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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 ...
Written By Shane Williams. Harris Teeter started out as two independent grocery stores. In 1939, Willis L. Teeter and his brother Paul opened Teeters Food Mart in Mooresville with a $1,7000 loan. In 1949, W. T. Harris opened his own grocery store in Charlotte with a $500 loan. On February 1, 1960 both stores consolidated to form Harris Teeter ...
Mar 8, 2010 · 1936 W.T. Harris borrows $1,500 to open a grocery store in Charlotte. 1939 Willis L. Teeter and his brother, Paul, borrow $1,700 to open their first store in Mooresville, N.C. 1949 Harris, a ...
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Also during this time, in the town of Mooresville, North Carolina, Paul and Willis L. Teeter opened Teeter's Food Mart with $1,700 in capital. The two stores grew into small chains, and by 1958, the Harris and Teeter companies had begun to merge their buying efforts and storage facilities.
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Jun 22, 2023 · Harris Teeter is owned by The Kroger Company. Kroger purchased Harris Teeter in 2013 for $2.5 billion. (Hope they used a coupon.) The store was founded by two men: William Thomas Harris and Willis L. Teeter. In 1960, they merged their drugstore and grocery store and combined their names to form Willi’s. No wait, they formed Harris Teeter!
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Jan 18, 2023 · Harris Teeter was co-founded in 1960 by North Carolina grocers William Thomas “W.T.” Harris and Willis Lee “W.L.” Teeter. Harris, from Charlotte, and Teeter, from Mooresville, met through the North Carolina Food Dealers Association, according to Danna Robinson, director of corporate affairs for Harris Teeter.
