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1883
Arthur Hannaford takes a one-horse cart to the Portland, Maine, waterfront to sell high-quality produce.
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1902
Hannaford Bros. Co. is incorporated under the leadership of Arthur's brothers, Harold and Edward.
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1920
A leading produce wholesaler in northern New England, Hannaford relocates to a five-story, state-of-the-art warehouse on Cross Street in Portland.
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1929
We begin a long-standing partnership with United Way— in 2007 Hannaford associates raised and donated $1.8 million to the organization. |
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1939
With the purchase of H.S. Melcher Co., sponsor of Red & White stores in Maine, we expand into the wholesale grocery business. |
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1944
Hannaford ventures into retailing for the first time under a unique equity partnership arrangement with William T. Cottle.
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1955
Continuing our bold shift from wholesale to retail, we merge with T.R. Savage Co. to prepare for future retail expansion in northern Maine. |
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1960
We open a modern 200,000-square-foot warehouse in South Portland, Maine, to service more retail stores; Walter Whittier becomes president of the company. |
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1966
We expand our retail presence throughout Maine with the purchase of the 31-store Sampson's supermarket chain.
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1967
Hannaford purchases Progressive Distributors in Winthrop, Maine, a specialty foods distributor. |
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1971
Hannaford has 59 supermarkets in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont and 43 wholesale accounts; earnings top $1 million; the company goes public; Jim Moody is appointed president.
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1973
We open our first Wellby Drug Store. The Welby chain of stores is later sold to focus on adding pharmacy services to our existing supermarkets. |
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1980
We establish Hannaford Trucking Company. |
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1984
We open our first “combination” Super Shop 'n Save, adding pharmacy services to our supermarket format. Hugh Farrington is elected president of Hannaford Bros. Co.; Jim Moody is named chairman of the board and CEO. |
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1987
We expand into New York and Massachusetts for the first time; our sales reach $1 billion. |
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1990
Hannaford purchases Alexander's 11-store chain. |
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1992
Hugh Farrington becomes CEO; sales surpass $2 billion; Wellby Drug Store chain is sold. |
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1994
Hannaford acquires Wilson’s Supermarkets, with 20 stores in North Carolina and South Carolina; begins development of Strategic Information Process (SIP), an innovative, computer-based decision support system. |
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1995
We expand in the Southeastern U.S., purchasing six Farm Fresh stores and opening Hannaford Food & Drug Superstores in five new markets in North Carolina and Virginia; and we build a new 431,000-square-foot warehouse in Butner, N.C., a year later. |
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1996
We change our private-brand label from Shop 'n Save to Hannaford. |
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1997
Sales exceed $3 billion. Our name changes from Shop 'n Save to Hannaford throughout New York. |
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1999
Hannaford announces combination with Delhaize organization; we become part of a $14 billion global food retailer.
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2000
Deal to join Delhaize—soon to become the Delhaize Group—is completed, making Hannaford part of the fifth-largest food retailer in the United States with 1,400 stores from Maine to Florida. Ron Hodge becomes president and chief operating officer; Hugh Farrington remains CEO and is elected vice chairman of Delhaize in the United States. We open a new prototype store in Falmouth, Maine, and our first small-format 35,000-square-foot store in Milton, N.Y.
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2001
We purchase five Grand Union stores in New York; our name changes from Shop 'n Save to Hannaford in Portland, Maine, market; Ron Hodge becomes Hannaford CEO; Hugh Farrington is named Delhaize Group executive vice president and is elected to board of directors of Delhaize Group. |
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2002
Our name changes to Hannaford throughout Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont. |
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2003
Our company grows total sales by an impressive 7.3 percent over the previous year. Hugh Farrington retires after 35 years of dedicated service. |
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2004
Hannaford purchases 19 Victory Super Markets in central and southeastern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire. |
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2006
We open 14 new stores, the most in a single year for the company; expand pharmacy service to 120 stores; announce landmark Guiding Stars program, a store navigation system that makes it easy to find foods with more nutrition.
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2008
We celebrate our 125th year in business. |
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2009
We begin the year with 167 stores and 27,000 associates.
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2009
2009 marks almost 20 years of our environmental program that focuses on recycling, reducing waste, and rethinking our construction, operations, and ransportation processes to lessen our impact on the environment. Click here to learn more about what we are doing today.
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