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Hannaford Bros. Co.

Northeast supermarket retailer Hannaford Bros. Co. announced recently that it had completed its purchase of Massachusetts-based Victory Super Markets. Following approval by the Federal Trade Commission, Hannaford assumed ownership of the 19-store Victory chain on Nov. 26. The purchase price was $175 million.

With the acquisition, Hannaford will operate a total of 142 stores in Maine, New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont.

Hannaford Bros. Co., based in Scarborough, Maine, employs more than 24,000 associates. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Delhaize America Inc., which, in turn, is owned by Delhaize Group of Brussels, Belgium. Additional information about the company can be found at www.hannaford.com.

Basic record-keeping

The University of Maine Cooperative Extension will hold a workshop for the home-based business owner. Basic Record-keeping will be held in two parts 6-9 p.m. Monday, Dec, 13 and 20, at the Penobscot County Extension Office, Bangor. The workshop presenter will be James McConnon, business and economics specialist of Cooperative Extension.

Participants will learn the basic principles of single entry record keeping and how to apply those principles to the day-to-day operation of business. Types of business records and the recording of income and expenses using revenue and expense journals also will be covered.

The cost of the workshop is $8. To register, call 942-7396, or (800) 287-1485.

Used cell phone donations

Area residents are encouraged to donate their old, unused cell phones and support a good cause at the same time. U.S. Cellular, through its Community Action Recycling Effort program has collected more than 1,500 old cell phones throughout northern New England during the last five months. The program will continue until the end of the year.

Through the program, donated phones are sold to a company that specializes in restoring, refurbishing and reselling wireless phones. Proceeds from the donated phones benefit the Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence, a statewide organization whose goal is to end domestic violence in Maine. To learn about the coalition, visit www.mcedv.org.

To donate a used wireless phone, simply go to any local U.S. Cellular store.