Ahold Delhaize

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize N.V.
Company typePublic (N.V.)
Euronext Amsterdam: AD
AEX component
ISINNL0011794037
Industry
Predecessors
Founded25 July 2016; 8 years ago (2016-07-25)
HeadquartersZaandam, Netherlands
Number of locations
7,910 (2024)
Key people
  • Frans Muller (President and CEO)
  • Jerry W Fleeman (CEO Ahold Delhaize USA)
  • Wouter Kolk (CEO Ahold Delhaize Europe and Indonesia)
  • Jolanda Poots-Bijl (CFO)[1]
RevenueIncrease €87 billion (2022)[2]
Increase €2.5 billion (2022)[3]
Number of employees
414,000[4]
Websitewww.aholddelhaize.com

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize N.V. (in Dutch literally "Royal Ahold Delhaize"), commonly known as Ahold Delhaize,[5] is a Dutch-Belgian multinational retail and wholesale holding company. Its name comes from the 2016 merger of two companies: Ahold (Dutch) and Delhaize Group (Belgian), which both have origins in the 1800s. Its business format includes supermarkets, convenience stores, hypermarkets, online grocery, online non-food, drugstores, 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 in Zaandam, 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 on Euronext Amsterdam and Brussels (ticker: AD).[12] Ahold's CEO, Dick Boer, became the CEO of Ahold Delhaize until his retirement in 2018, and Frans Muller, the former CEO of Delhaize Group, succeeded Dick Boer, after previously having served 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]

  1. ^ Jolanda Poots-Bijl appointed to the Management Board of Ahold Delhaize as CFO /
  2. ^ "Annual Report". 13 March 2022. Archived from the original on 13 March 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Annual Report". 13 March 2022. Archived from the original on 13 March 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Annual Report". 13 March 2022. Archived from the original on 13 March 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Governance". www.aholddelhaize.com. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Brands". www.aholddelhaize.com.
  7. ^ "About". www.aholddelhaize.com.
  8. ^ "Ahold Delhaize-ceo Muller vindt in VS vooral uitbreiding in zuiden interessant". FD.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  9. ^ "'Hoofdkantoor Ahold-Delhaize komt in Nederland' - HLN.be". hln.be. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  10. ^ "Ahold en Delhaize verstaan elkaar soms slecht". MT/Sprout (in Dutch). 26 February 2018. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  11. ^ "Ahold richt zich met Delhaize in België meer op gemakswinkels". RTL Nieuws (in Dutch). 4 June 2018. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  12. ^ "First Trading Day Ahold Delhaize on Euronext". Euronext. Archived from the original on 2 August 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  13. ^ "Ahold, Delhaize complete merger agreement". SupermarketNews. 24 June 2015. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  14. ^ "FT.com". Financial Times. 17 April 2016. Archived from the original on 24 August 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  15. ^ "Ahold Delhaize Is Acquiring FreshDirect". Progressive Grocer. 18 November 2020. Archived from the original on 2 December 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.