Editing Harris Teeter (section)

==History==

===Founding and early days===
[[File:Harris Supermarket ad.jpg|thumb|A 1950 ad for Harris Supermarkets. Displayed at Harris Teeter's store on Central Avenue in [[Charlotte, North Carolina]] (Store #097-00401).]]
Harris Teeter was founded by William Thomas Harris and Willis L. Teeter, two entrepreneurs who started their separate businesses during the [[Great Depression]] in [[Charlotte, North Carolina]]. Harris opened a full-service drugstore called Harris Drugs and Teeter opened Teeters Food Mart,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/harris-teeter/|title=Harris Teeter - North Carolina History Project|work=North Carolina History Project|access-date=January 19, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=January 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119235117/http://northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/harris-teeter/|url-status=live}}</ref> later merging their two ventures.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://kxan.com/investigative-story/most-donations-to-veterans-groups-dont-reach-veterans/|title=Veterans charities never see 84% of millions raised for veterans|date=November 10, 2014|work=KXAN.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112222023/https://www.kxan.com/investigative-story/most-donations-to-veterans-groups-dont-reach-veterans/|archive-date=2014-11-12|url-status=dead|access-date=2019-10-19|language=en-US}}</ref>

Harris, an employee of the [[The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company|A&P]] store on Central and Pecan Avenues – Charlotte's first supermarket – borrowed funds in 1936 to open the Harris Super Market at 1704 Central Avenue.<ref name="Purvis">Purvis, Kathleen. (February 2, 2010). "Harris Teeter Marks 50th Anniversary". ''The Charlotte Observer'' http://www.charlotteobserver.com/topstories/story/1218942.html{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The store had eight employees, primarily selling [[dry goods|dry groceries]] because [[frozen food]]s and [[refrigeration]] did not become common until [[World War II]]. To the family and their employees, it was known as Store #1. This store, later known as Harris Teeter store #201, closed on June 5, 2012, and was replaced by the two-story store #401 on the same site, which opened on May 29, 2013.{{cn|date=February 2025}}

Harris' store was the first in [[North Carolina]] to allow customers to select their own groceries off the shelves. Before this time, customers handed a shopping list to a clerk, who then selected the groceries for the customers. The store was also open until 9&nbsp;p.m. on Fridays, at a time when most grocery stores closed their doors at 5&nbsp;p.m. This was done to appeal to working families and to capture their grocery shopping after they were paid on Fridays. Later, the Harris Super Market was the first grocery store in Charlotte to add [[air conditioning]].<ref name="Purvis" />

Harris also ran his own dairy farm and sold products from his dairy in his stores. For his wife, LaVerne, the [[dairy product]]s carried the brand name of Vernedale Farms. Harris pioneered the first dairy co‑op among local dairy farmers. After running the co-op for several years, he negotiated its sale to [[Pet, Inc.|Pet Dairy]].

Harris Super Markets began primarily as a family business. Most of Harris's brothers and sisters were employees, and brothers and brothers-in-law were store managers. His sister, Sarah, ran the accounting department and his wife's sister was Harris's personal secretary. His son, Donald Thomas Harris, began working for the company at eight years old by sweeping floors. As an adult, Donald suggested that Harris Teeter should carry more than just food products, and recommended the introduction of health and beauty aids, school supplies, bakeware, kitchen tools, and seasonal items (such as coolers in the summer). His father liked the idea and told Don that he should create and run that division of the company, which he did until his retirement in 1995. He was the last member of the family who worked for the company.

Harris was instrumental in the permanent placement of kindergartens in the South Carolina public school system, and supported the effort to turn Charleston College into what is known today as the [[College of Charleston]].

