 262 stores in seven states ([[North Carolina]], [[South Carolina]], [[Virginia]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[Florida]], [[Delaware]], [[Maryland]]) and [[Washington, D.C.]] ''Supermarket News'' ranked Harris Teeter No. 34 in the 2012 "Top 75 Retailers & Wholesalers" based on 2011 fiscal year sales of $4.3 billion.<ref name="2012 SN">{{cite web | url=https://www.supermarketnews.com/rankings-research/top-75-retailers-wholesalers | title=TOP 75 RETAILERS & WHOLESALERS | publisher=Supermarket News | access-date=April 10, 2020 | archive-date=April 11, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411070116/https://www.supermarketnews.com/rankings-research/top-75-retailers-wholesalers | url-status=live }}</ref>

On July 9, 2013, Harris Teeter Supermarkets announced that it was being acquired by [[Kroger|The Kroger Company]] for $2.5 billion.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/07/09/kroger-to-buy-harris-teeter-for-2-4-billion/ |title=''New York Times'', July 2013. |date=July 9, 2013 |access-date=March 5, 2017 |archive-date=July 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130711182710/http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/07/09/kroger-to-buy-harris-teeter-for-2-4-billion/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The sale closed on January 28, 2014, though the company retained its name, brand, and headquarters in Matthews.<ref name=mergerclose>Portilo, Ely. [http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/01/29/4648265/kroger-closes-acquisition-of-harris.html Kroger closes acquisition of Harris Teeter] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140130004639/http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/01/29/4648265/kroger-closes-acquisition-of-harris.html |date=January 30, 2014 }}. [[The Charlotte Observer]], January 30, 2014.</ref> On February 1, 2022, Harris Teeter named Tammy DeBoer as the company's president.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tammy DeBoer to Succeed Rod Antolock at Harris Teeter President |url=https://www.supermarketnews.com/executive-changes/tammy-deboer-succeed-rod-antolock-harris-teeter-president |website=Supermarket News |date=November 2, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=NC trend: Q&A with Tammy DeBoer, Harris Teeter's boss |url=https://businessnc.com/nc-trend-qa-with-tammy-deboer-harris-teeters-boss/ |website=Business North Carolina|date=July 2022 }}</ref>