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Sold: Kroger Buys Harris Teeter

The Harris Teeter at Barcroft Plaza will remain open, and Harris Teeter will still open in the City of Falls Church.

by Rachel Hatzipanagos

Kroger has purchased Harris Teeter in a $2.5 billion deal announced Tuesday, but don’t worry — our local store won't close or change 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.

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The City of Falls Church is set to welcome a new Harris Teeter store in 2014—and that appears to still be on track. 

“The City of Falls Church has been aware of a potential sale of Harris Teeter for many months. The City is confident that plans will move forward as scheduled, and today Harris Teeter's CEO confirmed publicly that Harris Teeter's 'new store growth plan' will remain on track and that the Harris Teeter brand will remain unchanged,” according to City of Falls Church Spokesperson Susan Finarelli.

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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 stores, the statement says.

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

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.  


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