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1883
Arthur Hannaford opens a small shop on the Portland, Maine, waterfront to sell high-quality produce.
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1902
Arthur's brothers, Howard and Edward, join the business and they
incorporate as Hannaford Bros. Co.
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1920
A leading produce wholesaler in northern New England, Hannaford relocates to a new five-story warehouse on Cross St., Portland, Maine.
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1939
With the purchase of H. S. Melcher Co., sponsor of
Red & White stores in Maine, Hannaford expands into wholesale grocery
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1944
Opens first "retail outlet" under a unique "equity partnership" arrangement with William T. Cottle.
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1955
Merges with T. R. Savage Co. to prepare for its future retail presence in Northern Maine. |
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1960
Opens modern 200,000 square-foot warehouse in South Portland, Maine, to service more retail stores; Walter Whittier becomes President of company. |
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1961
Responds to loss of 14.5% of its total business to out-of-state food chains by aggressively expanding its base of equity partnership stores in northern, eastern and western Maine. |
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1966
Expands its retail presence throughout Maine with purchase of the 31-store Sampson's supermarket chain.
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1967
Purchases Progressive Distributors in Winthrop, Maine, a specialty foods distributor. |
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1971
Earnings top $1 million; company goes public; Jim Moody is appointed President.
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1973
First Wellby Drug Store opens. |
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1980
Develops reputation for innovative customer service technologies.; establishes Hannaford Trucking Company. |
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1982
Establishes Hannaford Trucking Company. |
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1984
Hugh Farrington is elected President and Jim Moody, Chairman of the Board and CEO; opens first "combination" Super Shop 'n Save, with supermarket and pharmacy. |
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1987
Expands into New York and Massachusetts for the first time; sales hit $1 billion. |
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1990
Opens state-of-the-art distribution center in Schodack, New York; purchases 11-store Alexander's chain; establishes award-winning "Earth Matters" environmental program. |
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1992
Hugh Farrington assumes position of CEO; sales surpass $2 billion; Wellby Drug Store chain is sold. |
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1994
Acquires Wilson's Supermarkets, with 20 stores in North and South Carolina; begins development of Strategic Information Process (SIP), an innovative, computer-based decision-support system. |
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1995
Expansion continues in the southeast, with the opening of Hannaford Food & Drug Superstores in five new markets in North Carolina and Virginia, and a new 431,000 square-foot warehouse in Butner, N.C. a year later. |
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1996
Begins test marketing a new phone/Internet home shopping service called Hannaford HomeRuns (HHR) in Boston; changes private label from Shop 'n Save to Hannaford. |
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1997
Sales exceed $3 billion; food industry experiencing rapid consolidation. |
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1999
Announces plan to join the Delhaize Group; allows Hannaford Bros. Co. to operate as a separate business while being a part of a $14 billion company with 1,500 stores from Maine to Florida. |
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2000
HHR, now called HomeRuns.com, develops into an attractive "e-commerce" Internet business and is majority-purchased for $100 million. Officially becomes part of the Delhaize Group, making Hannaford Bros. Co. part of the sixth-largest food retailer in the United States. |
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2001
Purchases five Grand Union stores in New York. Successfully launches Festival for the Senses strategy and changes from Shop 'n Save to Hannaford name in Portland, Maine market. Ron Hodge becomes Hannaford CEO. Hugh Farrington named Delhaize Group Executive Vice President and elected to the Delhaize Group Board of Directors. |
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2002
Continues successful rollout of Festival strategy and change from
Shop 'n Save to Hannaford name in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Vermont. |
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2003
Hugh Farrington retires after 35 years of dedicated service. Hannaford completes successful rollout of Festival strategy in all stores; grows total sales by an impressive 7.3% over previous year. |
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2004
Hannaford purchases 19 Victory Super Markets in central and southeastern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire; second quarter operating profit rises 25%.
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2006
Opened 14 new sotres, our most in a single year; expanded pharmacies to include 120 stores, representing 10% of total sales. |
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