Harris Teeter has boosted employees’ hourly pay for much of April to ensure they have access to additional cash during the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, outbreak. The Matthews-based grocer, a subsidiary of The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR), says it will pay a “hero” bonus of $2 per hour for hourly employees in its stores, distribution centers, dairy manufacturing facility and corporate offices. That will be applied to all hours worked through April 21. “Our valued associates are true heroes,…