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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000315066-14-002213
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	SC 13G
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20140214
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20140214

SUBJECT COMPANY:	

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HARRIS TEETER SUPERMARKETS, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000085704
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-GROCERY STORES [5411]
		IRS NUMBER:				560905940
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NC
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 13G
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	005-30437
		FILM NUMBER:		14609868

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		701 CRESTDALE ROAD
		CITY:			MATTHEWS
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			28105
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7043725404

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		701 CRESTDALE ROAD
		CITY:			MATTHEWS
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			28105

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	RUDDICK CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

FILED BY:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FMR LLC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000315066
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000]
		IRS NUMBER:				061209781
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 13G

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		245 SUMMER STREET
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02210
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6175706339

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		245 SUMMER STREET
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02210

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FMR CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920717
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SCHEDULE 13G

Amendment No. 0
HARRIS TEETER SUPERMARKETS INC
Common Stock
Cusip #414585109


Cusip #414585109
Item 1:	Reporting Person - FMR LLC
Item 4:	Delaware
Item 5:	4,694,313
Item 6:	0
Item 7:	4,694,313
Item 8:	0
Item 9:	4,694,313
Item 11:	9.483%
Item 12:	    HC


Cusip #414585109
Item 1:	Reporting Person - Edward C. Johnson 3d
Item 4:	United States of America
Item 5:	0
Item 6:	0
Item 7:	4,694,313
Item 8:	0
Item 9:	4,694,313
Item 11:	9.483%
Item 12:	IN


	SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN
STATEMENTS
	FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b)


Item 1(a).	Name of Issuer:

		HARRIS TEETER SUPERMARKETS
INC

Item 1(b).	Name of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:

		701 CRESTDALE ROAD
		MATTHEWS, NC  28105


Item 2(a).	Name of Person Filing:

		FMR LLC

Item 2(b).	Address or Principal Business Office or, if None,
Residence:

		245 Summer Street, Boston,
Massachusetts  02210

Item 2(c).	Citizenship:

		Not applicable

Item 2(d).	Title of Class of Securities:

		Common Stock

Item 2(e).	CUSIP Number:

		414585109

Item 3.	This statement is filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b)
and the person filing, FMR LLC, is a parent holding company
in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(ii)(G).  (Note:  See
Item 7).

Item 4.	Ownership

	(a)	Amount Beneficially Owned:	4,694,313

	(b)	Percent of Class:	9.483%

	(c)	Number of shares as to which such
person has:

	(i)	sole power to vote or to direct
the vote:	4,694,313

	(ii)	shared power to vote or to
direct the vote:	0

	(iii)	sole power to dispose or to
direct the disposition of:	4,694,313

	(iv)	shared power to dispose or to
direct the disposition of:	0


Item 5.	Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.

	Not applicable.

Item 6.	Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another
Person.

	Various persons have the right to receive or the power to
direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the
sale of, the Common Stock of HARRIS TEETER
SUPERMARKETS INC.  No one person's interest in the
Common Stock of HARRIS TEETER SUPERMARKETS
INC is more than five percent of the total outstanding
Common Stock.

Item 7.	Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which
Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent
Holding Company.

	See attached Exhibit A.

Item 8.	Identification and Classification of Members of
the Group.

	Not applicable.  See attached Exhibit A.

Item 9.	Notice of Dissolution of Group.

	Not applicable.

Item 10.	Certification.

	By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge
and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in the
ordinary course of business and were not acquired for the
purpose of and do not have the effect of changing or
influencing the control of the issuer of such securities and
were not acquired in connection with or as a participant in any
transaction having such purpose or effect.

Signature

	After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and
belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement
is true, complete and correct.

February 13, 2014
Date

 /s/ Scott C. Goebel
Signature

Scott C. Goebel
Duly authorized under Power of Attorney
effective as of June 1, 2008 by and on behalf of FMR LLC
and its direct and indirect  subsidiaries


	SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN
STATEMENTS
	FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b)


	Pyramis Global Advisors, LLC ("PGALLC"), 900
Salem Street, Smithfield, Rhode Island, 02917, an indirect
wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR LLC and an investment
adviser registered under Section 203 of the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940, is the beneficial owner of 4,694,313
shares or 9.483% of the outstanding Common Stock of
HARRIS TEETER SUPERMARKETS INC as a result of its
serving as investment adviser to institutional accounts, non-
U.S. mutual funds, or investment companies registered under
Section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 owning
such shares.

	Edward C. Johnson 3d and FMR LLC, through its
control of PGALLC, each has sole dispositive power over
4,694,313 shares and sole power to vote or to direct the voting
of 4,694,313 shares of Common Stock owned by the
institutional accounts or funds advised by PGALLC as
reported above.

	Members of the family of Edward C. Johnson 3d,
Chairman of FMR LLC, are the predominant owners, directly
or through trusts, of Series B voting common shares of FMR
LLC, representing 49% of the voting power of FMR LLC.
The Johnson family group and all other Series B shareholders
have entered into a shareholders' voting agreement under
which all Series B voting common shares will be voted in
accordance with the majority vote of Series B voting common
shares.  Accordingly, through their ownership of voting
common shares and the execution of the shareholders' voting
agreement, members of the Johnson family may be deemed,
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, to form a
controlling group with respect to FMR LLC.


	SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN
STATEMENTS
	FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b)
	RULE 13d-1(f)(1)  AGREEMENT

	The undersigned persons, on February 13, 2014, agree
and consent to the joint filing on their behalf of this Schedule
13G in connection with their beneficial ownership of the
Common Stock of HARRIS TEETER SUPERMARKETS
INC at December 31, 2013.

	FMR LLC

	By /s/ Scott C. Goebel
	Scott C. Goebel
	Duly authorized under Power of Attorney effective as
of June 1, 2008, by and on behalf of FMR LLC and its direct
and indirect subsidiaries

	Edward C. Johnson 3d

	By /s/ Scott C. Goebel
	Scott C. Goebel
	Duly authorized under Power of Attorney effective as
of June 1, 2008, by and on behalf of Edward C. Johnson 3d

	Pyramis Global Advisors, LLC

By /s/ Jennifer A. Jaslowich
	Jennifer A. Jaslowich
	Duly authorized under Power of Attorney
	dated March 28, 2013, by Douglas R. Moore
	Chief Financial Officer


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