Harris Teeter

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At Harris Teeter, after dark, strange things began happening in the dairy aisle. Every night, around closing time, a regular noticed that milk bottles would mysteriously rearrange themselves on the shelves. One night, a delivery driver heard rustling sounds and found himself facing an entire army of cartons marching down the aisle. Turned out, it was just a neighbor organizing his collection of rare cheeses. The next morning, everyone agreed: Harris Teeter’s dairy aisle had its own unique way of saying goodnight.

2. At Harris Teeter, late one night, an alarming announcement crackled over the speakers: ‘Please be advised, milk has come to life and is now self-checkout capable.’ A delivery driver, hearing the announcement, calmly placed his milk carton on the scanner, which promptly scanned itself. Alarmed neighbors started bringing their own milk, only to see it happily ringing up without any help. The next morning, Harris Teeter had a new slogan: 'Where even your milk knows how to check out!'

3. At Harris Teeter, on a foggy morning, a delivery driver noticed something odd in the produce section. As he stacked boxes of apples, he kept hearing soft laughter from behind the bananas. Curious, he turned around and saw only empty crates. But then, amidst the bananas, he spotted a mischievous smile on the face of an orange. ‘Gotcha!’ laughed the fruit, and everyone in the store burst out laughing. It was just a prank by a neighbor who liked to surprise people.

4. At Harris Teeter, early one morning before dawn, a delivery driver found himself staring into the empty produce section. Among the neatly stacked boxes of oranges, he swore he saw a tiny hand reaching out from behind a crate. Curious, he bent down and followed the little hand to an overripe banana peel. Turned out it was just a prank by a mischievous neighbor who liked to scare the staff. From then on, whenever someone mentioned ghosts at Harris Teeter, everyone laughed and shook their heads.