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ZAANDAM, Netherlands -- Ahold here is slated to open a Tops pilot store in Shanghai, China, by February -- the first of 15 supermarkets the Dutch retailer plans for the city under a new joint venture.Earlier this month, Ahold entered a partnership...
CHESHIRE, Conn. -- Bozzuto's here stands to become a key retail player in Connecticut as proposed deals with Ahold could double its store base, SN learned last week.Yet the voluntary wholesaler isn't the only operator getting a boost from Ahold...
LONDON (FNS) -- Delhaize Le Lion Group, Brussels, Belgium, said it expects nearly 100 store additions this year throughout its food retail operations in Europe and the United States.rst half, the group opened 16 stores in Belgium, where it...
ZAANDAM, Netherlands -- Ahold here last week said it has entered an agreement to develop a supermarket-hypermarket operation in Spain in a joint venture with Caprabo S.A., Barcelona, Spain.ormats. Our first joint activity is the acquisition of 10...
JOHOR BAHRU, Malaysia -- Ahold, Zaandam, the Netherlands, opened two Tops stores here this month -- its first supermarkets in Asia under the banner -- with its Malaysian joint-venture partner, Kuala Lumpur-based Perlis Plantations, Kuok Group.nts...
EAST BRIDGEWATER, Mass. -- Shaw's Supermarkets here last week unveiled plans to open stores in New York -- its first locations outside New England.The chain, owned by London-based retailer J. Sainsbury plc, said it will open a 65,000-square-foot...
ZAANDAM, Netherlands -- Smart cards called "chipknips," with stored cash value and debit capability, will be accepted as a form of payment early next year at Albert Heijn food stores operated by Ahold here.The chain expects front-end productivity...
CHESHIRE, Conn. -- Don't tell Michael Bozzuto that a wholesaler geared primarily to Northeast independents faces a perilous future because of retail consolidation.The president and chief executive officer of Bozzuto's here, in an interview with SN...
ZAANDAM, Netherlands -- Ahold here plans to use its Tops banner, from its Williamsville, N.Y.-based Tops Markets chain in the United States, in a new joint venture to operate supermarkets in Thailand.hen Central Group's 30 supermarkets, now...
ZAANDAM, Netherlands -- Ahold here is melding its Edwards Super Food Stores chain into its Stop & Shop and Giant Food Stores subsidiaries and shifting top-level officials to streamline some of its U.S. operations.The move, announced last week...