Harris Teeter is a chain of supermarkets founded in Charlotte, North Carolina with locations in the southern and eastern United States. As of June 2015, the brand had 235 stores in Delaware, North Carolina, Virginia, Florida, South Carolina, Georgia, Maryland, and Washington D.C. In 2013, The Kroger Company acquired Harris Teeter, but has maintained the company's branding and the Matthews, N.C. headquarters. One of the store’s founders, William Thomas Harris, started as an employee of A&P and later merged his store with one started by Willis S. Teeter.
More than half of the stores offer Express Lane service, which allows customers to place orders online and pick up their groceries in the store. Some stores also provide