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...
ALDI Opened: 2016 Owner: Aldi Sud Previous Tenants: none Cooperative: none Location: 270 Amherst St, Nashua, NH Photographed: October 10, 2021 Right across the street from Nashua's first Whole Foods location is this ALDI, which opened in 2016. It doesn't look like it, but it was actually a new-build location -- the majority of new-build ALDIs seem to be freestanding, not in strip malls like this. Tomorrow, we'll be seeing another big-chain supermarket just south of here!