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?
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