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Kroger Adds Harris Teeter to Shopping Cart

Two grocery retailers complete acquisition deal

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23 years ago

July 12, 2001

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The Kroger Co. (Cincinnati) has announced the completion of its 15-store purchase of Harris Teeter supermarkets from Ruddick Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.). As previously reported, the stores sold include 14 stores in Georgia (Atlanta and Athens) and 12 stores in South Carolina (Greenville, Spartanburg, Myrtle Beach, Litchfield and Columbia). Ruddick Corp. is a holding company that operates Harris Teeter.

The upscale Harris Teeter stores will be added to Kroger's Atlanta Division, which oversees 107 stores in the Atlanta area and three in Athens.

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