Ahold, the Dutch-American food retailer, is continuing its march up and down the Eastern seaboard of the United States, a process that is being greatly accelerated by its planned buyout of Stop & Shop Cos., Quincy, Mass.The latest acquisition deal...
ZAANDAM, Netherlands -- Royal Ahold here said sales for its U.S. operations increased 14.3% to $2.1 billion for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31 and 12.2% to $8.3 billion for the year. Excluding the sales of Mayfair Super Markets, Elizabeth, N.J....
Fleming Cos., Oklahoma City, said last week it completed the first year of its re-engineering implementation with net sales of $17.5 billion, compared with $15.7 billion in 1994, or an 11% increase. Net earnings were $42 million for the full year...
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The much anticipated cross-docking facility under construction by Tops Markets here is pushing hot buttons among distributors seeking to cut costs and labor unions fearing large job losses.The 880,000-square-foot center in...
ZAANDAM, Netherlands -- Royal Ahold, parent company of 625 U.S. stores, is being targeted by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and a variety of civic groups over its plan to establish a cross-docking operation near Buffalo for its Tops...
ZAANDAM, Netherlands -- Ahold here said last week its Netherlands-based subsidiary Albert Heijn plans to acquire the Dutch supermarket group Primarkt.rt Heijn would support its goal of further expansion in the south of Netherlands, Ahold said.Jan...
ZAANDAM, Netherlands -- Ahold here said overall corporate sales for the third quarter ended Oct. 8 rose 5.1% to $4.3 billion. Sales rose 0.9% for the 40 weeks to $13.8 billion.eks into the 12-week quarter.In Ahold's U.S. operations, sales rose 14...
Ahold USA Executive VP RetiringSA here said Nicholas S. Riso will retire Dec. 31 as executive vice president of retail operations. Riso, who has held that post since 1989, has been with Netherlands-based Ahold since 1982, when Ahold acquired Giant...
NEW YORK -- Ahold, Zaandam, Netherlands, outlined plans for growth that call for a doubling of net income within five years and an aggressive supply chain integration in U.S. operations.The chain is also looking to import a number of key...
LAKEWOOD, Ohio -- A Finast supermarket here has become the first store in North America to go live with a portable customer self-scanning system.The Maple Heights, Ohio, chain made handheld devices available to a group of 100 shoppers in a test...