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Just Eat Takeaway Teaming up With Ahold’s Albert Heijn Chain

April 12, 2022
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Ahold-Delhaize Merger A Done Deal
Retail // July 26, 2016

The final gate has been cleared for the Ahold-Delhaize Merger, as the FTC has officially signed off on the deal that will create the fourth largest grocery company in the United States. Delhaize, the current owner of Food Lion (among other grocery chains); and Ahold,...

Delhaize, Ahold Grocery Giant To Divest 86 Stores
Retail // July 15, 2016

As the big merger between Delhaize and Ahold nears the final lap, it looks like the 86 stores to be divested from the herd have found buyers. The big selloff comes as the culmination of the merger of two international grocery giants that first started getting underway in June 2015. Pending...

Ahold, Delhaize Merger Moves Another Step Closer To Completing
Retail // March 15, 2016

The merger of two giant grocery chains has notched one step closer to completion, a little over a year after the deal was first announced. Ahold, the Dutch parent company of such retail brands as Stop & Shop, will be buying Belgium-based Delhaize, the operator...

The Creative Destruction Of Grocery Stores
In Depth // September 10, 2015

Online is bifurcating how consumers shop for everything — including groceries. In response, grocery chains are switching things up, experimenting with smaller formats that primarily offer items that consumers would be more comfortable selecting in person than have a third party deliver to them. Suzi...

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Just Eat Takeaway Teaming up With Ahold’s Albert Heijn Chain

April 12, 2022
European meal-ordering service Just Eat Takeaway.com is partnering with Albert Heijn, the Netherlands-based flagship division of supermarket operator Ahold, to deliver groceries and convenience products, according to a Tuesday (April 12) Reuters report. The collaboration brings together the country’s biggest food delivery service and its largest grocery store chain. Ahold has its own grocery delivery […]

Two European Grocery Chains Form Major US Stake

June 25, 2015
Ahold and Delhaize announced yesterday (June 24) their intention to merge by mid 2016.  “Ahold Delhaize” – which is its new name – will count more than 6,500 stores, 375,000 associates...