ZAANDAM, Netherlands -- It hasn't always been smooth sailing for Ahold in the United States. Since arriving on these shores in 1977, the Dutch global supermarket giant, based here, has faced many hurdles in turning an ever-growing number of chains...
ZAANDAM, Netherlands -- Supermarket giant Ahold here is ready to "define a different hunting ground" in the United States.The global company, which has become dominant on the East coast of the United States with a strategy of growing in contiguous...
Stop & Shop Adds VP Postk Scavetta has been named to the new post of vice president of distribution operations at Stop & Shop Cos. here, a subsidiary of Ahold USA, Altanta. He reports to Jack Rogerson, vice president of distribution.Scavetta was...
BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Supermarket retailers need to gear up for the consumer direct challenge before this business format jumps from infancy into maturity, according to a study released here last week.A comprehensive report based on two years of...
ZAANDAM, Netherlands -- Ahold here said last week it has become a joint owner of two major supermarket chains in South America, with combined sales of $2.5 billion U.S. in Chile, Peru, Paraguay and Ecuador account for annualized sales of $800...