Ahold, the American-Dutch food-retailing giant, isn't the first retailer to figure out that there's some wisdom in operating in more than one trade channel, but, when it comes to this country at least, it's moving more rapidly down that road than...
SALISBURY, N.C. -- Delhaize America is looking forward to an upturn in the fortune of supermarket stocks.nd chief executive officer, said the supermarket sector as a whole "has not fared well in today's financial markets."However, our strategy of...
SALISBURY, N.C. -- Ralph W. Ketner, former chairman and one of the founders of Food Lion here, is up in arms -- again.which Food Lion is a part -- to voice his concerns on several matters, including the pending $3.35-billion merger with Hannaford...
ZAANDAM, The Netherlands -- Ahold here said last week it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Golden Gallon, Chattanooga, Tenn., which operates 134 fueling stations and convenience stores in the Southeast.tured as an asset purchases and...
ZAANDAM, Netherlands -- Ahold here said last week it is seeking to become "a multichannel food provider," an effort under way in the United States with the company's acquisition of the nation's second-largest food-service company and pending...
TUCSON, Ariz. -- The number of national or multiregional chains will level off at between five and 10 as consolidation continues, Jonathan Ziegler, San Francisco-based managing director for Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown, New York, said here.Ziegler...