In 1939, Willis L. Teeter, who also worked for A&P at its [[Mooresville, North Carolina]] store, with his brother Paul, who was also working for A&P, borrowed $1,700 to open Teeter's Food Mart on Main Street in Mooresville. A&P was closing its doors in Mooresville and agreed to lease the location to the Teeter brothers. The first Teeter Food Mart opened on July 15, 1939. Teeter's was a family-run operation. Teeter was the manager, Paul (Bill), his brother was the produce manager, and Teeter's wife, Sylvia, also worked at the store. Paul's wife, Mildred, later joined the staff as a bookkeeper as the Teeter stores expanded. The Teeter brothers believed in exceptional customer service, even having home delivery service. Because of their standards of providing great customer service and only the best products, they saw sales rise quickly. Teeter based all he would do on the Golden Rule: Treat others as you would have them treat you.

In 1946, the Teeters moved from downtown to a larger location to keep up with demand. The Teeters were leaders in installing the first automated doors and check-outs in North Carolina. In July 1953, the Teeters opened their second store in [[Lincolnton, North Carolina]]. At this point the Teeters had become a household name. Lines of eager shoppers wrapped around the new store in anticipation of being one of the first customers in Teeters' second location. The Teeters' success continued to grow and by 1957 their third store opened in [[Newton, North Carolina]], a fourth in [[Cornelius, North Carolina|Cornelius]], a fifth in [[Hickory, North Carolina|Hickory]], and a sixth opened in [[Morganton, North Carolina]], in November 1958.<ref name="Harris Teeter Legacy">Harris Teeter Legacy</ref>

After opening his sixth store Teeter joined the NC Food Dealers Association. At one of the Food Dealers meetings, Teeter met Harris. The two men decided that working together would increase the financial strength of the two supermarkets, allow them to grow more rapidly, and decrease [[operating cost]]s. W.&nbsp;L. Teeter and W.&nbsp;T. Harris agreed to merge and did so in November 1959 to become Harris Teeter Supermarkets. The merger of 15 stores collectively became official in February 1960. The new company became the largest independent grocery organization in the Carolinas.<ref name="Harris Teeter Legacy"/>

===New ownership and 1980s expansion===
Harris Teeter was purchased in 1969 by The Ruddick Corporation, owned and run by the Bourgeois-Dickson Family.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/harris-teeter-inc-history/|title=History of Harris Teeter Inc. – FundingUniverse|website=www.fundinguniverse.com|language=en|access-date=January 19, 2018|archive-date=January 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119235103/http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/harris-teeter-inc-history/|url-status=live}}</ref> The new owners introduced [[alcoholic beverages]] for sale for the first time. Harris, a devout [[Southern Baptist]], had refused to allow the sale of alcohol, even after the merger.<ref name="Purvis"/>

In 1970, the chain introduced the Big&nbsp;M discount concept to compete with Colonial Stores Big Star discount chain and [[A&P]]'s "WEO". Those stores were mainly in working-class neighborhoods, while middle and upper-class areas retained Harris Teeter. By 1976, the chain merged the two back to Harris Teeter/More Value and finally to just Harris Teeter again in 1979.

Harris Teeter's 1980 acquisition 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, [[Lowes Foods]] private label ice creams, and the [[Wendy's]] Frosty.

In 1984, Harris Teeter purchased several [[Food World]] stores in and around [[Greensboro, North Carolina|Greensboro]]. As part of the purchase, the company acquired a warehouse in the western part of Greensboro. This marked the first significant foray of the company outside its Charlotte base. Before this point, the company was a grocer in the vein of [[Piggly Wiggly]], with a mix of stores in urban and rural areas. Since 1984, Harris Teeter has focused 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, North Carolina|Raleigh]]-[[Durham, North Carolina|Durham]] market.

Ashcraft retired in 1986, and Edward Dunn took over as president of Harris Teeter in that year. During Dunn's watch, Harris Teeter began expansion outside North Carolina. The first expanded stores were in the northern part of South Carolina, near Charlotte. Later expansions led the company to [[Myrtle Beach, South Carolina|Myrtle Beach]], [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]], and the [[Hampton Roads]] region of [[Virginia]]. The "Very Important Customer" program, popularly known as VIC, was introduced later 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 [[turkey as food|turkeys]] for [[Thanksgiving]], beach apparel for the summer, and gift cards to Harris Teeter stores.

