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New Exeter Hannaford Opens Saturday

The Portsmouth Avenue store opens for business at 7 a.m. Saturday.

The new Hannaford store in Exeter opens to the public on Saturday, but company officials gave the media a sneak peek inside the facility on Tuesday.

Above are photos from the inside of the Portsmouth Avenue store. In many ways, it will seem familiar to those who frequented the old Stop & Shop – some of the old Stop & Shop employees have even been hired by Hannaford. But there are also many new features. A pharmacy, for one, and an expanded bakery section, made possible by the absence of a Starbucks in-store location. There's also a store dietitian, who will be offering healthy shopping tours Saturday and is available for one-on-one appointments at other times.

"There's definitely a lot of excitement," Store Manager Bill McGlincey said. He said people have already been stopping by the store, thinking that it's open.

The new Exeter Hannaford opens at 7 a.m. Saturday, and the first 300 customers will receive a gift card randomly valued at between $5 and $250.

"I think there will be some excitement," Hannaford spokesman Eric Blom said. "I think there will probably be a lot of people here."


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