Though some of the state's family-owned small supermarket chains don't get the level of attention that competitors like Stop & Shop, Big Y and ShopRite receive, they continue to survive and thrive.
Even as Connecticut's supermarket landscape continues to change, several smaller grocers have been successful competing against the larger stores for decades.
In its New England and New York territories, Hannaford supermarkets are thriving, such that corporate parent Ahold Delhaize is looking to expand the chain's outermost periphery to encompass new commun.
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