Publix grocery sets its latest expansion with new south Charlotte store opening
Publix supermarket is expanding in the region again, this time in south Charlotte.
The 55,477-square-foot grocery store at 11525 Carmel Commons Blvd. will open at 7 a.m. March 12, the Lakeland, Florida-based chain said Tuesday. The store will hire about 150 full- and part-time employees.
The Publix expansion is the latest move in the fierce $10.2 billion competition for the Charlotte market. According to sales tracking firm Chain Store Guide, Publix ranks fourth by market share behind retail giant Walmart, Matthews-based Harris Teeter and Salisbury-based Food Lion, respectively.
There are 745 grocery stores in the region, up from 722 in 2020, according to the guide.
Publix expansion in the Charlotte market
Publix opened its first North Carolina store in Ballantyne in 2014.
The Quail Commons store will be the 24th store for Publix in the Charlotte market, following the October debut of the over 50,000-square-foot store at 1254 Coddle Creek Highway in Mooresville.
Publix is planning to open at least six more stores in the Charlotte region:
▪ A 50,325-square-foot grocery store in Wesley Chapel will open on the southeast corner of Weddington and Waxhaw Indian Trail roads in Union County.
▪ The Arboretum store at Providence and Pineville-Matthews roads construction is underway.
▪ A 28,000-square-foot store at the 10 Tryon building on the northwest corner of Tryon and Ninth streets in uptown is planned.
▪ Clear Creek Crossings development on the corner of Albemarle and Rocky River Church roads.
▪ A 68,000-square-foot store at the corner of Sharon and Colony roads in South Park.
Other grocery stores are opening
Just last month, Food Lion opened a store at 155 Crosstie Lane in Troutman, about 35 miles north of uptown Charlotte in Iredell County.
The grocer has 103 stores, according to the Chain Store Guide. The company has opened three in the Charlotte area since 2022 at 2201 West W. T. Harris Blvd. and 5939 Weddington Road in Charlotte and 11745 Statesville Blvd. in Cleveland.
Several other grocery stores are planning to open in the Charlotte market, including:
▪ Sprouts Farmers Market will open a 21,000-square-foot store in the summer at the One NoDa Park development on the corner of 36th and Tryon streets in Charlotte. It will be the third location for the Phoenix-based grocer, which opened a store in Steele Creek in fall 2023 and also has a store in Ballantyne.
▪ The West Boulevard Coalition is opening Charlotte’s first cooperative grocery store, Three Sisters Market. The full-service grocery store will debut in an area that has been without a traditional supermarket for over 30 years. It’s expected to open this year.
▪ Last July, Matthews Board of Commissioners approved changes to a grocery store plan with illustration signage similar to Trader Joe’s in a 13,5000-square-foot building at Matthews Gateway on East John Street.
▪ Last May, Mecklenburg County commissioners OK’d $1.5 million for California-based grocer Spangler’s to build an 8,000-square-foot store at Kohler and Statesville avenues, north of uptown.
▪ In 2026, Rochester, N.Y.-based Wegmans will make its Charlotte debut with a 110,000-square-foot grocery store on the east side of Ballantyne in south Charlotte.
This story was originally published February 19, 2025 at 10:04 AM with the headline "Publix grocery sets its latest expansion with new south Charlotte store opening."