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Delhaize Le Lion / De Leeuw

Type

Naamloze vennootschap / Socit anonyme

Industry

Retail

Fate

Merged with Ahold

Successor

Ahold Delhaize

Founded

1867; 149 years ago

Headquarters

Anderlecht, Brussels, Belgium

Number of locations

3,534 in Europe, North America and Asia (2013)[1]

Key people

Frans Muller (CEO), Mats Jansson (Chairman) , Kevin Holt (CEO, Delhaize America)

Services

Supermarkets, hypermarkets, convenience stores, wholesale

Revenue

21.1 billion (2013)

Profit

487 million (2013)[1]

Total assets

11.6 billion (end 2013)[1]

Total equity

5.076 billion (end 2013)[1]

Website

delhaizegroup.com

Delhaize Le Lion / De Leeuw (French pronunciation: [dlz]) was a food retailer headquartered in Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, Brussels, Belgium,[2] and operating in seven
countries and on three continents. The principal activity of Delhaize Group is the operation of food supermarkets. On June 24, 2015, Delhaize reached an
agreement with Ahold to merge and form a new parent company headquartered in the Netherlands: Ahold Delhaize.[3]
Contents

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1History
2Sales divisions

2.1Europe

2.2North America

2.3Asia

3See also

4References

5External links

History[edit]
Delhaize Le Lion / De Leeuw was founded near Charleroi, Belgium, in 1867 by Jules Delhaize and his brothers Auguste, Edouard and Adolphe. He was helped in
this endeavor by his future brother-in-law, Jules Vieujant. [4] For their new company, they chose the lion, the symbol of strength, as their logo. They also chose a
motto: unity is strength.[5]
As of 31 December 2014, Delhaize Group had a sales network (which includes directly operated, franchised, and affiliated stores) of 3,402 stores and employed
approximately 150,000 people (excluding the stores and related associates of divested and discontinued operations). Store formats are primarily supermarkets,
which represent 85% of Delhaize Group's sales network. Delhaize Group's sales network also includes other store formats such as neighborhood stores,
convenience stores, and specialty stores. The company is actively engaged with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star program to manage
energy efficiency across its U.S. facilities. [6]
In addition to food retailing, Delhaize Group engages in food wholesaling to stores in its sales network and in nonfood retailing of products such as pet products
and health and beauty products.
In 2014, Delhaize Group recorded revenue of 21.4 billion and underlying operating profit of 762 million. Delhaize Group's operations are located primarily in the
United States (Food Lion LLC, Hannaford Brothers Company) and Belgium. Other operations are located in Greece, Indonesia, Serbia, Luxembourg and
Romania.
Delhaize entered the U.S. market through its acquisition of Food Town Stores in 1983, renaming it Food Lion and expanding from 22 stores to 226. [5] In 1985, it
became a franchisee for Cub Foods and opened the first of many stores in the Atlanta area and in 1996 acquired Kash n' Karry, a Florida grocery chain.[5] Both its
Cub Foods stores, and the Kash n' Karry chain have since been sold by Delhaize.
In 2007, the company left the Czech market after 16 years and sold all of its 97 supermarkets to Billa.[7] In 2009, the company left the German market after 6 years
and sold all of its 4 supermarkets to REWE Group. In 2011, Delhaize acquired Serbian retailer Delta Maxi.[8]
In May 2013, Harveys was sold along with sister supermarket chains Sweetbay and Reid's to BI-LO, LLC for $265 million.[9]
The locations in Montenegro were sold in 2013.[10] The locations in Bosnia and Herzegovina were sold in 2014.[11]
In November 2014, Delhaize Group signed an agreement to sell its Bottom Dollar food store locations in the U.S. to Aldi, Inc. The stores were closed on January
12, 2015, and the transaction was completed early 2015.[citation needed]
On June 24, 2015, Delhaize reached an agreement with Ahold to merge, forming a new parent company, Ahold Delhaize.[12][13][14] Ahold CEO Dick Boer will become
CEO of the merged company, with Frans Muller, CEO of Delhaize to become deputy CEO and chief integration officer. [15]

Sales divisions[edit]

Delhaize distribution centre in Zellik

Europe[edit]
Belgium

Delhaize
Red Market

AD Delhaize

Proxy Delhaize

Shop & Go

Tom & Co.

Delhaize.be

Caddyhome.be

Delhaizewineworld.com

Luxembourg

Delhaize
Proxy Delhaize

Greece

Alfa-Beta Vassilopoulos
City AB

AB Shop & Go

AB Food Market

ENA

Romania [16]

Mega Image - 203 stores

Shop & Go - 217 stores

Gusturi Romanesti - 1 store

AB Cool Food - 1 store

Mega Drive - 1 store

Serbia

North America[edit]
United States

Maxi
Shop & Go (formerly: Mini Maxi)
Tempo Centar (formerly: Tempo Cash & Carry)

Operates as Delhaize America, a wholly owned subsidiary of Delhaize Group:

Food Lion
Hannaford

Asia[edit]
Indonesia

Super Indo (51%)

See also[edit]

Brussels portal

Companies portal

Food portal

European Retail Round Table

References[edit]
1.
2.

^ Jump up to:a b c d http://annualreport.delhaizegroup.com/?lang=en Company Annual Report

Jump up^ "Contacts." Delhaize Group. Retrieved on 10 March 2016. "Osseghemstraat 53 1080 Brussels Belgium"

3.

Jump up^ HLN.be

4.

Jump up^ Dendooven, Pascal (5 July 2007). "De onversaagde kruideniers van Delhaize". De Standaard (in
Dutch). Retrieved 30 October 2014.

5.

^ Jump up to:a b c Delhaize Company's Our History

6.

Jump up^ "Hannaford Supermarket First to Achieve LEED Platinum Rating". www.greenbiz.com. Greenbiz
Group. Retrieved 28 October 2014.

7.

Jump up^ BILLA R zdvojnsob podl na trhu, obrat, poet prodejen i zamstnanc (BILLA R will double its
market share, sales, number of supermarkets and employees) (Delvita press release, 1 June 2007)

8.

Jump up^ "Food Lion parent Delhaize buys Delta Maxi". Charlotte Business Journal. 27 July 2011.
Retrieved 29 October 2014.

9.

Jump up^ Tampa-based Sweetbay supermarkets sold Tampa Bay Times, May 28, 2013

10.

Jump up^ Delhaize Press Release - sale of MaxiMiniMaxi and Tempo stores

11.

Jump up^ Delhaize Press Release - sale of Bosnian-Herzegovinian stores

12.

Jump
up^ http://delhaizegroup.com/en/PublicationsCenter/OtherPressReleases/OtherPressReleasesView/tabid/301/A
rticle/1670/ahold-and-delhaize-announce-intention-to-merge.aspx

13.

Jump up^ "Growing Dutch company eats up Maine-based Hannaford chain". The Portland Press Herald /
Maine Sunday Telegram.

14.

Jump up^ "Stop & Shop parent to purchase owner of Hannaford - Business - The Boston
Globe". BostonGlobe.com.

15.

Jump up^ "Ahold, Delhaize complete merger agreement". SupermarketNews. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 26
June 2015.

16.

Jump up^ "O Noua Localitate Pe Harta Mega Image". Magazinul Progresiv. Retrieved 5 April 2015.

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