Ahold Delhaize

SANTIAGO, Chile - Chilean retailer D&S said on Tuesday it may try to block the sale of Chilean assets by Dutch group Ahold through legal action aimed at forcing Ahold to fully repay an outstanding debt.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. and COLOGNE, Germany - In line with its plan to connect all major global data pools to its synchronization hub, the Internet-based business-to-business exchange WorldWide Retail Exchange is partnering with SINFOS GmbH, one of several leading European data pools.

Zaandam, The Netherlands -- Ahold has reached agreement to sell its Indonesian operation to PT Hero Supermarket Tbk for approximately Euro 12 million, excluding proceeds from the sale of store inventory.

AMSTERDAM - Royal Ahold NV declined Thursday to comment on market rumors that U.K. supermarket chain Tesco PLC is looking at the possibility of taking it over.

CHICAGO & QUINCY, Mass. - Leading Internet grocer Peapod Inc. and New England grocer Stop & Shop today announced the expansion of their online service to the Hartford, Conn., metropolitan area.

AMSTERDAM - Dutch retailer Ahold, embroiled in an accounting scandal, said on Friday it would ask for permission to postpone publication of its disputed 2002 results until the end of November at the latest.

NEW YORK - At least four major foodmakers -- Kraft Foods, Tyson Foods, General Mills and H.J. Heinz -- have acknowledged that they are cooperating with federal investigations into possible accounting fraud at U.S. Foodservice, Ahold's food distribution business.

ZAANDAM, The Netherlands - Ahold today said it intends to divest its operations in Brazil, Argentina, Peru, and Paraguay, in order to concentrate on its mature and most stable markets and generate funds to pay down debt.