Hannaford Bros. Co.
Hannaford is an American supermarket chain based in Scarborough, Maine. Founded in 1883, Hannaford now operates stores in New England and upstate New York. Hannaford is owned by the American subsidiary of the Belgian Delhaize Group, Delhaize America, which owns over 1,500 stores along the Eastern Seaboard, mostly in the Mid-Atlantic U.S. There are currently 177 Hannaford stores; additionally, Delhaize America operates 104 Sweetbay Supermarket locations in Florida, which are modeled after Hannaford and, until 2011, offered Hannaford brand products.
In number of stores operated, Hannaford is now (as of April 2011) the second-largest supermarket chain headquartered in New England, behind only Massachusetts-based Stop & Shop, and the largest private employer in the State of Maine.