Ahold Delhaize

CARLISLE, Pa. -- Giant Food Stores and Martin's Food Markets are rolling out a tamperproof measure of egg freshness that is readily observable to shoppers: freshness dates and tracking codes etched into the shells of all store-brand and Nature's Promise eggs at the Ahold-owned chains' stores.

NEW YORK -- Morgan Stanley Private Equity here said yesterday that it has completed its acquisition of Tops Markets, LLC from Ahold for $310 million. It appointed company veteran Frank Curci as Tops' c.e.o., effective immediately.

SCARBOROUGH, Maine -- Hannaford Supermarkets said yesterday that it would license its "Guiding Stars" nutritional rating system early next year, to make it available for use by other supermarket chains, as well as vendors and health care groups.

SCARBOROUGH, Maine -- Hannaford Supermarkets said yesterday that it would license its "Guiding Stars" nutritional rating system early next year, to make it available for use by other supermarket chains, as well as vendors and health care groups.

BRUSSELS -- Delhaize Group, which is the parent company of Food Lion, Hannaford, and Sweetbay in the U.S., plans to continue focusing primarily on organic growth rather than growth through acquisitions, the company's c.f.o., Craig Owens, said yesterday during the group's annual investors' day. He noted, however, that the group would consider making acquisitions if the appropriate opportunities arise.

SCARBOROUGH, Maine -- Hannaford Supermarkets said yesterday that it would license its "Guiding Stars" nutritional rating system early next year, to make it available for use by other supermarket chains, as well as vendors and health care groups.

BALTIMORE - Could Supervalu and Delhaize be eyeing Mars? Industry speculation has it that Mars Super Markets, a longtime presence in the Baltimore and Washington, D.C. markets, is considering selling 17 of its 18 stores plus a 300,000-square-foot distribution center, and major players Supervalu and Delhaize are at the front of the line of suitors.

NEW YORK -- Ahold c.i.o. Dave McNally will explain the how and why behind Ahold¿s deployment of an enterprise-wide system as a foundation to plug in technologies it needs to differentiate from competition, during a one-hour interactive Webcast Tuesday, December 4 hosted by Progressive Grocer.