Ahold Delhaize

ZAANDAM, The Netherlands - Ahold today announced it has reached agreement on the sale of its stake in CRC.Ahold, operating in Thailand, to its partner, the Central Group. The divestment, which is effective immediately, is the final step in the overall sale of Ahold's Asian operations.

ZAANDAM, The Netherlands - Ahold today announced it has sold its Brazilian retail chain Bompreco to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Simultaneously, Ahold sold its Brazilian credit card operation Hipercard to Unibanco S.A.

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - In conjunction with details pertaining to a new corporate governance code it recently adopted, Ahold said two of its seven supervisory board members would step down.

ZAANDAM, The Netherlands - Ahold is withdrawing from the South. Late yesterday the financially struggling chain said it intends to divest its Bi-Lo and Bruno's chains.

AMSTERDAM - Dutch retailer Ahold confirmed on Friday that talks over the sale of its Disco chain in Argentina to French retailer Casino and businessman Francisco de Narvaez had ended, Reuters reports.

ZAANDAM, Netherlands - Ahold today announced further steps in its strategic program to streamline the company and improve long-term efficiency.

ZAANDAM, Netherlands - Ahold announced that its Williamsville, N.Y.-based Tops Markets subsidiary will divest its 204-unit convenience store chain as part of a previously announced effort to raise 2.5 billion euros as it emerges from an accounting scandal.

BRUSSELS - Delhaize Group here today said it will restructure its Tampa, Fla.-based Kash n' Karry subsidiary to focus on Florida's western Gold Coast, where it plans to open or remodel 20 stores. However, to redirect the resources to where they will benefit Kash n' Karry most, 34 underperforming stores will be closed or sold in the first quarter of 2004.