Lowes Foods

Lowes Foods
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryRetail
Founded1954 (1954) in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
FounderJim Lowe
Headquarters,
Number of locations
85 Stores (2024)
Area served
South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia
Key people
Tim Lowe (CEO)
ProductsGrocery, deli, bakery, meat, seafood, produce, dairy, floral
Revenue $1.6 billion (2007)
Number of employees
14,500 (2024)
ParentAlex Lee Inc.
Subsidiaries>KJ's Market
IGA Southeast
Websitewww.lowesfoods.com

Lowes Foods is an American supermarket chain based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The chain initially grew in the mountains of North Carolina and rural areas of Virginia, but, starting in the late 1990s, it expanded in metropolitan areas of North Carolina and South Carolina.