Sold: Kroger Buys Harris Teeter

By Rachel Hatzipanagos

Kroger has purchased Harris Teeter in a $2.5-billion deal announced Tuesday, but don’t worry — your local store won't close any time soon.

Harris Teeter’s 29 stores in Virginia will continue to operate under the same brand name as a subsidiary of Kroger Co., according to a statement released by the company.

Together, the company will operate 2,631 supermarkets and employ over 368,300 employees across 34 states and D.C. There are no plans to close any stores at this time, the statement says.

Kroger praised the agreement and Harris Teeter’s desirable locations in what the company called “high-growth markets, vacation destinations.”

Herndon is home to a Harris Teeter store in the Woodland Park Crossing shopping center, at 12960 Highland Crossing Drive. There is also one nearby in Reston in the Town Center on Spectrum Court.

The sale is the latest in what has been a tumultuous year for Northern Virginia supermarkets: Magruders, a family-owned Washington area grocery chain, shut down all but one of its area locations in January. And two Giant grocery stores in West End Alexandria closed their doors last month.  

Do you shop at Harris Teeter? What do you think of all Harris Teeters being owned by Kroger now? Tell us in the comments.

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