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ATLANTA -- Ahold USA here is reportedly negotiating to divest between 40 and 50 stores in the New York-New Jersey area to win approval from the Federal Trade Commission for its acquisition of Pathmark Stores, Carteret, N.J.In response to vague...
Ahold and Cees van der Hooven, left, Ahold's president and chief executive officer, received the Anti-Defamation League's International Leadership award from Glen Tobias, ADL's National Executive Committee chairman, in ceremonies in New York last...
ATLANTA -- It's a new ball game for supply-chain relations because of the unprecedented level of retailer consolidation. The new dynamics are having a major effect on suppliers of produce and other categories, a point that became clear during a...
PHILADELPHIA -- Tighter collaboration between retailers and manufacturers in managing the supply chain is becoming more urgent as consumer expectations continue to rise and new electronic-commerce fulfillment challenges intensify.Customers are...
SN's half-year survey of the nation's 10 largest food retailers with publically traded equity or debt shows that the financial news is generally good for those food retailers. As a group, sales increased 7%, operating income increased 10.6% and...
SALISBURY, N.C. -- Delhaize America said sales grew 9% to $2.6 billion and same-store sales were up 8.5% for the 12-week quarter ended Sept. 11. ampa, Fla. A third chain, Save 'n Pack, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kash n' Karry. Belgium-based...
ZAANDAM, Netherlands -- Ahold here said it will launch its first global promotion Sept. 26. pions, is scheduled to run simultaneously in most of Ahold's 32 supermarket chains as well as in the stores of most of the company's joint-venture partners...
ATLANTA -- Ahold, the global retailer based in Zaandam, Netherlands, is the sort of company that does acquisitions so well it makes them look easy, industry analysts agreed."They're getting better and better at integrating," said Debra Levin, an...
AHOLD, ZAANDAM, THE NETHERLANDS, denied a report published last week in the Wall Street Journal that the Dutch retailer might abandon its effort to acquire Pathmark Stores, Carteret, N.J., because the Federal Trade Commission could require Ahold...
SALISBURY, N.C. -- Food Lion here may have been looking to buy respect when it said in August it had worked out a deal to purchase Hannaford Bros., Scarborough, Maine, for $3.6 billion."For many years the markets have indicated Food Lion must show...