Hannaford Food and Drug

I have to say I was very pleasantly surprised when I walked in there. Huge supermarket, clean, people seemed friendly, great selection of everything. I didn’t have much time but noticed they did have organic options and even natural products in their pharmacy dept. I am a whole foods/​trader joes shopper and am very happy to have this store in the area. Again, did not expect it but way to go hannaford! They also have red box– another plus!

Consistently clean with good service. Prices are good too. Selection is good, could be a little better in produce dept (limited fresh berries). Wine selection is great! Rest rooms consistently clean too. Nice to know we can always have a good grocery experience hew!

I’m reviewing the North Conway Hannaford, but will include the Bridgton, ME one as well. These stores are simply unaccommodating. Rules seem to apply in a way that is against customer satisfaction.
I called to ask if the seafood department to ask if they could order fresh Oysters in the shell — it is a seafood department after all. I was told «No» there is no such thing as a fresh oyster in June, July or August but they could get them in September. Hmmm — I thought about ordering a dozen a month in advance, but thought I might try something else! Simply unaccommodating and stupid to say such a ridiculous thing.
In Bridgton I went to the Butcher area — In huge letters above the counter is says «CUSTOM CUT MEATS». I asked them to cut me 2 thick sirloins to which they replied, «Can’t do it» We have some shrink wrapped in the case”. I said I would like them cut thicker, but they simply could not do it. Now, there were 3 people behind the counter all in white coats, but no one would cut any meat. I said the heck with it until I got to the front of the store where I saw a manager, so I asked him what the policy was and he said he would have them cut some steaks. We walked back to the butcher and he asked the guys to cut them and they all replied. «We can’t cut» Must have to be certified to cut steaks. You would think working back there — someone could handle a knife. Simply ridiculous.
The stores are pleasant, but the selection is limited and prices are high. I guess this place is fine if you want standard groceries, but they put all of these departments in the store to make you think they have specialty items when in fact — you can take what they have and that’s it.
There are some nice local markets that have good prices and great produce. If you need to «Stock up» I guess it’s easy to do, but I feel like everyone just defaults to Hannaford since it’s big and pleasant inside and there are better options.

As a chain, I’ve found Hannaford’s to be very consistent from store to store. Visited them in a few places in Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
For this store, no real difference. They had what we needed/​wanted and at reasonable prices (ie less than Shaws).
I’ll be back.

This place is great to stock up on beer if you can actually get there! Most of the time the main drag through (North) Conway is a parking lot. They have a great selection here of New England beer and in particular, stock Woodstock Inn, Tuckerman, and Moat Mountain which are all local. The best part, is that the Tuckerman pricing is the same as the brewery and you dont need to travel all the way through town to get there. Their prices on beer are the best in the area compared to the smaller liquor stores which simply cant purchase on volume and need to charge higher prices.

This is one of the best grocery stores I’ve ever been to, and I’m pretty snobby about grocery stores. Seriously, who would have expected a Hannaford’s in northern NH to be stocked with plantains, meyer lemons, haberneros, chinese broccoli, yucca, cactus pear, and lots of other ethnic/​specialty foods?
It’s also a big, clean, well-​lit store. Basically, the most pleasurable shopping experience I’ve ever had in a ‘mainstream’ chain grocery store.