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Ahold Delhaize publishes human rights report

Ahold Delhaize’s Human Rights Report highlights steps being taken to safeguard human rights, both within the organizational ranks and supply chain.

Stop & Shop, King Kullen terminate merger agreement

Stop & Shop and King Kullen decided not to proceed with the acquisition due to unforeseen changes in the marketplace, the companies said.

Food Lion to acquire 62 stores from Southeastern Grocers

Ahold Delhaize entered into an agreement to purchase 62 Bi-Lo and Harveys Supermarket stores in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia from Southeastern Grocers.

Ahold Delhaize sees sales boost during March

Ahold Delhaize issued a first-quarter business update and 2020 profit outlook, reporting a 34% U.S. sales boost for the month of March.

Retailers embrace micro-fulfillment centers

Food and drug retailers increasingly are exploring the opportunity to conduct e-commerce fulfillment from micro-fulfillment centers, rather than picking from their existing stores or shipping from full-sized warehouses.

Stop & Shop, Giant Food undergo leadership changes

Stop & Shop’s president, Mark McGowan will depart the company, and Gordon Reid, the president of Giant Food, will become president of Stop & Shop.

Multichannel shoppers pick the low-hanging fruit, including apples and oranges

WHAT IT MEANS AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT — With shoppers looking for ways to buy things more conveniently, it's clear that the age of the multichannel consumer is well under way, and retailers would be wise to respond in kind. Many of them have already done so.

According to retail consulting firm Upstream Commerce, convenience ranks at the top of reasons why consumers shop online, and as recent news has shown, this is just as true for supermarkets as it is for anyone else.

Stop & Shop store to feature new technologies

QUINCY, Mass. — Stop & Shop is opening a new store that will include new features that emphasize customer experience, the company said.

Stop & Shop, a division of the U.S. subsidiary of Dutch supermarket operator Ahold, said the Wayland, Mass., store would include nine complementary electric car charging stations, as well as numerous energy-efficient features. The store's grand opening is scheduled for Nov. 16.

Foods in prominent supermarket locations feed unhealthy choices, researchers say

NEW YORK — An article recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine examines the role that impulse marketing and customer psychology in supermarkets contributes to obesity and related health problems.

Survey ranks customers' favorite grocery shopping destinations

BOULDER, Colo. — Giant-Landover and ShopRite are shoppers' two favorite supermarkets, according to results of a survey released Tuesday.

Giant-Carlisle take-back event collects nearly 3 tons of unused drugs

CARLISLE, Pa. — Giant Food Stores collected nearly 3 tons of unused medications during a nationwide medication take-back day last month, the chain said.

Giant, owned by Dutch supermarket operator Ahold, said it and its Martin's Food Markets banner collected 5,843 lbs of unwanted and expired medications at 43 of its stores during the April 28 take-back event, doubling the amount collected last year.

Peapod brings virtual shopping to Chicago El system

CHICAGO — Online grocer Peapod is bringing its scan-and-buy grocery ordering system to the Chicago El.

The online retailer, owned by Netherlands-based Royal Ahold, announced Monday that it had placed its virtual store posters along the walls of a tunnel at the heavily trafficked State and Lake station of Chicago's rapid transit system.

Stop & Shop, Giant-Landover launch new health, wellness initiatives

LANDOVER, Md. — Two of Royal Ahold's U.S. supermarket chains are offering new labeling to make gluten-free foods easier to find in the store, while one has launched a new magazine to address childhood obesity.

Martin's Food Markets pharmacist wins APhA achievement award

RICHMOND, Va. — A Giant-Carlisle pharmacist has won recognition from the country's largest pharmacist organization for his immunizations. Dennis Stanley, a pharmacist at Martin's Food Market — a banner under Ahold's Giant-Carlisle chain — won the American Pharmacists Association's 2012 APhA Immunization Champion Lifetime Achievement Award.