Winston-Salem based Lowes Foods, a grocer with stores throughout North and South Carolina, will open a new concept store in Huntersville, North Carolina, this Friday.
At 25,000 square feet, the store is a smaller footprint than a traditional Lowes Foods store but will provide a complete shopping experience, plus a number of special features not found in typical Lowes Foods stores.
“Our new Huntersville store is like a food hall that will also serve as a community hub for morning coffee, family dinner on the go, beer with a friend, picking up groceries curbside, or a complete grocery shopping experience,” Lowes Foods' President Tim Lowe said, in a statement.
“We call this the Swiss Army Knife of grocery stores. We’ll have a tool for what you need to do. You want something to do with the kids? We will have events for them. Trying to eat healthy? We will prep all of the fruits and vegetables for you. Need something quick for breakfast or lunch? We have an expanded menu of things you can drive by and pick up. You need to plan the book club meeting? Have it at our place. We’ll set up the cheese board, pour the wine, and have a floral centerpiece. And you won’t have to clean up.”
New features at the Huntersville store include a second-floor mezzanine, which is available for booking events like birthday parties, book clubs, team celebrations, group meetings, or simply as a place to eat or enjoy a beverage. There also will be planned events in the upper and lower mezzanine areas, such as floral arranging classes, trivia nights, board game tournaments, and beer and wine tastings.
Just a few of the Lowes Foods Originals departments in the new Huntersville store will be:
• The Beer Den, offering local and varied crafts and drafts.
• Sammy’s, the place to order a made-to-order sandwich or salad for a quick breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
• Smokehouse, which will offer a daily rotation of wood-smoked meats—including beef, pork, chicken, and salmon— using a variety of woods to infuse flavor.
• High Tide Fish Market, featuring an expanded seafood selection with an emphasis on local sourcing.
• The Cakery, a whimsical bakery that features “Scrumptiouslyumptiously” delicious square cakes in all sizes that are assembled before your eyes, topped with icing made fresh in-store with real cream and real butter.
The Huntersville store also includes a new frictionless shopping app called Scan*Pay*Go. Guests will be able to scan items as they shop and then check out at specially marked kiosks as they leave. This app is in addition to the Lowes Foods to Go app that will allow guest to order all of their groceries for curbside pickup or delivery.
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