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21. The Hannaford market near me

Fri Jul 3, 2026, 08:35 PM

20 hrs ago

has no lights on shelves and the frozen section freezer lights only turn on when a person is next to that segment of freezer space.
The smaller market that is closer to me leaves the freezer lights on but don't have more lights than they did decades ago. Lights are not the problem with electric use, blackouts and brownouts happen during the day when electricity use is the highest.

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I was contemplating the sheer number of lights on at closed businesses last night, its insane they are allowed to waste Blues Heron Yesterday #1

The one thing that helps compared to the past BumRushDaShow Yesterday #5

True but that led to things being lit that never were before like individual shelves in grocery stores. Blues Heron Yesterday #7

The grocery stores that I go to haven't put lighting on shelves BumRushDaShow 23 hrs ago #11

thats how it starts - in the cooler, unwelcome lights glaring right into the beer, turning it skunky Blues Heron 23 hrs ago #14

People complained that it was too dark to read the shelf price tags... BumRushDaShow 23 hrs ago #15

even the price tags are electric theses days! lol! Blues Heron 23 hrs ago #16

The Hannaford market near me Progressive dog 20 hrs ago #21

good old yankee frugality! Glad to hear that. The extreme lighting is a problem. even if its not the largest segment Blues Heron 20 hrs ago #22

Our Hannaford is similar. karynnj 17 hrs ago #30

I assume you meant "much less" EndlessMaze 21 hrs ago #19

Yes! Fixed. lol BumRushDaShow 20 hrs ago #24

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