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PublishedDecember 2, 2021
Long sentence, large debt for man who put razor blades in Hannaford pizza dough
Nicholas Mitchell was sentenced to four years and nine months in federal prison and ordered to pay Hannaford nearly $230,000 in restitution.
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PublishedOctober 5, 2021
Hannaford opens ‘virtual convenience store’ with fast delivery
Customers can use the Instacart third-party shopping service to order groceries for 30-minute delivery.
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PublishedJuly 28, 2021
Hannaford launches grocery delivery throughout Greater Portland, York and Lewiston
The service is available for nearly all ZIP Codes from Lewiston to York, the supermarket chain said. Deliveries cost $10 and take four hours or more.
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PublishedJune 8, 2021
Man will plead guilty to putting razor blades in pizza dough
The case of tampering focused attention on food security after the retailer and manufacturer revealed they had received prior reports and not warned customers or police.
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PublishedApril 20, 2021
Hannaford says it no longer sends any waste food to landfills
The supermarket chain said it has eliminated food waste at all 183 of its stores, which added up to 65 million pounds diverted from landfills last year.
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PublishedOctober 26, 2020
Company failed to report screws found in its pizza dough
Scarborough-based It'll Be Pizza didn't report the complaints it got from 3 consumers in September until after a former employee was charged in October with putting razor blades in dough balls at Hannaford stores.
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PublishedOctober 21, 2020
State investigates Hannaford’s 2-month delay in reporting razor blades in pizza dough
The company blames a technical glitch for not reporting suspected tampering at its Sanford supermarket in August, but a state agriculture official says the agency should have been notified immediately.
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PublishedOctober 15, 2020
Pizza dough tampering suspect back in Maine for court appearance Friday
Nicholas R. Mitchell, 38, was transported back to Maine and is expected to make his first appearance in court Friday in Biddeford.
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PublishedOctober 15, 2020
Hannaford failed consumers in tampering case, says food safety lawyer
An attorney who advises food-related businesses says the grocer put customers at risk and delayed the suspect's arrest by not reporting the first case of adulterated pizza dough.
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PublishedOctober 14, 2020
Hannaford blames technology problem for failure to report pizza dough tampering
But the grocery chain did not explain exactly what went wrong in August when it failed to address reports that someone had tampered with dough sold at its Sanford store.
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