The final gate has been cleared for the Ahold-Delhaize Merger, as the FTC has officially signed off on the deal that will create the fourth largest grocery company in the United States. Delhaize, the current owner of Food Lion (among other grocery chains); and Ahold,...
As the big merger between Delhaize and Ahold nears the final lap, it looks like the 86 stores to be divested from the herd have found buyers. The big selloff comes as the culmination of the merger of two international grocery giants that first started getting underway in June 2015. Pending...
The merger of two giant grocery chains has notched one step closer to completion, a little over a year after the deal was first announced. Ahold, the Dutch parent company of such retail brands as Stop & Shop, will be buying Belgium-based Delhaize, the operator...
Online is bifurcating how consumers shop for everything — including groceries. In response, grocery chains are switching things up, experimenting with smaller formats that primarily offer items that consumers would be more comfortable selecting in person than have a third party deliver to them. Suzi...
April 12, 2022
European meal-ordering service Just Eat Takeaway.com is partnering with Albert Heijn, the Netherlands-based flagship division of supermarket operator Ahold, to deliver groceries and convenience products, according to a Tuesday (April 12) Reuters report. The collaboration brings together the country’s biggest food delivery service and its largest grocery store chain. Ahold has its own grocery delivery […]
June 25, 2015
Ahold and Delhaize announced yesterday (June 24) their intention to merge by mid 2016. “Ahold Delhaize” – which is its new name – will count more than 6,500 stores, 375,000 associates...
