Burke County, North Carolina, Grocery Stores (Morganton, Lenoir: 2013, home, neighborhood)

[Carolina Knight]

This is a list of grocery retailers in varying segments located in Burke County, North Carolina, as of February 2017:

Supermarket

• BI-LO (1 store): Morganton
• Food Lion (6 stores): Hildebran, Morganton (4 stores), Valdese
• Ingle's (2 stores): Morganton
• Walmart Neighborhood Market (1 store): Morganton

Hypermarket
Walmart Supercenter (1 store): Morganton

Specialty organic/gourmet grocery
Food Matters (1 store): Morganton

Limited assortment/discount grocery
Aldi (1 store): Morganton

Former grocery participants in Burke County include supermarkets Winn-Dixie (exited in 2005 with one store remaining in Morganton), Harris Teeter (exited in 2012 with one store remaining in Morganton), and Lowe's Foods (exited in 2013 with one store in Morganton).

[dhanu86]

People in Morganton love to eat.

[Carolina Knight]

Walmart Supercenter, Walmart Neighborhood Market, and Food Matters have opened in Morganton in the past five years. Aldi has been around for at least ten years.

I wonder if there could be further changes in grocery participants in Morganton as supermarket Publix and limited assortment/discount grocer Lidl expand across North Carolina and supermarket BI-LO closes stores or converts stores to Harvey's Supermarket.

[Carolina Knight]

I noticed Ingle's had a store, store 10, at 305 West Meeting Street, Morganton, North Carolina 28655-3866. Burke Mission Station currently occupies and owns the building.

I wonder if Ingle's #10 was replaced by store 129, Magnolia Plaza, 1227 Burkemont Avenue, Morganton, North Carolina 28655-4541, in the 1980's.

[dhanu86]

There's a new store where the old walmart use to be, it appears to be an outdoorsy/sports store.

[Carolina Knight]

A retailer is opening in the former Walmart #1060 at Magnolia Plaza. It is not a sports and outdoors store. I though the former Walmart #1060 would be the location of a new Ingle's #129.

[dhanu86]

Maybe it's like Magic Mart which closed down in Lenoir.

[Carolina Knight]

It would be farm and home retailer Rural King opening its first store in North Carolina.

[Carolina Knight]

BI-LO ix exiting Burke County.

BI-LO #5437, 1555 East Union Street, Morganton, North Carolina 28655-5326, is among ninety-four BI-LO, Fresco y Más, Harvey's Supermarket, and Winn-Dixie stores Southeastern Grocers announced to close on Thursday, 15 March. ("Restructuring." Southeastern Grocers.)

[Carolina Knight]

This is a list of grocery retailers in varying segments located in Burke County, North Carolina, through Sunday, 18 March 2018:

Supermarket

• BI-LO (1 store): Morganton
• Food Lion (6 stores): Hildebran, Morganton (4 stores), Valdese
• Ingle's (1 store): Morganton
• Walmart Neighborhood Market (1 store): Morganton

Hypermarket

• Walmart Supercenter (1 store): Morganton

Specialty organic/gourmet grocery

• Food Matters (1 store): Morganton

Limited assortment/discount grocery

• Aldi (1 store): Morganton