Carolinas-based grocer to open Lexington location

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Lowes Foods, a Carolinas-based grocer headquartered in Winston-Salem, has signed leases for two new stores.

One store will be in Lexington at the northeast corner of Platt Springs Road and South Lake Drive.

The other store will be in Waxhaw, North Carolina at the Southwest corner of Providence Road and Prescott Glenn Parkway. Construction and opening schedules have not been determined.

“We are entering a period of growth for Lowes Foods as we move into Georgia and continue to expand within our footprint in North and South Carolina,” Tim Lowe, head of retail, Alex Lee and president, Lowes Foods said in the release. “The Marble Hill store in Georgia is a former IGA and is now under construction.  It will likely be among the first of the new group of stores and will open this summer.

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The two new stores are in addition to the previously announced Lowes Foods stores coming to Aiken; Concord, North Carolina; Indian Land, South Carolina; Kannapolis, North Carolina; Marble Hill, Georgia; Summerville; and Winterville, North Carolina.

“Our growth in the Charlotte market is particularly exciting to us,” Lowe added. “We currently have three stores in the Charlotte market in Mooresville, Huntersville, and Harrisburg. With the four new stores, the number of Lowes Foods will become seven in the Charlotte market.  We look forward to serving store guests at all our new locations and showcasing Lowes Foods’ passion for the local community.”

Founded in 1954, Lowes Foods employs nearly 9,000 people and operates 81 full-service supermarkets in the Carolinas.