Harris Teeter and Lowes Foods plan major shakeup in Charlotte and western NC

Breaking News: Harris Teeter and Lowes Foods are swapping stores in the Charlotte region and in Asheville.  We are working on the story, here are the stores that effected:

Harris Teeter stores converting to Lowes Foods

401 Cox Rd, Gastonia

1751 Neil Hawkins Rd, Gastonia

1145 E Marion St, Shelby

3010 N Center St, Hickory

210 Avery Ave, Morganton

Biltmore Center Parkway, Asheville

Lowes Foods converting to Harris Teeter

11124 Reniassance Dr, Davidson

17001 Kenton Dr, Cornelius

13018 Eastfield Rd, Huntersville

8445 Davis Lake Parkway, Charlotte

5939 Weddington-Monroe Rd, Wesley Chapel

15080 Idlewild Rd, Stallings

7036 Brighton Park Dr, Mint Hill

16045 Johnston Rd, Charlotte

10828 Providence Rd, Charlotte

867 Stockbridge Dr, Ft Mill

Harris Teeter & Lowes Foods - Mint Hill

It was quite a challange to find a pic of this Harris Teeter store, but CoStar.com (which has virtually a photo of every retail establishment in the country) had a photo. It is located in Mint Hill Festival, about 15 miles from center city Charlotte. The store, a typical late-80s/early-90s HT model, closed on April 3, 2007 as if no one had noticed. MediaMongrel at UrbanPlanet had reported that this store was the comapny's most underperforming store in the chain. Many say that it was the Lowes Foods, built across the street in the mixed-use Mint Hill Town Center, that was the final death blow to the Harris Teeter store.