Stop & Shop Cos. Chairman RetiresCos. here said Robert G. Tobin has retired as chairman, effective last Friday.The company said his retirement was part of a long-range personal plan. It also said Ahold, the Netherlands-based company that owns the...
BALTIMORE -- United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 27 here said it has staged rallies at three Giant Food locations in the past two weeks to protest the potential divestiture of stores when Zaandam, Netherlands-based Ahold completes its...
ATLANTA -- Ahold USA here is building its private-label sales by updating and unifying its labels and by meeting with consumers to find out what they want added to product lines.On its way to becoming the nation's fifth largest retailer, the...
BOSTON -- Since migrating toward a "just-in-time" store replenishment program, Albert Heijn, a division of Ahold, Zaandam, Netherlands, has been using customer purchase data to streamline deliveries, a move that has helped reduce shrink and...
SINGAPORE -- Modern food retailing in Asia is being hampered by an archaic and inefficient supply chain in most markets -- and business investors should seriously consider setting up new distribution systems, warned speakers here at the 41st CIES...
AMERICAN SALES TAPS PRESIDENTau has been appointed president of American Sales Co., Ahold USA's nonfood warehouse here, which services all Ahold USA operating companies.LeBeau was executive vice president of procurement at Ahold USA Support...
SINGAPORE -- The Asian economic crisis is creating hurdles and opportunities for major global retailers hoping to expand in this region.Executives from companies including French food retailer Carrefour; Ahold, Zaandam, Netherlands; and Hong Kong...
SINGAPORE -- Joint ventures between Asian-based food retailers and large operators from Europe are likely to dominate the Asian retail scene in the next five years.That was the forecast heard by attendees at the 41st Annual CIES Executive Congress...
QUEENS VILLAGE, N.Y. -- United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1500 here said it has scheduled membership meetings this week at which it will ask for strike authorization votes. ht June 20, and talks seem to be stalled over the issue of...
As if any further demonstration were required, Ahold showed with last week's proposal to acquire Giant Food of Maryland that a real merger frenzy is sweeping the industry. You'll see a lot about that proposed acquisition on Page 1 of this week's...