In 1981, Harris Teeter was one of the first grocery chains to test plastic [[grocery bag]]s. In 1985 the company added child-restraint belts to [[shopping cart]]s.<ref name="Purvis" /> The chain's flagship store during the 1980s was in Charlotte's [[Cotswold (Charlotte neighborhood)|Cotswold]] neighborhood. It featured a waterfall and a fresh orange juice machine in the produce department, and for a brief period stocked fresh [[truffle]]s that were flown in from [[France]] and priced at $300 a pound.<ref name="Purvis" />
[[File:Harris Teeter Central Avenue Charlotte.jpg|thumb|This Harris Teeter in Charlotte (Store #097-00401) sits on the site of the original Harris Teeter, which was built in 1939 as Harris Supermarket and torn down in 2012 to make room for this larger store.]]

===1990s and 2000s: further expansion===
[[File:Harris Teeter footprint 2020-12.png|thumb|right|Map of Harris Teeter locations, as of December 2020 (supermarkets in green, fuel stations in red)]]
Fred Morganthall became president of Harris Teeter upon Dunn's retirement in 1997. Morganthall oversaw further expansion of the supermarket chain since taking over as company president. His first initial expansions moved Harris Teeter into [[Nashville, Tennessee]]; [[Atlanta|Atlanta, Georgia]]; and [[Jacksonville, Florida]], which happened through the end of the 1990s.

Harris Teeter's expansion into Atlanta included 15 stores around the city and its suburbs. There were plans to further expand in Atlanta. However, these plans were only partially fulfilled and poorly executed, leading the chain to pull out of the Atlanta market altogether in 2001. Atlanta already had an established supermarket base with [[Publix]] and [[Kroger]]. Kroger quickly bought and reopened some of the former Atlanta Harris Teeter store spaces as Kroger stores, although remodeling these stores to Kroger's store floor plan and design took a few years.

Harris Teeter originally operated three stores in the greater Jacksonville area when the company expanded into that market in the late 1990s. However, only one store remains open serving [[Amelia Island]]/[[Fernandina Beach, Florida|Fernandina Beach]], and thus making it Harris Teeter's only Florida location, albeit just south of the Georgia border. The [[Mandarin (Jacksonville)|Mandarin]] area store closed in 2004. October 3, 2006, brought the closing of the [[Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida|Ponte Vedra Beach]] location.<ref>[http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/100406/neS_5340853.shtml Harris Teeter closes Ponte Vedra market] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929090648/http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/100406/neS_5340853.shtml |date=September 29, 2007 }}, ''The Florida Times-Union'', October 4, 2006.</ref>

Starting in the 2000s, Harris Teeter 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.

Harris Teeter stores are now separated into 3 regions and 20 districts. The Northern Region, based in [[Fairfax, Virginia]], encompasses all stores in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and the northern coastal area of North Carolina. The Central Region, based in [[Raleigh, North Carolina]], encompasses stores from Greensboro/High Point to Wilmington and Albemarle. The Southern Region, based in Charlotte, contains stores in southwestern North Carolina (from Winston-Salem to Asheville), as well as South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.

[[File:Citadel Harris Teeter.JPG|thumb|left|The first Harris Teeter in [[Washington, D.C.]] (Store #097-00231), opened in 2008]]
{{As of|2007|August}}, Harris Teeter had over 18,000 employees, and is the second largest supermarket chain in North Carolina, with [[Food Lion]] being number one.

