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Hannaford is an American supermarket chain based in Scarborough, Maine. Founded in Portland, Maine, in 1883, Hannaford operates stores in New England and New York. The chain is now part of the Ahold Delhaize group based in the Netherlands, and is a sister company to formerly competing New England supermarket chain Stop & Shop.
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- ↑ "Group to Buy Grand Union Markets for $1.2 Billion". Los Angeles Times . April 11, 1989. Retrieved July 24, 2021.
- ↑ Newsom, John (February 13, 2013). "Harris Teeter possible sale a big deal". News & Record . Retrieved July 24, 2021.
- ↑ Greenman, Ben (September 28, 2009). "When You Wish Upon Big Star". The New Yorker . Retrieved July 24, 2021.
