Harris Teeter, North Carolina Grocery Store, Gives Customers Free Groceries After Tech Glitch

Shoppers Get Free Groceries After Computers Go Down

For one local grocery store, the customer is definitely king.

A Harris Teeter store in Charlotte, NC, gave about 70 customers free groceries on Sunday after a computer glitch left cash registers out of commission for about an hour and a half, according to a the Charlotte Observer.

Customers -- who waited up to 40 minutes in line because of the tech hiccup -- were also treated to free sandwich samples, pimento cheese crackers and sushi rolls.

David Coburn, a local customer, received about $110 of groceries free of charge. "I think Harris Teeter handled it really well," Coburn told the Observer.

Customer satisfaction will be especially important for the local chain with Publix, a Florida-based supermarket, set to move into the area in coming months.

Back in June, Priss, a German supermarket, gave over 200 customers free groceries -- but not because of a computer glitch. The store, located on the German-Danish border, promised shoppers a basket full of free groceries worth 270 euros if they came entirely nude.

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