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Restaurant Group Adds Managerestaurant Association Educational Foundation here has appointed Julie Goldberg to the new position of communications manager.Her responsibilities include developing and implementing media relations strategies, editing...
BIG V SUPERMARKETS, Florida, N.Y., said it achieved record sales for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended Dec. 26 (see related story on Page 22). The company said sales rose 6.9% to $196.4 million for the quarter and 6.8% to $814.4 million for...
ZAANDAM, Netherlands -- Ahold here said last week it has named Richard A. Baird president and chief executive officer of Giant Food, Landover, Md., effective Jan. 2. income for the third quarter and 40 weeks ended Oct. 4.Baird will succeed Pete...
AHOLD, Zaandam, Netherlands, and Velox Retail Holdings, Buenos Aires, Argentina, began a tender offer last week for the remaining common shares and American Depositary Shares of Disco, a 109-store supermarket chain the companies jointly own. The...
LANDOVER, Md. -- Ahold, Zaandam, Netherlands, said last week it closed its $2.6 billion acquisition of Giant Food here, and that Pete L. Manos, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Giant, is retiring effective Jan. 2.to divest 10...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- Ahold, Zaandam, Netherlands, last week received antitrust clearance to buy Giant Food, Landover, Md., following the Federal Trade Commission's acceptance of Ahold's proposed store divestiture plan.As reported, Ahold plans to...
Giant food, Landover, Md., said it has deferred consideration of its regular quarterly cash dividend until next month. The company, which is in the process of being acquired by Ahold, Zaandam, Netherlands, said it anticipates that the closing of...
ZAADAM, The Netherlands -- Ahold here said last week it expects the Federal Trade Commission "shortly" to approve its acquisition of Giant Food, Landover, Md., now that Ahold has lined up buyers for 10 stores. t Food stores -- all of them in the...
Van der Ent Assumes Ahold PostRoyal Ahold here has named John van der Ent managing director of ETOS, the company's chain of more than 350 health and beauty care stores, effective Sept. 1. Van der Ent comes to Ahold from a Spanish company, Makro...
Food Lion Taps Distribution VPsslin has been named vice president of distribution at Food Lion here, succeeding Larry Cooper, who has left the company. In his new position, Crosslin oversees the retailer's eight distribution centers and more than...