The Market Report

Hannaford Opened: unknown; possibly early 00s Owner: Ahold Delhaize Previous Tenants:  unknown; possibly Shop n Save (1990s-early 00s) Cooperative: none Location: 175 Coliseum Ave, Nashua, NH Photographed: July 2, 2026 Hudson, just across the Merrimack River from Nashua, is home to two supermarkets. In the northern part of town is this Hannaford, and a Market Basket is to the south that we'll see shortly. I don't know the history here too well, but this store was built around the mid-1990s, probably as a Shop 'n Save, then probably converted to Hannaford around the early 00s. The opposite end of the strip mall looks like it could've been an older supermarket, so maybe Shop 'n Save moved around the 1990s. Today, this store is around 58,000 square feet and older than the very modern Nashua location , but still in excellent shape. It doesn't have the latest decor package, but has been kept up well enough that it doesn't really look dated. The grand aisle i...

Hannaford Opened:  early 00s Owner: Ahold Delhaize Previous Tenants: Shop n Save (1990s-early 00s) Cooperative: none Location: 175 Coliseum Ave, Nashua, NH Photographed: July 2, 2026 Over the past few years, I've come to really love Hannaford. By and large, their stores are in great shape, well-run, and well-priced. This Nashua location is no exception. It's a pretty new store to begin with, having been constructed as a Shop 'n Save around the mid-90s. It became a Hannaford in the early 2000s, and has been renovated at least once since then. At around 65,000 square feet, this store feels plenty large but not too big, like some of the supermarkets in this area. This isn't a flagship store quite as much as some (that's about 15 miles north of here), but there's a lot here. We begin with an Aroma Joe's coffee shop and cafe right inside the entrance, not a typical Hannaford feature, and then move to a larger-than-usual prepared foods area right across fro...

Market Basket Opened: 2013 Owner: Demoulas family Previous Tenants:  Sears Essentials Cooperative: none Location: 375 Amherst St, Nashua, NH Photographed: October 10, 2021 Although Nashua is in New Hampshire, it's very close to Massachusetts, so we're under 15 miles from Market Basket's hometown of Lowell . Market Basket has been here a long time, so there are some older stores in this area. But one of those older stores closed in 2013 to be replaced by this sprawling 85,000 square foot store, taking up a former Sears Essentials. The previous location became a Whole Foods; this now is the largest supermarket in Nashua, I believe. This is a standard modern Market Basket layout. Dairy is in aisle 1 on the left side, with deli and seafood at the back of the first aisle. Meat lines the rest of the back wall, and frozen/produce are on the right side. This store has the full Market's Kitchen and Market's Cafe departments in the front-right corner, along with bakery. ...