Hannaford Opened: 2004 Owner: Ahold Delhaize Previous Tenants: Victory Markets (ca. 1950s-2004) Cooperative: none Location: 333 Brook St, Clinton, MA Photographed: October 2, 2021 Just like so many other towns positioned right on a water source, Clinton was long a mill town, and many of those mill buildings still exist . Clinton is located at the northern end of the Wachusett Reservoir, on the Nashua River, and with a population of 15,000, it's one of the larger towns in northern Worcester County (excluding, of course, Fitchburg and Leominster, where we're headed next). As with the other Hannaford supermarkets in the Worcester County area, this store was built around the 1950s as a Victory Market, becoming a Hannaford when they acquired the chain in 2004. The store these days, which has been expanded, is around 35,000 square feet, much smaller than its competitor to the north, a Shaw's of around 55,000 square feet. We'll be there tomorrow. This store received a re
Stop & Shop Opening: December 13, 2024 Owner: Ahold Delhaize Previous Tenants: Kmart Cooperative: none Location: 252 Main St, Acton, MA Photographed: November 26 & 27, 2024 Contributor: Andrew K. In addition to a look at SuperFresh and Food World stores in Brooklyn, we're getting a special look at the new Stop & Shop coming soon to Acton, MA today! A roughly 70,000 square foot former Kmart is being transformed into the newest Stop & Shop, whose footprint will be slightly smaller than the Kmart at around 64,000 square feet. Two other small storefronts are also being constructed. The facade is new, as the Kmart's was a much older, shingled awning design . Our contributor Andrew brings us a look inside the soon-to-open store. The store has Stop & Shop's newest decor package, which we saw in the Allston Yards location most recently. This location's decor is a bit simpler and older-feeling -- notice the white vinyl flooring and the white drop ce