COVID-19 outbreaks at meat-processing plants have cut into supply, but supermarket chains are coming up with solutions to boost inventory and reduce prices on a variety of goods.
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Hannaford donates $250,000 to support farms
100 Maine farmers to receive funding via American Farmland Trust grant program.
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Hannaford looking to add 2,000 workers at stores in New England and New York
The Scarborough-based supermarket chain says it is working with major employers in the hospitality, tourism and retail industries to connect furloughed workers with open positions in its 182 stores.
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Where has all the flour gone? Ask Maine’s home-bound bakers.
Mainers turn to bread, cookies and pastries for comfort, emptying grocery shelves of baking supplies and expanding their waistlines.
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Essential Maine retailers try to keep shoppers and workers safe during pandemic
From cracking down on panic buying to creating distance between customers and workers, grocery chains and drugstores have implemented a number of unprecedented changes.
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Older and at-risk Hannaford shoppers take advantage of early hours in Waterville
Hannaford stores are open from 6 a.m. to 7 a.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays during the coronavirus pandemic as a service to shoppers 60 and older, as well as those identified by the Centers for Disease Control as at-risk.
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Hannaford gets perfect score on index of corporate LGBTQ policies
The Scarborough-based supermarket was the only large employer based in Maine to score 100% on the Human Rights Campaign index.
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Hannaford pledges to give $1 million, launch program to combat child hunger
The supermarket chain plans to establish food pantries in 90 schools around the Northeast.
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Hannaford will move to restrict ‘chemicals of concern’ in products, packaging
The action comes nearly 2 years after a Portland-based environmental health group gave the supermarket chain an ‘F’ for failing to announce policies to ensure the chemical safety of its products.
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Hannaford joins growing pool of retailers offering paid parental leave
The 6-week parental leave policy will apply to workers who average at least 30 hours per week on the job.