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SCARBOROUGH, Maine -- Hannaford Supermarkets will again serve as the title sponsor for the second annual Hannaford Kidz Expo, to be held on March 3 in Albany, N.Y. The family-oriented festival is free for both parents and children.

AMSTERDAM ¿ Mixed-to-flat results at its U.S. retail operations contributed to a bumpy fourth quarter and year for Ahold, the retail conglomerate based here, said yesterday. Giant-Carlisle continued as Ahold's bright spot in terms of performance.

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SALISBURY, N.C. -- Food Lion, LLC here has appointed Charles Davis v.p. of business strategy and analytics. Reporting to Mike Haaf, s.v.p. of sales, marketing, and business strategy, Davis will be responsible for research, analytics, and business strategy within the company.

SALISBURY, N.C. -- Food Lion, LLC here has appointed Charles Davis v.p. of business strategy and analytics. Reporting to Mike Haaf, s.v.p. of sales, marketing, and business strategy, Davis will be responsible for research, analytics, and business strategy within the company.

GREENVILLE, S.C. -- With three back-to-back groundbreaking ceremonies and a grand opening celebration, Food Lion LLC is launching a total of four new stores in South Carolina this week. Construction will begin soon on new Food Lion stores in Anderson, Union, and Woodruff. Bloom, the company's newest supermarket concept, also opened a third store in Greer on Jan. 24.

SALISBURY, N.C. -- Food Lion LLC, a subsidiary of Brussels-based Delhaize Group, has named Ken Mills v.p. of sales and marketing. Mills will report to Mike Haaf, s.v.p. of sales, marketing, and business strategy.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Wegmans Food Markets here has chosen West Chester, Pa.-based Prescient Applied Intelligence, Inc.'s Demand Planning and Inventory and Replenishment Planning modules to generate orders for about 800 vendors.