Would the McMillan Harris Teeter become a Krogers?

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I acknowledge that there are people who oppose the presence of a supermarket on the site altogether.

Jul 9, 2013, 2:56pm EDT

After Kroger merger, what will happen with the Harris Teeters planned for D.C. region?

Rebecca Cooper

Staff Reporter- Washington Business Journal

                                                 

Two big regional grocery chains made headlines this morning after Cincinnati-based The Kroger Co. said it plans to buyHarris Teeter Inc. for $2.4 billion. That merger got me wondering: What about all the Harris Teeter stores currently planned for the Washington region?

Although no one I talked to Tuesday would give specific plans for the Washington region, it appears the Harris Teeter stores that are in various planning phases here will remain Harris Teeter brands, and not open as Kroger stores. Harris Teeter will maintain its name in the merger, and that grocer will also maintain "our management teams and our new store growth plan," Harris Teeter spokeswoman Danna Jones said in an emailed statement.

Both companies have said that existing Harris Teeter stores will not change over to the Kroger name.

There are at least four confirmed Harris Teeter stores under construction in the region right now: one at The Yards Potomac Riverfront at 1212 Fourth St. SE, one at 8300 Wisconsin Ave. in Bethesda, one in Old Town Alexandria at 700 N. Asaph St. and one in Clarksburg Village in Montgomery County.

Harris Teeter is also reportedly in talks for three other developments in the District, one at 7820 Eastern Ave. NW, the McMillan Sand Filtration site and at Florida Avenue and Ninth Street NW, DC UrbanTurf has reported.