Catherine Carlock Reporter- The Business Journal Email | Twitter | Google+ | LinkedIn The announcement that Kroger Co. has made a $2.4 billion bid for Harris Teeter Supermarkets Inc. doesn’t mean that the bright-red bubble-letter Harris Teeter signs in front of 20 Triad locations will be changing anytime soon. If the acquisition deal goes through, Harris Teeter (NYSE: HTSI) will maintain its banner and operate as a subsidiary as Kroger. That means that Harris Teeter’s 212 stores — 138 of which are in North Carolina — would stay open under the same name. The same goes for the Harris Teeter distribution center in Greensboro that spans nearly 1.5 million square...
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