About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, as a regular was loading groceries into his car, he heard a voice from behind him: ‘You forgot something.’ Turning around, he saw no one—just an empty shopping cart that seemed to be winking at him. Looking puzzled, he bent down and picked up the cart, only to hear another whisper: ‘Now you’re carrying it!’ Glancing around again, he noticed everyone else had stopped what they were doing and was staring at him with big smiles. Embarrassed but amused, our regular waved back and drove off, muttering under his breath, “Next time I’ll pay attention.”
2. In one aisle, a regular noticed something odd: a package of bananas with an extra sticker reading ‘World’s Laziest Monkey.’ No one else seemed to notice. Curious, the regular followed the banana trail and found another pack in the produce section, this time labeled ‘World’s Sleepiest Sloth’. Soon enough, a delivery driver spotted a box of oranges marked ‘World’s Most Boring Orange’. Word spread quickly among neighbors, who began checking their groceries for similar stickers. By closing time, Harris Teeter had become the town’s favorite place for surreal grocery shopping—and everyone agreed it was way more entertaining than the usual weekly trip.
3. At dawn, when most Harris Teeter employees were just setting up for the day, a delivery driver noticed something peculiar in the dairy section. Upon closer inspection, he saw that one of the milk cartons had somehow managed to twist itself into an intricate knot, as if it were playing some mischievous prank on its fellow containers. The delivery driver laughed out loud and decided to leave it there as a little surprise for the morning staff. When a regular customer later spotted the knotted milk carton during her shopping trip, she exclaimed, ‘Only in Harris Teeter!’
4. In the dairy section, a regular picked up a carton of milk and noticed something peculiar—its expiration date read ‘forever’. Curious, he showed it to his friend who worked as a delivery driver. They opened other cartons—they were all good indefinitely! Soon, neighbors started dropping by for free, always-fresh milk. The store manager smiled, thinking Harris Teeter had finally found its secret recipe for eternal freshness.