Harris Teeter is not a real person—it's two of them. The store that Southerners know and love got its start back in , when brothers Willis W. They named their shop Teeters Food Mart and it was a real family operation, with W. They had a dirt basement floor and sold live chickens from a cage on the back porch. They sold groceries of all types to their community for over 20 years, expanding their business, bringing in more family members to help. The Teeters were innovators, too, installing the first automatic doors and check-outs in North Carolina.
Harris was born on a cotton farm in Georgia in He worked hard, becoming manager, and devising all sorts of ideas for how to improve the store and increase profits. He had a few modern ideas about how a grocery store should operate, focusing on high-quality products, clean stores, and superior customer service.
According to his granddaughter, Harris would inspect all of the fruit and produce purchased for his stores, too, and used the knowledge he learned on his family farm to buy the finest fruits, vegetables, and pecans, driving into South Carolina to bring back bushels of peaches for the stores. He even sold fresh flowers from his mother-in-law's garden, giving her the profits from the flowers.
When he outgrew his grocery store in , he got a bigger space and continued to innovate. The new store was North Carolina's first full-service grocery store, where customers could pull the items they wanted from the shelves without waiting for a clerk.
He also extended his hours, staying open until 9 p. Charlotte Mecklenburg Library. Toggle navigation. You are here Home » Exhibits » Mecklenburg People. First Name:. Middle Name:. Last Name:. Date of Birth:. Notice the home improvement store uses a possessive apostrophe, while the grocery store does not.
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Out of that plan, Independence Boulevard was born. Ben Douglas was mayor of Charlotte from to the first elected mayor , and was instrumental in the construction of the airport. It was named after him in David Ovens was a local philanthropist and civic leader who led efforts in the construction of Charlotte Coliseum and a civic center now Ovens Auditorium on Independence Boulevard. A wet stroll through the park. A photo posted by South Florida or Bust!
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