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Locally Focused Lowes Foods Opens in Cary, N.C.
New store features foods-to-go area, pick-your-own herbs. The Carolinas-based grocer opened its newest store at 687 Mills Park Drive in Cary, N.C., on March 24.
Jennifer Strailey
March 24, 2021
3 Min Read
Photograph courtesy of Lowes Foods
Lowes Foods, a Carolinas-based grocer, opened its newest store, located at 687 Mills Park Drive in Cary, N.C., on March 24. The new store includes “Lowes Foods Originals” venues, such as Cary’s first Boxcar Coffee along with The Beer Den, Pick & Prep, The Chicken Kitchen, The Cakery and more.
“Like all our Lowes Foods stores, our Cary store is very focused on supporting all things local,” said Lowes Foods President Tim Lowe in a statement. “Our commitment to local includes offering produce sourced through our partnerships with more than 200 farmers from the Carolinas and featuring a wide assortment of unique local products found throughout the store.”
The opening comes just days after Wegmans Food Markets pulled the plug on a highly anticipated proposed store in Cary, saying that its two existing stores in the area—each bolstered by a wider reach from online ordering and delivery—allowed the chain to plan a different path to growth.
The new Lowes store is ready for the surge in online ordering and curbside pickup with its Lowes Foods-To-Go area for shoppers who wish to order online and pull up to the store to get their groceries.
In addition to a wide selection of organic and prepared foods, the new Lowes Foods Originals in the Cary store include:
Boxcar Coffee, an in-store roaster where green beans are custom roasted on-site. Guests can enjoy a hand-crafted coffee while they shop.
The Beer Den, which offers a varied selection of local crafts and drafts, including seasonal offerings of unique beers, special events, tap takeovers and growler fills on-site. In addition, guests can “sip and shop” with a pint of beer or a cup of wine.
Lowes' Smokehouse, offering a daily rotation of wood-smoked meats—including beef, pork, chicken and salmon—using a variety of woods to infuse flavor. Shoppers can pick them up ready to eat or ready to take home and heat.
Sammy’s menu includes signature sandwiches that feature ingredients from Lowes Foods Originals such as SausageWorks, Chicken Kitchen and Smokehouse. There are also create-your-own sandwiches, pizzas and paninis that can be heated and ready to eat in just 90 seconds.
Bread Crumb brings the bakery experience to life by featuring fresh-baked artisanal breads that are hand-crafted, all-natural and have no preservatives. Lowes Foods’ signature Cobblestone breads are baked using fresh ingredients throughout the day.
The Cakery invites shoppers to watch the assembly and icing of square cakes in a range of sizes. Each is topped with icing made fresh in-store with real cream and real butter.
The Chicken Kitchen includes a variety of prepared chicken that is fresh and never frozen, locally sourced and is raised with “no antibiotics ever.” When hot chicken comes out of the rotisserie oven, the animated chicken chandelier signals the start of Lowes Foods’ special chicken celebration, including a unique version of the “chicken dance.”
Pick & Prep offers shoppers help by cutting prep time in the kitchen. Pick & Prep chefs cut, slice, dice, mince and cube fruits and vegetables the way customers want and while they shop. Pick & Prep also offers an array of packaged, grab-and-go fruits and veggies that are cut fresh throughout the day.
And for a local farm fresh experience, the Cary store features a “pick your own herbs” section where store guests can clip a fresh sprig of rosemary, thyme and other herbs for recipes that call for just a pinch.
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