200. 1  We all know why your engine needs oil and how important it is to change the oil in your car, but what happens when there's no oil in it at all? An internal combustion engine will run without oil for a little while, but then it'll quickly destroy itself, often in spectacular fashion.
Supermarket News ranked Harris Teeter No. 34 in the 2012 Top 75 Retailers & Wholesalers based on 2011 fiscal year sales of $4.3 billion. Based on 2005 revenue, Harris Teeter is the ninety-third largest retailer in the United States. On July 9, 2013, Harris Teeter announced that it was being acquired by The Kroger Company. The merger closed on January 28, 2014, though Harris Teeter retained its name, brand and headquarters in Matthews.
Harris Teeter ranked 17th out of 68 stores on Consumer Reportsâ most recent survey of the countryâs best supermarkets. Kroger, in contrast, was a middling 31st. And it shows â at least according to Tennessee Harris Teeter fans. Kroger may be a profitable, eminently successful supermarket chain â but beloved? Not quite. âThank you for selling us out and giving all of Nashville one giant middle finger,â one angry Nashville shopper wrote on Harris Teeterâs Facebook page.