Ahold Delhaize

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize N.V.
Naamloze vennootschap
Traded as Euronext: AD
Industry Retail
Predecessor
Founded 24 July 2016 (2016-07-24)
Headquarters Zaandam, Netherlands
Key people
 Frans Muller (President and CEO)
Kevin Holt (CEO Ahold Delhaize USA)
Wouter Kolk (CEO the Netherlands and Belgium)
Jeff Carr (CFO)
Revenue Increase € 62.3 Billion
Website www.aholddelhaize.com

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize N.V., commonly known as Ahold Delhaize, is a Dutch retail company, operating supermarkets and e-commerce businesses. Its 21 local brands employ more than 375,000 associates at 6,500 stores in 11 countries. Formats include supermarkets, convenience stores, hypermarkets, online grocery, online non-food, drugstores, and liquor stores.

Ahold Delhaize’s international headquarters is in Zaandam, Netherlands.[1] Its brands are active in the United States, the Netherlands, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Luxembourg, Romania and Serbia. It also participates in joint ventures in Indonesia and Portugal.

Ahold Delhaize shares are listed[2] on Euronext Amsterdam and Brussels (ticker: AD). Ahold's former CEO, Dick Boer, is the CEO of Ahold Delhaize, and Frans Muller, former CEO of Delhaize Group, is the deputy CEO, chief integration officer and acting chief operations officer (ad interim) of Delhaize America.[3][4]

History

Ahold Delhaize was formed in July 2016 from the merger of Ahold and Delhaize Group.[5][6] Delhaize Group dates back to 1867, when the Delhaize brothers opened a wholesale grocery business in Charleroi, Belgium. Ahold traces its roots back to 1887, when Albert Heijn opened a first store in the Dutch town of Oostzaan.

Brands and formats

Ahold Delhaize owns or co-owns a number of supermarket chains and e-commerce businesses:[7]

Asia

Indonesia

Europe

Belgium

  • Delhaize: supermarkets
  • Proxy Delhaize: convenience stores
  • AD Delhaize: local independent supermarkets
  • Delhaize Shop & Go: convenience stores
  • Albert Heijn: supermarkets
  • ah.be: online grocery, pick-up points
  • bol.com: online retailer (general merchandise)

Czech Republic

  • Albert: supermarkets, compact hypers

Germany

Greece

Netherlands

  • Albert Heijn: supermarkets
  • ah.nl: online grocery, pick-up points
  • AH to go: convenience stores
  • Bol.com: online retailer (general merchandise)
  • Etos: drug stores
  • Gall & Gall: wine and liquor stores

Portugal

Romania

  • Mega Image: neighborhood supermarkets
  • Shop & Go: convenience stores

Serbia

  • Etos: drug stores
  • Maxi: supermarkets
  • Tempo: hypermarkets
  • Shop & Go: convenience stores

North America

United States

References

  1. ↑ ""Hoofdkantoor Ahold-Delhaize komt in Nederland" - HLN.be". hln.be. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "First Trading Day Ahold Delhaize on Euronext". Euronext. Archived from the original on 2 August 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "Ahold, Delhaize complete merger agreement". SupermarketNews. 24 June 2015. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "FT.com". ft.com. Archived from the original on 24 August 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "Delhaize Group and Ahold complete merger after receiving clearance from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission". GlobeNewswire. 23 July 2016. Archived from the original on 25 July 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "A New U.S.-European Grocery Giant Is Born - WSJ". wsj.com. Archived from the original on 7 September 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  7. ↑ "Where we operate | Ahold Delhaize". aholddelhaize.com. Archived from the original on 21 September 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  8. ↑ http://www.albertheijntogo.de Archived 8 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine.
  9. ↑ "bfresh | Grocery Store". bfresh.com. Archived from the original on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
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