the new england supermarket chain . for other uses see hannaford disambiguation . hannaford brothers company type subsidiary industry retail grocery store founded portland maine 1883 headquarters scarborough maine number of locations 189 2016 1 key people michael vail president 2 products bakery dairy deli floral frozen foods grocery liquor meat pharmacy produce seafood snacks sushi owner ahold delhaize website hannaford.com hannaford is a supermarket chain based in scarborough maine . 3 founded in portland maine in 1883 hannaford operates stores in new england and upstate new york . the chain is now part of the ahold delhaize group . contents 1 history 2 locations 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit this section needs to be updated . please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information . july 2013 kingston plaza ny hannaford formerly grand union falmouth me hannaford hannaford was founded in 1883 by arthur hannaford as a small produce store along the portland maine waterfront . 4 he was joined in 1902 by his brothers howard and edward and they incorporated hannaford bros. co. by 1920 the company became a leading produce wholesaler in northern new england . hannaford then relocated to a new five story warehouse on cross street . in 1939 with the purchase of tondreau supermarkets inc. sponsor of red & white stores in maine hannaford expanded into the wholesale grocery business . late in 1944 hannaford co. opened its first retail outlet under an equity partnership arrangement with adjutor tondreau . 4 brunswick me hannaford by 1960 hannaford bros. had constructed a 200 000 square foot 19 000 m2 distribution center in south portland maine to better service more retail stores . with the purchase of 31 sampson s grocery stores in 1966 as well as the 1967 purchase of progressive distributors hannaford expanded its retail presence . by 1971 the company s earnings topped 1 million . 4 hannaford continued to rapidly expand throughout the 1970s and 1980s by opening a chain of wellby drug stores many of which were incorporated into shop n save retail stores . by 1987 the company had spread into new york and massachusetts ; that same year sales hit 1 billion . 4 in the 1990s hannaford began an expansion into the southeast by purchasing a small southeastern north carolina supermarket chain wilson s supermarkets which served as the foundation of an expansion of hannaford stores into the carolinas and virginia . in 2000 delhaize america bought hannaford ; the purchase both eliminated an emerging competitor to its food lion chain in the southeast and expanded delhaize operations into the northeast . 4 some hannaford locations in north carolina were sold to lowes foods upon the buyout by delhaize while others were closed . however the move ended up bringing an even bigger competitor into food lion s market when national chain kroger bought 20 of the redundant stores . the hannaford name first took over from shop n save on private labels in 1996 . five years later stores in most of maine new hampshire massachusetts and vermont assumed the name . as of 2006 only a small number of locations continue to use the shop n save banner . independently owned and operated franchises receiving merchandise through hannaford s wholesale distribution continue to use the shop n save name mainly in smaller communities . in 2001 5 grand union in new york were purchased and converted into hannaford stores . in 2004 19 victory supermarkets in massachusetts and new hampshire were purchased and converted to hannaford stores . 4 in 2006 hannaford supermarkets launched guiding stars the first storewide nutrition navigation program . the concept of guiding stars was born from extensive consumer research that revealed a desire to live healthier lifestyles but showed confusion understanding the volume and complexity of the nutrition related information available in the media advertisements and on food packaging . the rankings are based on u.s. department of agriculture guidelines . 5 delhaize america previously operated 104 sweetbay supermarket locations in florida which were modeled after hannaford and sold hannaford brand products . 6 these stores were sold by the parent company in 2013 to southeastern grocers which were converted to winn dixie locations . locations edit hannaford supermarkets are found in maine the largest number of its stores new hampshire vermont massachusetts and eastern upstate new york . areas outside maine with a hannaford presence include manchester new hampshire ; burlington vermont ; and albany new york . until 2011 the company regularly marketed numerous products under its own private labels including products by richelieu foods . 7 the company now uses the delhaize standard home 360 brand . 8 on march 17 2008 the boston globe reported that the company s credit card processing servers had been compromised for three months . some 4.2 million credit card numbers were stolen at least 1 800 of which had been used fraudulently . 9 in august 2009 criminal computer hacker albert gonzalez was indicted for the crime . 10 kingston ny hannaford livingston ny hannaford see also edit maine portal companies portal food portal references edit delhaize group annual report 2010 http supermarketnews.com executive changes vail succeed wise hannaford president contacts . delhaize group . retrieved on may 17 2012 . hannaford 145 pleasant hill road scarborough me 04074 u.s.a. a b c d e f making history at hannaford . hannaford bros. co. chain uses stars to rate food for nutrition msnbc.com . september 7 2006 sweetbay faq van der pool lisa february 23 2009 . there s new appetite for peddlers of cheap eats . boston business journal . hannaford heads to home 360 kerber ross march 18 2008 . grocer hannaford hit by computer breach . the boston globe . zetter kim august 17 2009 . tjx hacker charged with heartland hannaford breaches . wired . retrieved june 9 2016 . external 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