Charlotte NC grocery stores: New additions, expansions

Charlotte’s grocery scene is transforming in 2025 with several notable new projects. Three Sisters Market, a cooperative store, has bought land near West Boulevard and will be serving a community that has lacked a supermarket for over 30 years. Publix and Sprouts Farmers Market are expanding with new stores, joining the fierce competition led by chains like Food Lion and Harris Teeter. Wegmans is also entering the market with a large Ballantyne location after years of planning.

In West Charlotte and Matthews, community-led developments and anticipated specialty stores, such as the co-op at West End and a possible Trader Joe’s, offer fresh options in underserved neighborhoods.

Wegmans grocery store has four locations in the Triangle, including Raleigh, Cary, Chapel Hill and Wake Forest. By Juli Leonard

NO. 1: WHY IT TOOK WEGMANS 7 YEARS TO MOVE INTO CHARLOTTE, AND WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

The popular New York-based grocer expects to break ground next year at its site in Ballantyne. | Published April 17, 2024 | Read Full Story by Catherine Muccigrosso

The Historic West End Partners also commissioned work from T’Afo Feimster, the curator for the LATIBAH Collard Green Museum. By Alex Cason Photography

NO. 2: CHARLOTTE NONPROFIT BUYS WEST END PROPERTY FOR $1.25M AS PART OF LARGER DEVELOPMENT PLAN

Buying the old Church’s Chicken is part of the group’s work to fill service and amenity gaps in one of the city’s oldest Black neighborhoods. | Published March 21, 2025 | Read Full Story by Catherine Muccigrosso

Guy Cousins, board member of West Boulevard Coalition, and Janiqua Jackson, general manager for the coalition’s Three Sisters Market, stand Dec. 15, 2023, on the future site of the co-op grocery store. The West Boulevard corridor has been without a supermarket for 30 years.

NO. 3: WEST CHARLOTTE GROCERY DESERT MOVES CLOSER TO GETTING A STORE. WHAT COMES NEXT?

The area has lacked a full-service supermarket since the 1990s. “The dream we’re selling is community inclusiveness.” | Published December 21, 2023 | Read Full Story by Catherine Muccigrosso

Matthews Board of Commissioners approved elevation changes for a neighborhood grocery store at Matthews Gateway project. The sketch plan shows signage font similar to Trader Joe’s. By LAT Purser & Associates

NO. 4: IS MATTHEWS ABOUT TO LAND ITS FIRST TRADER JOE’S? ALL SIGNS ARE POINTING THAT WAY

Development sketch plans shows a “very particular” font like the one the grocer uses. The town approved plans for the project this week. | Published July 9, 2024 | Read Full Story by Catherine Muccigrosso

Publix Super Market to open a 55,477-square-foot grocery at 11525 Carmel Commons Blvd. in Charlotte.

NO. 5: PUBLIX GROCERY SETS ITS LATEST EXPANSION WITH NEW SOUTH CHARLOTTE STORE OPENING

The Florida supermarket chain has a couple dozen stores in the region since opening its first store in Ballantyne in 2014. | Published February 19, 2025 | Read Full Story by Catherine Muccigrosso

This street corner, the intersection of Kohler and Statesville avenues near Camp North End, will be the site of a new grocery store in what’s currently a food desert.

NO. 6: MECKLENBURG WILL FRONT $1.5M FOR GROCERY STORE IN NORTH CHARLOTTE FOOD DESERT

The grocery store location would be a short walk from Camp North End. | Published June 13, 2024 | Read Full Story by Luke Fountain

A groundbreaking in Fort Mill on Tuesday will lead to construction at Catawba Ridge Market. That shopping center, plus another in Lake Wylie, will be anchored by new Harris Teeter grocery stores. By John Marks

NO. 7: FINALLY, FORT MILL’S NEWEST HARRIS TEETER BREAKS GROUND. HERE’S WHAT TO EXPECT

The movement in Fort Mill means a new Harris Teeter in Lake Wylie is coming, too. | Published April 30, 2025 | Read Full Story by John Marks

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