Ahold Delhaize

Ahold Delhaize was founded in 2016, following a merger between Ahold and Delhaize Group. Delhaize Group has been in business since 1867 while Ahold started its operations in 1887. 

The merger led to Ahold Delhaize becoming one of the largest retail groups in the world. Indeed, nowadays Ahold Delhaize serves around 54 million customers.

Ahold Delhaize’s headquarters is based in the Netherlands and the company operates 6500 stores in 11 countries including Belgium, Czech Republic, Greece, USA, Serbia, etc. 

In June of 2020, Ahold Delhaize partnered with Instacart to provide home delivery from more than 750 stores operating under the Hannaford, Food Lion, Giant Food, and Stop & Shop brands.

The company expanded in the USA by acquiring the online grocer, FreshDirect, in the fiscal year 2020.

An online marketplace named Ship2Me was introduced by Ahold Delhaize in 2021. It features food and merchandise items.

In Indonesia and Portugal, Ahold Delhaize has set up stores by forming joint ventures with local companies.

Ahold Delhaize operates its stores under several different banners:

• Food Lion
• Giant
• Hannaford
• Stop & Shop
• Delhaize
• Albert Heijn
• Etos
• Gall & Gall
• Albert
• Alfa Beta
• Ena
• Maxi
• Tempo
• Mega Image
• Pingo Doce
• Super Indo

Furthermore, Ahold Delhaize runs the online shopping platform, bol.com, which brought in €4.3 billion in sales in 2020.

In 2020, Ahold Delhaize’s turnover reached €74.7 billion. The company currently employs 380 000 people. 

Ahold Delhaize is aiming at supplying a wider range of healthy products and is constantly bringing in new products. Furthermore, the business intends to be more transparent concerning its sourcing. 

Concerning sustainability, Ahold Delhaize is also focussing on reducing its waste.