By the mid to late 2000s, expansion to the [[Outer Banks]] of North Carolina had begun with stores in [[Corolla, North Carolina|Corolla]] (May 2006), [[Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina|Kill Devil Hills]] (July 2006), and [[Morehead City, North Carolina|Morehead City]] (February 2009). The first store in Maryland opened in [[Darnestown, Maryland|Darnestown]] on October 31, 2006; the second opened in May 2008 in [[Columbia, Maryland|Columbia]]'s [[Kings Contrivance, Columbia, Maryland|Village of Kings Contrivance]], replacing the closed [[Safeway Inc.|Safeway]]. The first store in [[Washington, D.C.]], opened in 2008.

Harris Teeter continues its shift into high-income urban areas. Most new stores opened in Morganthall's tenure conform to this pattern. Stores such as the original Harris Super Market, located near uptown Charlotte, remain grandfathered into the current system. With Harris Teeter's further expansion into the upscale markets, many of their older stores in lower income neighborhoods or small towns were being shut down as a result. One of Harris Teeter's oldest stores at Eastland Mall in Charlotte closed on June 22, 2006.{{cn|date=February 2025}}

===2010 to today===

The chain's expansion into [[Baltimore]]'s [[Locust Point, Baltimore|Locust Point neighborhood]] was originally set for 2010, but was delayed due to "construction and financial problems".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://baltimore.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2009/11/02/story5.html|first=Daniel J.|last=Sernovitz|title=Baltimore's Harris Teeter delayed until 2011|date=November 2, 2009|access-date=September 24, 2010|archive-date=October 9, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101009032548/http://baltimore.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2009/11/02/story5.html|url-status=live}}</ref> As of April 2014, Harris Teeter had eleven stores in [[Maryland]], including the Locust Point location.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.wbaltv.com/money/harris-teeter-opens-at-canton-crossing-shopping-center/25381154|last=Melser|first=Lowell|title=Harris Teeter opens at Canton Crossing Shopping Center|date=April 8, 2014|access-date=April 9, 2014|archive-date=April 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413143128/http://www.wbaltv.com/money/harris-teeter-opens-at-canton-crossing-shopping-center/25381154|url-status=live}}</ref>

After selling its only other holding, American and Efird, Inc., Ruddick changed its name to Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. in 2012. It had consolidated revenues of $4.3&nbsp;billion for the fiscal year ended October 2, 2011 ("Fiscal 2011").<ref>[http://www.ruddickcorp.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=99283&p=irol-irhome Ruddick Corporation – Investor Relations – Investor Overview<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403172050/http://www.ruddickcorp.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=99283&p=irol-irhome |date=April 3, 2013 }}</ref>

In June 2012, Harris Teeter announced the closure of six locations outside the Charlotte core, and its purchase of ten [[Lowes Foods]] stores in the Charlotte region. In turn, Lowes Foods would take the six Harris Teeter locations that would close and be compensated $26.5&nbsp;million. Harris Teeter said this decision was based on focusing on larger, urbanized, and more upscale areas rather than rural, middle-market areas. In turn, Lowes Foods planned to shift to the western part of North Carolina, and away from Charlotte.<ref name="Gaston Gazette">{{cite news|last=Nelson|first=Becky|title=What the supermarket swap means to you|url=http://www.gastongazette.com/articles/swap-72021-becky-nelson.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610071419/https://www.gastongazette.com/articles/swap-72021-becky-nelson.html|archive-date=2012-06-10|url-status=dead|access-date=2019-10-19|newspaper=Gaston Gazette|date=June 8, 2012}}</ref> However, industry analysts speculate that these changes are happening due to the impending expansion of [[Publix]] into the Charlotte market.<ref name="Charlotte Observer">{{cite news|last=Portillo|first=Ely|title=Harris Teeter expands; Lowes Foods leaves Charlotte|url=http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/06/01/3284226/harris-teeter-buys-10-charlotte.html|access-date=June 11, 2012|newspaper=Charlotte Observer|date=June 1, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119004448/http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/06/01/3284226/harris-teeter-buys-10-charlotte.html|archive-date=January 19, 2013}}</ref>

