Lowes Foods to offer tickets in stores

WINSTON SALEM, N.C. Lowes Foods is partnering with Ticketmaster to open 58 Ticketmaster retail ticket center locations in Lowes Foods stores across the state of North Carolina, the companies announced today.

The partnership, according to reports, is the first of its kind for Lowes Foods. The first fifteen Lowes Foods Tickmaster locations are scheduled to open and begin selling tickets on Saturday, Dec. 15 with the remaining locations to follow early 2008.

"Having Ticketmaster outlets in our stores is another great way of providing added convenience for our customers," said Gary Watson, vp of business support for Lowes Foods. "Many of our customers enjoy going to events at local venues. This way, they can easily purchase tickets when they are at Lowes Foods without having to make an additional special trip."