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Encyclopedia > Delhaize Group

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Delhaize Group
Image:Logo_delhaize.gif
Type Public
Founded 1867
Headquarters Brussels, Belgium
Key people Pierre-Olivier Beckers, CEO
Industry Retail
Products Retail
Revenue € 18.6 billion (2005)
Employees 138,000
Website www.delhaizegroup.com

Delhaize Group (Euronext: DELB, NYSE: DEG) is a food retailer headquartered in Belgium which operates in 10 countries and on three continents. Delhaize Group was founded in Belgium in 1867. The principal activity of Delhaize Group is the operation of food supermarkets in North America, Europe and Southeast Asia. Image File history File links Logo_delhaize. ... Nickname: Map showing the location of Brussels in Belgium Coordinates: Country Belgium Region Brussels-Capital Region Founded 979 Founded (Region) June 18, 1989 Government  - Mayor (Municipality) Freddy Thielemans Area  - Region 162 km²  (62. ... Pierre-Olivier Beckers (b. ... Drawing of a self-service store. ... Drawing of a self-service store. ... Revenue is a U.S. business term for the amount of money that a company earns from its activities in a given period, mostly from sales of products and/or services to customers. ... For the album by the Kaiser Chiefs see Employment (album) Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets and hosted on a particular domain or subdomain on the World Wide Web. ... Euronext N.V. is a pan-European stock exchange based in Paris[1] and with subsidiaries in Belgium, France, Netherlands, Portugal and the United Kingdom. ... The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), nicknamed the Big Board, is a New York City-based stock exchange. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... World map showing the location of Europe. ... World map showing the location of Asia. ...


As of December 31, 2005, Delhaize Group had a sales network (which includes directly operated, franchised and affiliated stores) of 2,636 stores and employed approximately 136,000 people. Store formats are primarily supermarkets, which represent 85% of Delhaize Group's sales network. Delhaize Group's sales network also includes other store formats such as neighborhood stores, convenience stores and specialty stores. In addition to food retailing, which accounted for approximately 95% of Delhaize Group's sales in 2005, Delhaize Group also engages in food wholesaling to stores in its sales network and in nonfood retailing of products such as pet products and health and beauty products.


Delhaize Group recorded sales of 18.6 billion euros in 2005 and net income of 364.9 million euros. Delhaize Group's operations are located primarily in the United States (Food Lion, Hannaford, Kash n' Karry/Sweetbay, and Harveys) and Belgium. Its other operations are located in Greece, the Czech Republic and Slovakia (with the mark Delvita), Romania, Thailand and Indonesia. “EUR” redirects here. ... Food Lion LLC is an American grocery store company headquartered in Salisbury, North Carolina that operates over 1,200 stores in 11 Southeast and Mid-Atlantic states under the Food Lion, Bloom, Bottom Dollar, and Reids nameplates. ... Hannaford is an American supermarket chain. ... Kash n Karry/Sweetbay Supermarket is a chain of American supermarkets located entirely in Florida. ... Harveys is a supermarket chain located in the Southeast United States with 68 stores in Georgia, North Florida, and South Carolina . ...


On 10 November 2006 Czech media announced that the company offered for sale all of its 96 supermarkets in the Czech Republic and will leave the Czech market.[1] They have functioned there since 1991. For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


[edit] See also

The European Retail Round Table is a European organization which represents companies from the European retail sector. ...

[edit] References

  1. ^ Delvita na českém trhu končí (Delvita is ending at the Czech market) (České noviny, 09 November 2006)

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  Results from FactBites:
 
Delhaize Group - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (250 words)
Delhaize Group (Euronext: DELB, NYSE: DEG) is a food retailer headquartered in Belgium which operates in 10 countries and on three continents.
The principal activity of Delhaize Group is the operation of food supermarkets in North America, Europe and Southeast Asia.
Delhaize Group's operations are located primarily in the United States (Food Lion) and Belgium.
Press release : DELHAIZE GROUP CompanynewsGroup (1973 words)
Delhaize Group's net debt decreased from EUR 3.9 billion at the end of 2002 to EUR 3.3 billion at the end of the third quarter 2003 due to the use of free cash flow and the weaker U.S. dollar.
Delhaize America generated USD 100.3 million free cash flow in the third quarter of 2003, totaling USD 979.6 million since the beginning of 2001 toward the Delhaize America target of USD 1 billion free cash flow in the period 2001-2003.
Delhaize Group's net debt amounted to EUR 3.3 billion at the end of the third quarter of 2003, a decrease of EUR 586.8 million compared to EUR 3.9 billion net debt at the end of 2002.
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