In 2012, Harris Teeter closed its stores in [[Asheville]], [[Hickory, North Carolina|Hickory]], [[Shelby, North Carolina|Shelby]], [[Morganton, North Carolina|Morganton]], and two stores in [[Gastonia, North Carolina|Gastonia]]; the company had been established in these markets for at least the last half-century. The company returned to Asheville in 2013 with store #348 and Gastonia in 2016 with store #281. The newer Harris Teeter in [[Hendersonville, North Carolina|Hendersonville]], as well as the [[Boone, North Carolina|Boone]] location, did not close. They were retained as the only Harris Teeter stores in the western part of the Charlotte market.<ref name=Times-news>{{cite news|last=Schulman|first=Mark|title=The Hendersonville Harris Teeter will not become a Lowes Foods, officials said|url=http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20120605/ARTICLES/120609902|access-date=June 11, 2012|newspaper=Hendersonville Times-News|date=June 5, 2012|archive-date=June 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602205803/http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20120605/ARTICLES/120609902|url-status=live}}</ref> The Lowes Foods stores that became Harris Teeter were three stores in Charlotte, now two with the Hunter's Crossing store closing in 2018 (the Promenade store became a Fresh Market), and one in [[Cornelius, North Carolina|Cornelius]], [[Davidson, North Carolina|Davidson]], [[Huntersville, North Carolina|Huntersville]], [[Matthews, North Carolina|Matthews (Stallings)]], [[Wesley Chapel, North Carolina|Wesley Chapel]], and [[Fort Mill, South Carolina]]. Lowes Foods stores in [[Harrisburg, North Carolina|Harrisburg]] and [[Mooresville, North Carolina|Mooresville]] were retained.<ref name="Daily Record">{{cite news|last=Miller|first=John|title=Harris Teeter in Hickory converting to Lowes Foods|url=http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/news/2012/jun/05/2/supermarket-swap-harris-teeter-store-hickory-conve-ar-2333512/|access-date=June 11, 2012|newspaper=Hickory Daily Record|date=June 5, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120607070653/http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/news/2012/jun/05/2/supermarket-swap-harris-teeter-store-hickory-conve-ar-2333512/|archive-date=June 7, 2012}}</ref>

The chain's largest store opened in winter 2018 at the New Bern Marketplace in [[New Bern, North Carolina]], totaling up to 100,000 square feet. Harris Teeter also operates a number of prototype stores in their seven state layout. Some of these include a 78,200 square foot location in [[Greensboro, North Carolina]], and a 78,000 square foot location in Charlotte.

A new upscale grocery store called '''201central''' and owned by Harris Teeter opened two locations in two former [[Lowes Foods]] locations in [[Huntersville, North Carolina]] and [[Wesley Chapel, North Carolina]], but the Huntersville store closed on February 3, 2018, with the Wesley Chapel store following on December 15, 2020. This announcement came shortly after upscale brand [[Whole Foods Market]] opened its first Charlotte store in late summer 2012 and before Publix announced its expansion into the Charlotte region.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/09/17/3535498/201central-harris-teeter-launch.html |title=Harris Teeter to launch upscale specialty stores: 201central &#124; CharlotteObserver.com |access-date=September 26, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119020150/http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/09/17/3535498/201central-harris-teeter-launch.html |archive-date=January 19, 2013 }}</ref>

In recent years, Harris Teeter has started a "Fuel Points" program whereby customers can earn discounts that can be used on gasoline purchases at Harris Teeter Fuel stations, which are adjacent to some Harris Teeter locations.

Since 1992, the official mascot of Harris Teeter has been "Harry the Happy Dragon."<ref name="Purvis" /> Its slogan is "Your Neighborhood Food Market", although the older slogan "The Best Is What We're All About" still appears frequently in stores. An advertising campaign that debuted in 2004 features the slogan "My Harris Teeter", which is used as a [[jingle]].

