The Avondale Harris Teeter is my neighborhood grocery store of choice. We have tons of options in the area, but Harris Teeter is my absolute favorite. Sometimes I tell myself to try other grocery chains because maybe they're cheaper, but when I go somewhere else it's either not cheaper or just not the quality I want in a grocery store. I've tried Publix a few times, sometimes it's cheaper and they have great brands and quality, but most of the time it's not any better (often their publix brand is more expensive than the HT Traders or Simply Organic) and it's a farther drive from my home.
I feel that Harris Teeter has a lot more promotional offers with their VIC card as well. I'm always saving a lot of money if I play my cards right. When they do
BOGO free I stock up on items I use often. For example they have these yummy chicken or turkey kielbasa, they're a healthier brand normally $5 per pack. When they do BOGO free I buy as many as I can and freeze them. I also like that you can get the BOGO Free price even if you just buy one, you don't have to buy two to get the discount. If you purchase one it will right up at 50% off. This is the case for all their other deals. 2/$5.00 each item rings as $2.50, so on and so forth.
The store is set up nicely, associates are friendly and helpful. I actually love the way this specific location is set up. I don't love all the layouts of Harris Teeter locations, Avondale is my favorite. Maybe I'm just biased because this is my neighborhood location but hey I'm a creature of habit. The produce section is right up front and easy to navigate with a cart. The bread/bakery/deli etc are after the produce, it flows nicely and makes total sense. They have a great international aisle as well. This location doesn't have as much brand variety in the international aisle as that new HT near TJMaxx, but I'd much rather go to this location because it's significantly less crowded. Maybe customers are going to the new HT location now, because the Avondale HT location is never overly crowded anymore I LOVE IT. The parking lot is so much easier to deal with too. I'm also a grandma and love coming here early on Saturday mornings when they haven't turned all the lights on yet and are still waxing the floors. It's such a pleasant shopping experience with barely any other customers around.
The one weird thing about HTs are the checkout setups. It's so weird to me that there is no belt. I've never experienced this at any other grocery chain. You drive your cart up and they unload from your cart. Yes it does remove a step of you unloading your cart, but it also makes it annoying if
You don't want a cart and just want carry your items as you shop. When you get to the checkout there's nowhere to set your items except the ground.
Maybe I'm crazy to admit this but HT makes me enjoy coming to the grocery store. I love my weekend trips to the neighborhood HT! read more