CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Harris Teeter is in the process of acquiring several Lowes Foods stores.

The Matthews based company announced that it is buying 10 Lowes Food stores in our area including 3 in Charlotte.

Harris Teeter paid 26.5 Million for the deal. In the agreement Lowes Foods gets 6 Harris Teeter locations in Western North Carolina.

The Lowes Foods stores that Harris Teeter will acquire include one store in Mint Hill, N.C.; one store in Fort Mill, S.C.; one store in Weddington, N.C.; three stores in Charlotte, N.C.; one store in Davidson, N.C.; one store in Cornelius, N.C.; one store in Huntersville, N.C.; and one store in Wesley Chapel, N.C.

The Harris Teeter stores that Lowes Foods will acquire include one in Asheville, N.C.; two in Gastonia, N.C.; one in Hickory, N.C.; one in Morganton, N.C.; and one in Shelby, N.C.