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 Ahold Delhaize headquarters in Zaandam, Netherlands | |
| Company type | Public (N.V.) |
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| Euronext Amsterdam: AD AEX component | |
| ISIN | NL0011794037 |
| Industry | |
| Predecessors | |
| Founded | 25 July 2016 |
| Headquarters | Zaandam, |
Number of locations | 7,910 (2024) |
Key people |
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| Revenue |  €89.4 billion (2024)[2] |
| €1.8 billion (2024)[3] | |
Number of employees | 414,000[4] |
| Website | Official website |
Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize N.V. (inDutch literally "Royal Ahold Delhaize"), commonly known asAhold Delhaize,[5] is a Dutch-Belgian multinational retail and wholesale holding company. Its name comes from the 2016 merger of two companies:Ahold (Dutch) andDelhaize Group (Belgian), which both have origins in the 1800s. Its business format includes supermarkets,convenience stores,hypermarkets, online grocery, online non-food, pharmacies, and liquor stores. Its 16 local brands employ 402,000 people at 7,716 stores across nine countries.[6][7] The United States is where two-thirds of the holding company's revenue is generated.[8]
Ahold Delhaize's world headquarters is inZaandam, just north of Amsterdam.[9] Other countries with Ahold Delhaize businesses include the Czech Republic, Greece, Luxembourg, Romania, Serbia, and the United States. It also participates in joint ventures in Indonesia and Portugal.[10][11]
Ahold Delhaize shares are listed onEuronext Amsterdam andBrussels (ticker: AD).[12] Ahold's CEO,Dick Boer, became the CEO of Ahold Delhaize until his retirement in 2018, andFrans Muller, the former CEO of Delhaize Group, succeeded Dick Boer, after previously having worked under Dick Boer's supervision, as the deputy CEO, chief integration officer and acting chief operations officer (ad interim) of Delhaize America.[13][14]
Operating more than 2,000 stores of multiple brands across 23 states, Ahold Delhaize is among the largest food and consumables retailers in the United States via its regional subsidiaries.[15]
Ahold Delhaize was formed in July 2016 from the merger ofAhold andDelhaize Group.[16][17] Delhaize Group dates back to 1867, when the Delhaize brothers opened a shop inCharleroi, Belgium. Ahold, originally named Albert Heijn N.V., started in 1887 whenAlbert Heijn bought the general store of his father in the Dutch town ofOostzaan. He gave the store his name and transformed it into a modern specialized grocery together with his wife, Neeltje Heijn. After a few years, he owned a chain of Dutch stores.
In 2018, the company experienced significant growth in the United States (Food Lion), the Netherlands, and online.[18] Growth in Belgium has been minimal.[18]
With around 380,000 employees in almost 7,000 stores, the company achieved a turnover of 66 billion euros in 2019.[19]
From 2019 to 2022, the company funded a research project atDelft University of Technology exploring the use ofrobotics andartificial intelligence in retail, including the potential ability to stock groceries on shelves.[20][21]
Beginning in June 2020, Ahold Delhaize implemented a partnership withInstacart to provide home delivery from more than 750 stores operated under the Hannaford, Food Lion, Giant Food, and Stop & Shop brands.[22] The company further expanded in the United States with the acquisition of a majority stake inFreshDirect, an online grocer. As of 2021, Ahold Delhaize has plans to establish Ship2Me, an online marketplace featuring food and merchandise items, in the second half of the year.[23]
In November 2023, Ahold Delhaize sold FreshDirect to Turkish companyGetir.[24] Part of the reason for the sale was so that Ahold Delhaize, specifically Ahold Delhaize USA, could focus more on the "omnichannel experience" and to strengthen its presence in supermarkets and online.
As of 2023, Ahold Delhaize announced the acquisition of Romanian retailerProfi for approximately €1.3 billion fromMid Europa Partners.[25]
In 2025, Ahold Delhaize disclosed that it had been the target of a 2024cyberattack, which resulted in the exfiltration of personal data for upwards of 2.2 million current and former employees (as well as their dependents and beneficiaries).[26][27]
| Country | Brand | Number of stores |
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| Netherlands | Albert Heijn | 1,268 |
| Etos | 523 | |
| Gall & Gall | 628 | |
| Bol.com | 0 (web store) | |
| Belgium | Albert Heijn | 80 |
| Delhaize | 818 | |
| Czech Republic | Albert | 340 |
| Greece | Alfa-Beta | 585 |
| ENA | 14 | |
| Indonesia | Super Indo | 180 |
| Luxembourg | Delhaize | 65 |
| Romania | Mega Image | 977 |
| Profi | 1,808 | |
| Serbia | Maxi (Delhaize Serbia) | 529 |
| United States | Food Lion | 1,108 |
| The Giant Company | 193 | |
| Giant Food | 165 | |
| Hannaford | 187 | |
| Stop & Shop | 365 | |
| Total | 9833 |
In 2016, Ahold Delhaize USA stated that it would stop sourcing eggs from hens confined inbattery cages and pork fromcrated pigs by the end of 2025. In December 2024, it extended the target dates, aiming for 70% cage-free egg sales by the end of 2030 and 100% by the end of 2032, and 100% crate-free pork by the end of 2028.[28][29]
After extending the implementation timeline, Ahold Delhaize and its subsidiaries faced pressure fromconsumer activist andanimal welfare organizations over its failure to meet its initial commitments. In 2025, protesters demonstrated outsideFood Lion headquarters inSalisbury, North Carolina, and nearHannaford headquarters inPortland, Maine.[30][31]Josh Balk, a former vice president of theHumane Society of the United States and CEO of The Accountability Board, identified Ahold Delhaize as one of the least transparent retailers on cage-free sourcing.[32]
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