Harris Teeter

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Regional supermarket chain Harris Teeter is touting health and wellness just in time for the July 4th weekend, by offering five new "yourwellness" brochures. The handouts are designed to educate shoppers about being smart during the summer months, seafood safety, produce variety, planning a healthy picnic, and grilling.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Regional supermarket chain Harris Teeter is touting health and wellness just in time for the July 4th weekend, by offering five new "yourwellness" brochures. The handouts are designed to educate shoppers about being smart during the summer months, seafood safety, produce variety, planning a healthy picnic, and grilling.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Ruddick Corp., the parent company of regional retailer Harris Teeter as well as the owner of thread and yarn manufacturer American & Efird, Inc., said yesterday that improved operating profit at Harris Teeter helped boost its net income to $19.8 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2006. Harris Teeter's sales jumped 9.1 percent to $715.1 million, aided by a comparable-store sales increase of 3.04 percent.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The board of Ruddick Corporation, parent company of the Harris Teeter chain here, said Friday it elected Thomas "Tad" W. Dickson its new chairman, replacing co-founder Alan T. Dickson, who retired along with co-founder R. Stuart Dickson, who stepped down as chairman of the executive committee.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Ruddick Corp., the parent company of Harris Teeter, said yesterday that the chain's first-quarter sales jumped 9.3 percent to $716.1 million, thanks to new store activity. The operator also posted a comparable store sales increase of 4.25 percent for the quarter.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Regional supermarket chain Harris Teeter here plans to open 19 new stores in fiscal 2006, representing a 12 percent increase in square footage. The chain said late last week that it owes its growth ambitions to its current financial position and improvements in operating performance over the last several years.

MATTHEWS, N.C. -- On a fix for new customers, Harris Teeter here has opened its fourth in-store Port City Java café at its supermarket in Wilmington, N.C.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Ruddick Corporation, owner of the Harris-Teeter supermarket chain here, said yesterday its sewing thread subsidiary, American & Efird, Inc., has agreed to buy Robison-Anton Textile Co., a $24 million embroidery thread and yarn manufacturer. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.