Last updated on 30 April 2025.
Charlotte has a long and interesting chain supermarket history that includes such national names as A&P and Kroger, and also regional players such as Food Lion, Colonial Stores/Big Star, Bi-Lo, and Harris-Teeter. Charlotte was also home to the one of the first Super Kmart prototypes and to one of the first enclosed malls in the southeast.
This section also includes material and location lists related to suburbs and town within a forty-mile radius of Charlotte.
In this section
- Charlotte Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1916-2011
- Kannapolis Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1940-2020
- Gastonia Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1924-2000
- Concord (North Carolina) Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1936-2000
- Charlotte Chain Grocery History Overview
- Charlotte Photo Gallery