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SALISBURY, N.C. -- Food Lion, LLC was the second-largest retail food donor to America's Second Harvest -- The Nations Food Bank Network in 2005, the hunger relief organization said yesterday. Food Lion, a unit of the Delhaize Group, donated a total of 29 million pounds of grocery product.

SALISBURY, N.C. -- Delhaize America, parent of Food Lion and Hannaford, plans to install consumer demand management software to manage the complete lifecycle pricing for its stores chainwide.

SALISBURY, N.C. -- Food Lion's Bloom concept is moving beyond its testing ground of Charlotte, N.C., and into two major markets: Washington, D.C. with as many as 40 stores; and in Greenville, S.C.

LANHAM, Md. -- Shoppers Food & Pharmacy has created two new s.v.p. positions, in addition to promoting four other company executives.

AMSTERDAM -- Ahold here said yesterday that its executive board has named Jose Alvarez to the position of president and c.e.o. of the Stop & Shop/Giant-Landover arena. He succeeds Marc Smith, who in February said he planned to retire. Smith will work closely with Alvarez for the next month as he transitions into his new role, the company said.

SALISBURY, N.C. -- Now through April 30, all 1,215 Food Lion stores are conducting the "Food Lion for the Children" campaign to raise money for the Children's Miracle Network (CMN). Food Lion customers can participate by purchasing paper CMN balloons for $1 each.

AMSTERDAM -- The Road to Recovery is throwing some definite hazards in the way of international grocer Ahold. The Dutch company, based here, has had to cut its financial performance forecasts for retail operations in 2006, bemoaning brutal competition and steep operating costs in a press conference held here early today.

AMSTERDAM -- A former executive board member of retail conglomerate Royal Ahold, based here, said in a Dutch publication that a breakup of the company was inevitable because of a lack of cohesion among its units, according to published reports.