8 Investigates: Who's behind the anti-Hannaford campaigns?
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Key Points:
- A national nonprofit, the Center for Responsible Food Business, has spent at least $116,000 on an anti-Hannaford advertising campaign in Southern Maine, highlighting concerns about higher prices, lower quality, foreign ownership, cybersecurity breaches, and animal cruelty issues.
- The campaign, run locally by the New England Consumer Alliance, a subsidiary created for grassroots activism, is led by Taylor Warren Ford, a former Humane League employee, and aims to improve grocery stores in New England, starting with Hannaford.
- The Center for Responsible Food Business received nearly $780,000 in donations in 2024, though primary donors remain undisclosed; the group has about 12 active local volunteers conducting research on regional grocers.
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