Spartanburg, South Carolina supermarkets and grocery stores (Columbia, Wade Hampton: organic, club)

[Carolina Knight]

Correction: Dollar General Market's lone Spartanburg County store is in Pacolet, not Cowpens.

Cowpens is a grocery desert.

[vistatiger]

Originally Posted by tylerSC

I wonder if they will consider a Harris Teeter for Spartanburg as they prepare to re-enter the Upstate with 2 stores in Greenville? Looks like they would seek to infill the region. I know of one nice Publix in Spartanburg, and another in Duncan. So there may be room for another competitor in the upscale sector.

Originally Posted by Carolina Knight

Harris Teeter had a 14-year run in Spartanburg. I do not know if its return to Greenville may open opportunities to return to Spartanburg. I do not know if Kroger would like to enter Spartanburg through Harris Teeter, through Kroger Marketplace hypermarket stores in the Kroger Atlanta division, or through the acquisition of an existing supermarket participant with store count, market share, and concentration in food, pharmacy and fuel.

Publix should have more than two stores in Spartanburg County. I think a Publix store is planned at Northpointe Village in Boiling Springs.

I would imagine if Harris Teeter returns to Spartanburg it would be in the East Main/Converse/Hillcrest area. Is BI-LO still in that old store near Hillcrest?

[AginGreer]

Originally Posted by Carolina Knight

Correction: Dollar General Market's lone Spartanburg County store is in Pacolet, not Cowpens.

Cowpens is a grocery desert.

The Dollar General on 14 across from Pelham Medical Center is in Spartanburg County. Would have been nice if it was a legitimate grocery or drugstore.

[vistatiger]

Originally Posted by AginGreer

The Dollar General on 14 across from Pelham Medical Center is in Spartanburg County. Would have been nice if it was a legitimate grocery or drugstore.

That's not a DG "Market" store on 14 is it? It's just a regular Dollar General. There are a ton of those ugly pre-fab looking buildings with trash usually all over the parking lots in Spartanburg county as well as Greenville.

[Carolina Knight]

I have heard speculation supermarket Publix may have signed a lease for a store location in Boiling Springs. I do not know which location in Boiling Springs was specified. Possible locations I am aware of are the former BI-LO #5113, Cypress Shopping Center, 3720 Boiling Springs Road, Boiling Springs, South Carolina 29316-5716; The Commons at Turtle Creek at the southwest quadrant of Highway 9 and Clark Road; or the Spartanburg School District Two property at the southwest quadrant of Highway 9 and Old Furnace Road.

[Carolina Knight]

Store count for grocery participants in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, through Saturday, 28 April 2018:

Supermarket

• BI-LO (9 stores): Chesnee, Greer, Inman, Landrum, Lyman, Spartanburg (3 stores), Woodruff
• Food Lion (4 stores): Lyman, Roebuck, Spartanburg, Woodruff
• Ingle's (9 stores): Boiling Springs (2 stores), Duncan, Inman, Landrum, Spartanburg (4 stores)
• Publix (2 stores): Duncan, Spartanburg
• Walmart Neighborhood Market (1 store): Spartanburg

Hypermarket

• Walmart Supecenter (4 stores): Boiling Springs, Greer, Spartanburg (2 stores)

Wholesale club

• Costco (1 store): Spartanburg
• Sam's Club (1 store): Spartanburg

Limited assortment/discount grocery

• Aldi (3 stores): Boiling Springs, Spartanburg (2 stores)
• Dollar General Market (1 store): Pacolet
• Lidl (2 stores): Spartanburg
• Save-A-Lot (1 store): Spartanburg

Specialty organic/gourmet grocery

• The Fresh Market (1 store): Spartanburg

[Carolina Knight]

Store count for grocery participants in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, as of Tuesday, 26 March 2019:

Supermarket

• BI-LO (7 stores): Chesnee, Inman, Landrum, Lyman, Spartanburg (2 stores), Woodruff
• Food Lion (4 stores): Lyman, Roebuck, Spartanburg, Woodruff
• Ingle's (9 stores): Boiling Springs (2 stores), Duncan, Inman, Landrum, Spartanburg (4 stores)
• Publix (2 stores): Duncan, Spartanburg
• Walmart Neighborhood Market (1 store): Spartanburg

Hypermarket

• Walmart Supercenter (4 stores): Boiling Springs, Greer, Spartanburg (2 stores)

Wholesale club

• Costco (1 store): Spartanburg
• Sam's Club (1 store): Spartanburg

Limited assortment/discount grocery

• Aldi (3 stores): Boiling Springs, Spartanburg (2 stores)
• Dollar General Market (1 store): Pacolet
• Lidl (2 stores): Spartanburg
• Save-A-Lot (1 store): Spartanburg

Specialty organic/gourmet grocery

• The Fresh Market (1 store): Spartanburg

[vistatiger]

Is Publix adding a Boiling Springs store? I didn't realize their store count is so low in Spartanburg county (just 2 stores currently).

[Carolina Knight]

I have heard speculation Publix will open a store at the proposed mixed-use development at Boiling Springs Road, Double Bridge Road, and Old Furnace Road. A partner in the development has developed and manages Publix-anchored retail centers.

Publix's store count in Spartanburg County is low indeed. That can change when Publix is ready to proceed with additional stores.

[vistatiger]

Neighborhood Market with just 1 store is not participating much either in Spartanburg. I wonder if NM is really making money for Walmart. I saw online where they are closing some of them quietly this year. One in Columbia is closing. Walmart seems to do the Supercenter best IMO and I would think with more categories/departments they get more sales there for the overhead.