Looking to renovate your kitchen but don’t know where to start? Take a deep breath and let Hancock Lumber’s team of experts help you navigate this complex process. With Hancock Lumber’s Kitchen Design Showroom teams, you can choose to collaborate with one of our 18 designers across our 8 state-of-the-art showrooms. Follow our ‘getting started’ […]
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Proud Sponsor of Camp Sunshine’s Pumpkin Festival
While this year’s Pumpkin Festival has taken on a different look and feel, Hancock Lumber continues to be a proud sponsor of one of Camp Sunshine’s major fundraising events. Adapting to the pandemic times, the annual Pumpkin Festival will take place over the course of a couple weeks in October with a number of ways […]
A Look Inside Hancock’s Onboarding, Hiring + Training Programs
Take a look inside Hancock’s onboarding, hiring + training programs with two interviews below with both John Muzzy, our Retail Division Training + Onboarding Coordinator and Kevin Raven, our Sawmill Division Training + Development Manager. Q+A WITH JOHN MUZZY, RETAIL TRAINING + ONBOARDING COORDINATOR: TELL ME ABOUT YOUR ROLE AND WHY YOU DECIDED TO […]
Best Places to Work in Maine, 7th Consecutive Year!
Hello, Team Hancock! Today, Hancock Lumber learned it was named a Best Places to Work in Maine for the 7th consecutive year! Congratulations to our entire team of 550 people across our 14 locations–together, we have achieved this amazing accomplishment and get to celebrate another year being a Best Place to Work in Maine. It […]
Hancock Teams up with Habitat for Humanity York County: Pledges to Donate 100% of the Building Materials for a New Home!
Hancock Lumber announced today that they will be donating 100% of the building materials for a Habitat for Humanity York County (HFHYC) upcoming home to be built in Saco! With their newest location opening on August 31st in Saco, the company could not be more excited to be partnering with Habitat’s York County chapter to […]
Hancock Supplying The Ecology School, Maine’s 1st Living Building Challenge Project!
In 2019, The Ecology School broke ground on its new campus at River Bend Farm in Saco, Maine. Upon completion, The Ecology School will become the most sustainable building in the Northeast following “Living Building Challenge” guidelines, the first one of its kind to be constructed here in Maine. Dormitory under construction, made with Made-in-Maine […]
Everybody Leads: Getting through this Together
A letter from Kevin Hancock on Hancock Lumber’s response to coronavirus (COVID-19) March 16th, 2020: To: All Hancock Lumber Customers Re: Coronavirus (COVID-19) As trying as these times have suddenly become, I have personally found it very uplifting to see and hear all the stories about our employee, supplier, and customer teams coming together to […]
Spotlight on Employee Led Innovations
Touring around the company, it’s so exciting to witness real-time, employee-led ideas and innovations being implemented every day. Whether a small change or a large scale project, each one truly makes a difference in the daily workflow of our employees, making it easier to do the work and creating a better overall experience. Here are […]
Culture Makes the Difference
What differentiates companies? It’s generally not products, services, facilities, or equipment. In our industry, for example, our lumberyard competitors sell essentially the same assortment of building materials that we do. Across New England, our white pine sawmill competitors make products that are very similar to our own. Additionally, we all tend to sell our products […]
Two Hancock Yarmouth Employees Recognized with Spirit of Excellence Awards
Hancock Lumber congratulates two of their long-time, Yarmouth employees after learning they’ve been honored with Spirit of Excellence Awards through the Yarmouth Chamber of Commerce. Presented annually, this award recognizes non-management employees of Yarmouth businesses. Employees are nominated based on their commitment to their business, service as a role model, and their part in making […]