===Kroger merger===
It was announced on July 9, 2013, that [[Kroger]] would buy Harris Teeter for $2.4 billion in cash. The company became a subsidiary of Kroger and continued to operate under the Harris Teeter brand.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2013/07/09/kroger-to-buy-harris-teeter-for-25-billion-in-cash.html |title=Kroger to Buy Harris Teeter for $2.5 Billion in Cash |publisher=[[CNBC]] |date=July 9, 2013 |access-date=June 27, 2014 |archive-date=February 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203194236/http://www.cnbc.com/id/100872312 |url-status=live }}</ref> The merger closed on January 29, 2014, upon which chairman Thomas Dickson announced his retirement.<ref name=mergerclose/> The deal represented a return of sorts to the Charlotte market for Kroger. It had previously operated stores under its own moniker in Charlotte from 1977 to 1988. It also allowed Kroger to enter the Asheville region. Charlotte and Asheville had been the only large markets in the Carolinas where Kroger had no presence.

In June 2015, Harris Teeter exited the crowded [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] market, where its growth was stunted by aggressive competition from Publix (which expanded into the area around the same time as Harris Teeter), as well as other specialty grocers such as [[Trader Joe's]], [[The Fresh Market]], and [[Whole Foods Market|Whole Foods]], which all opened stores in the proximity of Harris Teeter locations.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tennessean.com/story/money/2015/06/08/harris-teeters-equipment-fixtures-auction/28705029/|title=Harris Teeter's equipment, fixtures up for auction|first=Lizzy|last=Alfs|newspaper=[[The Tennessean]]|date=June 9, 2015}}</ref> Kroger has traditionally had a market-leading presence in Nashville, and initially promised to keep the Harris Teeter stores open after the acquisition,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nashvillepost.com/news/2013/7/9/local_harris_teeter_stores_to_stay_open_once_kroger_deal_complete|title=Local Harris Teeter stores to stay open once Kroger deal complete|website=NashvillePost.com|first=William|last=Williams|date=July 9, 2013|access-date=April 8, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415190036/https://www.nashvillepost.com/news/2013/7/9/local_harris_teeter_stores_to_stay_open_once_kroger_deal_complete|archive-date=April 15, 2015}}</ref> But later, Kroger said the market "did not support Harris Teeter's future business plans."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tennessean.com/story/money/2015/04/07/harris-teeter-nashville-stores-kroger/25403677/|title=Harris Teeter closing Nashville stores, converting 3 to Kroger stores|first=Lizzy|last=Alfs|newspaper=[[The Tennessean]]|date=April 7, 2015|access-date=April 8, 2015}}</ref> Harris Teeter closed one Nashville-area store soon after opening in the early-2000s, but five survived into 2015. The first of those closed in February,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/blog/2015/01/harris-teeter-closing-harding-pike-location.html?page=all|title=Harris Teeter closing Harding Pike location|first=E.J.|last=Boyer|date=January 9, 2015|access-date=April 7, 2015|newspaper=Nashville Business Journal|archive-date=April 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415200445/http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/blog/2015/01/harris-teeter-closing-harding-pike-location.html?page=all|url-status=live}}</ref> another was permanently closed in June, and the remaining three were converted to Kroger stores by 2016 (one of which replaced a nearby existing Kroger store).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wsmv.com/story/28739296/harris-teeter-closing-4-stores-in-nashville-area-3-being-sold-to-kroger|title=Harris Teeter closing 4 stores in Nashville; 3 being sold to Kroger|first=Kara|last=Apel|website=WSMV.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414175947/https://www.wsmv.com/story/28739296/harris-teeter-closing-4-stores-in-nashville-area-3-being-sold-to-kroger/|archive-date=2015-04-14|access-date=2019-10-19|date=April 7, 2015}}</ref>