YADKINVILLE, NC (LOOTPRESS) – Lowes Foods, a Carolinas based grocer, is opening a fifth store in the Charleston market in Summerville, South Carolina. The Summerville store will be 50,887 sq. ft. and will anchor a new retail center between two large Berkeley County residential developments. The new Lowes Foods store, scheduled to open in 2025, is on the northeast side of the 5,000-acre Nexton community.
In addition, Lowes Foods has acquired Foothills IGA Market in Marble Hill, Georgia. This will be the brand’s first store in Georgia. The store will continue to operate as an IGA for the next few months and will become a Lowes Foods store sometime in early 2024.
Along with the expansion, Lowes Foods will be making the difficult decision to close two stores. Food Country purchased the location in Stuart, Virginia at the end of September. The store in Yadkinville, North Carolina will be closing at the end of this month. Employees in the Yadkinville store are being given opportunities in other Lowes Foods.
“Lowes Foods is deeply committed to providing an exceptional shopping experience for our guests at all our store locations,” Tim Lowe, Head of Retail, Alex Lee and President, Lowes Foods said. “Our coming stores in Summerville and Georgia will be important areas of growth for our company, and we’re excited about our continuing expansion in those markets. We also are pleased that Food Country has agreed to work to retain our employees in Stuart as our store there becomes part of the Food Country brand.”
In addition to Summerville and Marble Hill, Lowes has previously announced new stores in Aiken, South Carolina and Kannapolis, Concord, Indian Land, and Winterville, North Carolina. A new store in Pittsboro, North Carolina opened in June of this year.