A great landmark in Hannaford is the building occupied today by the Hannaford Supply Store.
In a July 3, 1906, edition of the Hannaford Enterprise the business firm of Anderson and Reite ran an ad saying they had a new name, Hannaford Mercantile Company. Later that month the company incorporated, with A. G. Hoel as president; Asher Anderson, vice president; and Chris Reite, secretary-treasurer. In September 1906, the concrete building, made of blocks manufactured locally by the Van Scoik Cement Factory, was completed and the store opened for business, selling groceries, dry goods, notions, gents clothing, hardware, furniture and machinery. In March 1908, Asher Anderson and Ed Savre bought the machinery business from the company, and conducted their business under the name of Anderson and Savre in a different building.
In 1912, B. M. Lunde and O. C. Westley bought the store, and operated it as a grocery, dry goods, clothing, creamery and hardware store. Some of the people who worked there through the years were Dina Olson, C. O. Dunham (Mrs. Emelia Anderson's brother), Clara Lunde, Johnny Sorenson, Mr. and Mrs. Palmer Flesjer, Rose Sletten, Jennie Sinclair and Donald Knauss. For some years the I. G. A. brand of groceries were sold.
In 1951, Donald Knauss bought the store and continued to operate it as a general store, with the grocery department the most prominent. Gradually most dry goods and clothing were deleted and the household appliance and hardware departments were enlarged. The store was remodeled inside and out, and was run on the "serve yourself" method like the larger supermarkets. Kenneth "Buzz" Beattie, Willard Brurud, Jennie Sinclair and others worked with Donny and his wife Letha in the store. In January 1965, Donald sold the store to Cal Vincent and moved to Valley City.
The store remained closed for some years and the people bought their groceries from the other grocery store in town operated by Mrs. Edna Markuson.
In October 1969, the store was again opened for business by Cal Vincent under the name Hannaford Supply with Donna Larson as manager. This business is operating today. The L. B. Hartz line of groceries, the Glidden line of indoor-outdoor paints, plus miscellaneous and sundry items are sold.
Source: Hannaford Area History North Dakota Centennial 1889 - 1989 Page 24