Harris Teeter | Millsboro, DE

26370 Bay Farm Road

Welcome to the Millsboro Harris Teeter!

Last week, we toured a one-word store in a two-word town. This week, we're touring a two-word store in a one-word town! The Harris Teeter in Millsboro opened in May 2008 as the second Delaware location of the chain. The store is unchanged inside and out from when it first opened, so let's take a look!

Obviously, the previous logo is still seen all throughout the store.

We enter to the right into the Farmers Market department, with produce and packaged fruits and melons. I really love the murals seen throughout the various departments, including here in produce.

Deli and bakery encompass the Fresh Foods Market on the right side of the store. A photo of this area from shortly after the store first opened can be seen here.

Bread, international cheeses, and floral are across from the main service departments on the right side of the store.

Service meat and the Fisherman's Market are in the back corner past the bakery.

Packaged meats are up next on the back wall. The meat department, known as Harris Teeter Rancher, was the first to be renamed in 2002 during Harris Teeter's attempt to provide a more unique shopping experience with special branded departments.

Looking down aisle 5 towards Breakfast & Luncheon Meats.

And a close up of one of the very intricately-detailed aisle markers.

While Harris Teeter does carry some brands from its parent company Kroger, their house brand is still Harris Teeter and even comes from their warehouses. I'm assuming this is because Kroger wants to differentiate Harris Teeter from themselves as they operate in some of the same areas.

Dairy takes up the rest of the back wall. I love the milk signage. While Harris Teeter's new decor looks nice, too, it definitely lacks the character this look has.

Frozen foods and a ton of Harris Teeter-branded coolers are in the last aisle. I wonder how old that ice cream photo is.

Health and beauty aids are located in the front half of some of the aisles on the left side of the store. This location does not have a pharmacy.

Books and magazines are in their own designated alcove on the front wall across from health and beauty.

A look at the checkout lanes. Harris Teeter has the strangest register configuration I've ever seen. You get in line behind the cashier, and when it's your turn, you give them your cart and then squeeze through the gap in between the register displays and the actual counter while they take your items out of the cart and bag them themselves. No conveyor belt here.

Customer service is across from the checkout lanes.

There was this fenced-in area just past the entrance/exit, which I'm assuming used to be a coffee shop judging by the signage but is now empty space.

Other Images of Interest

Street View Images

2015

Only one Street View picture for this store, which shows that it's had essentially zero remodeling since opening.

Nearby competition

0.7 miles away: Giant of Millsboro

Up the street is the Millsboro Giant, which opened back in the mid 2000's. This is a pretty standard Ahold-era Giant, and looks just like a Stop & Shop from the time.

1 mile away: Weis of Millsboro

The Millsboro Weis is exactly one mile away from Harris Teeter. This store was one of four former Food Lions in Delaware to be acquired by Weis in 2016 during the Ahold-Delhaize merger. I took this picture last summer, but the store looks the same today.

That's all for today's post. What did you think of this Harris Teeter? This store really felt like a ShopRite to me for some reason. It was definitely a nice store though. I'm also glad to be able to present a Harris Teeter, or even a Kroger-owned store in general, to the blog, considering there are not many in this area. Remember to check out my Flickr to see all the retail I saw during my time in Delaware. Next week, we're headed back to New Jersey to tour an Acme. See you then! Thank you for shopping The Retail Connection: In Food with Love.