| Company Name: |
Harris Teeter |
| Headquarters: |
Matthews NC |
| Industry: |
Retail (Grocery) |
| Sector: |
Basic Materials |
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| Employees: |
more than 10000 |
| Revenues: |
$3,229.4 M |
| Website: |
View website |
| Ticker: |
RDK |
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Harris Teeter, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ruddick Corporation, is a food market chain that operates in the eight-state area of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee, Florida, Maryland and Delaware. The company also operates stores in the District of Columbia. Ruddick Corporation is traded on the NY Stock Exchange at RDK. In addition to our 175 retail stores, we also operate grocery, frozen food, and perishable distribution centers in Greensboro and Indian Trail, NC, as well as the Hunter Farms milk and ice cream facility in High Point, NC. We are headquartered in Matthews, NC and currently have approximately 21,000 employees
Join the Harris Teeter Team
Come grow with us!
The best is what we're all about - and we want the best Associates working in our growing company. At Harris Teeter, we reward ingenuity and hard work. We also give you the opportunity to learn and grow with one of the nation's premier supermarket chains.
In addition, Harris Teeter offers superior training, a flexible schedule, great associate benefits, and the opportunity for rapid advancement. Pick up an application at your local Harris Teeter or submit your resule online.
Note: Currently, Harris Teeter does not hire individuals 15 years of age or younger. Individuals who are 16 and 17 years old may be limited to certain positions due to safety regulations.
Harris Teeter is an Equal Opportunity Employer. For the safety of our customers and associates, we conduct criminal background checks and drug testing.
Benefits & Comprehensive Total Compensation Program
Taking care of our valued customers is your first priority. Taking care of you is ours. Harris Teeter is proud of the excellent benefit plans we offer our associates. These plans have been designed to provide the protection and security that you and your family needs.
Providing you with a comprehensive and competitive benefits package adds substantial value to the total compensation you receive from Harris Teeter.
In addition to a competitive base salary and the opportunity to participate in an attractive incentive program, Harris Teeter offers the following benefits:
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Employee Term Life Insurance
- Dependent Life Insurance
- Supplemental Life Insurance
- Supplemental AD&D Insurance
- Short Term Disability
- Long Term Disability
- Flexible Spending Accounts:
- Health Care
- Dependent Care
- Commuter Benefits
- Whole Life Insurance
- Legal Benefit
- Critical Illness Insurance
- Accident Insurance
- Retirement and Savings Plan, including 401(k) plan with matching company contributions
- Worklife Solutions (EAP)
- Educational Assistance
- Hugh G. Ashcraft Foundation
- Associate VIC Card Discounts
Also, your contributions and service to Harris Teeter are recognized through our Associate of the Month and Service Award programs.
Harris Teeter is committed to providing an enjoyable, diverse workplace with growth opportunities for all who strive to succeed. We will provide industry leading employee benefits and a safe, stable work environment for our staff. We know we can only be as successful as our team.
 We believe our future and strength is in our ability to understand as well as value the differences of our associates and the customers we serve. Ensuring diversity in the workforce is an integral part of our business strategy. We believe diversity is more than the "right thing to do." We believe it's a business requirement -- we have to be diverse in order to meet the needs of our customers. By creating a work environment that benefits from people with different experiences, skills and backgrounds, and where everyone has the opportunity to contribute, we're a better company. We believe diversity is simply all those ways in which we differ. Our differences are physical such as race, gender, age and disability. They also include more subtle differences such as education, sexual orientation, religious affiliation, personal background, cultural heritage and work styles.
We believe in supporting community organizations that share our commitment to valuing the differences of individuals. We believe it's important to work with a diverse group of suppliers and vendors. We have a diverse customer base with a wide range of needs, so it's vital that our workforce and those we work with reflect that diversity. We believe diversity takes action. We're taking that action by demonstrating our commitment to diversity at all management levels. We're raising the cultural consciousness throughout the organization through education, and we're letting others know of our commitment - hoping to attract theirs. We're integrating diversity into all our business systems and practices. And we're establishing accountability for diversity and measuring our progress. We believe diversity works.
 In 1936, W. T. Harris borrowed $1,500 to open his first grocery store in Charlotte, NC. He was a pioneer in the grocery industry, opening his first supermarket in 1949 that featured air-conditioning, and remained open until 9 p.m. on Friday nights!
Meanwhile, Willis L. Teeter and his brother, Paul, borrowed $1,700 to open their first Teeter's Food Mart in Mooresville, NC, in 1939.
The two young, prospering companies first combined efforts in 1958 when they pooled their buying efforts and storage facilities. On February 1, 1960, Harris Super Markets and Teeter's Food Marts officially merged to form Harris Teeter Super Markets, Inc. There were already 15 stores in operation. The first "Harris Teeter" store to open under the new banner was in Kannapolis, NC.
Within three years after the merger, 25 stores were in operation. A new, larger warehouse with office facilities was opened. Harris Teeter further expanded its marketing area by purchasing five supermarkets from Tilman's Grocery of Shelby, NC, and two independent grocery stores, one in Charlotte and one in Gastonia.
In 1969, Harris Teeter was purchased by the Ruddick Corporation of Charlotte, NC, a holding company traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
Mergers
In 1984, Food World, a successful supermarket chain headquartered in Greensboro, NC, was purchased by Ruddick and merged with Harris Teeter. Food World was started in 1917 by George E. Hutchens of High Point, NC. Food World's market covered much of central North Carolina and parts of Virginia. The merger increased Harris Teeter's coverage to four states and 7,000 associates, making it the second largest food chain in the Carolinas. Food World added 52 stores, a distribution center and nearly 3,000 associates to Harris Teeter.
In 1988, Harris Teeter purchased 52 super-markets operating under the Big Star name and a warehouse from the Grand Union Company. In 1990, Harris Teeter acquired Borden Dairy Plant which, in conjunction with Harris Teeter's Hunter Dairy, greatly increased dairy product production. Harris Teeter also purchased a 97,000 square-foot building in Matthews, NC, and moved its corporate offices to that location. In 1993, Harris Teeter purchased five South Carolina Bruno stores. This acquisition substantially increased Harris Teeter's share in this growing market.
Distribution Centers
A 550,000 square-foot non-perishable distribution and transportation facility is located in Greensboro, NC, along with a 139,000 square-foot freezer operation that opened in March 1991. Perishable products are handled at a 300,000 square-foot distribution facility 12 miles east of Charlotte at Indian Trail, NC.
Recently, a new perishable facility was completed in Greensboro and a non-perishable facility was added at the Indian Trail location.
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