Hannaford
Opened: before 2007
Owner: Ahold Delhaize
Previous Tenants: unknown
Cooperative: none
Location: 190 Kennedy Memorial Dr, Waterville, ME
Photographed: August 12, 2019
Waterville has two Hannafords along with a Shaw's (and previously had a Save-A-Lot). Both are around 45,000 square feet, and this one is on the southern end of town just down the street from the Shaw's. Unfortunately, I don't have much to report on the history of the store -- tracking down full history for a lot of these Maine stores has been tricky -- but I seem to remember Hannaford briefly owning a warehouse-style discount store, which I believe was under the name Sun Foods. This exterior bears some resemblance to those stores, so it's possible it was once a Sun Foods but I don't have confirmation of that. Tomorrow, we'll be headed about three miles west to tour an independent grocer in a nearby small town!
It looks like a mid to late 1990s style building based on the separate vestibules on each side. Also didn't Sun Foods have the entry and exit doors on the front, as well as an angular facade reminiscent of large Tops stores of the time?
ReplyDeleteThis was a Hannaford store that was built in 1997-1998 originally shop n save before switching to Hannaford name on all their stores this was a replacement store which was originally at the concourse coming from someone who lived in Waterville for my whole life this store was built from the ground up they tore down the vacant a and p that was there before
DeleteIt was built and opened in the late 90's originally it was called shop n save before the name change to Hannaford date open was 1998 this is coming from someone who has lived in Waterville his whole life this store was a replacement from the old shop n save at the concourse that was in the goodwill and dollar general space. Hannaford at the time tore the old store down that was here at JFK plaza which was a closed a and p store
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