Ahold Delhaize

NAPLES, Fla. - Delhaize Group subsidiary Kash n' Karry is debuting its new retail concept, Sweetbay, here on Saturday. The new banner will eventually replace all Kash n' Karry stores in Florida.

ZAANDAM, The Netherlands - Ahold has partially completed the sale of its 99 percent controlling interest in Disco S.A. to Chilean retailer Cencosud S.A., by transferring the ownership of approximately 85 percent of the outstanding Disco shares.

QUINCY, Mass. - Stop & Shop, an Ahold banner, hopes to teach kids a thing or two about healthy eating through store tours for children in grades K-3 during the 2004-2005 school year.

Corporate branding strategies are growing more sophisticated, stratified, and effective than ever as retailers seek to grow profits and stand out.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The fifth of five Bloom pilot stores from Salisbury, N.C.-based Food Lion opens here today near the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

BOSTON - International development agency Oxfam America, which yesterday launched Check Out Fair Trade, the second phase of its campaign to get more retailers to offer Fair Trade products, has issued its Supermarket Report Card on grocers offering such items, and Wild Oats and Ahold have earned top grades.

CHICAGO - Wild Oats Markets, Inc., a national natural and organic foods retailer, and Peapod, Ahold USA's Internet grocer, are now offering more than 200 Wild Oats branded to Chicago-area shoppers on the Peapod online grocery site.

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