Ahold Delhaize

SALISBURY, N.C. -- Food Lion said yesterday it is unveiling fresh makeovers at 26 stores in the tri-state area of Virginia, Maryland, and West Virginia.

SALISBURY, N.C. -- Food shoppers in the Washington, D.C. area have a new low-price option beginning today, as Food Lion unveils its newest retail brand, Bottom Dollar Food, to the market in Fredericksburg, Va.

QUINCY, Mass. -- Stop & Shop here is uniting technology with fresh fruit growers to come up with "Orchard Perfect" fruit, now exclusively available in all of the Ahold-owned banner's stores. The line's sun-ripened, hand-picked California summer fruits are gently layered by hand into single-layer cartons to prevent bruising. This process ensures that the fruit is ready to eat as soon as it arrives in the stores. The line includes peaches, nectarines, plums, white flesh peaches and white flesh nectarines.

QUINCY, Mass. -- The Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. here, along with Oakland, Calif.-based Edy's Grand Ice Cream, will thank each Stop & Shop customer who donates $1 to pediatric cancer research and treatment organizations with a free scoop of ice cream at all of the Ahold-owned Northeast grocer's stores, which are in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, New York, and New Jersey.

QUINCY, Mass. -- After a "security breach" by one of its vendors, Ahold USA here sent letters last week to some former employees telling them that their personal information, including birth dates and Social Security numbers, could possibly be accessed by others.

LANDOVER, Md. -- Giant Food, LLC has donated a total of $2 million in grants to more than 3,600 area schools that benefited from the Ahold-owned banner's 2005-2006 A+ "BonusBucks" program.

SALISBURY, N.C. -- Food Lion, the largest subsidiary of the Brussels-based Delhaize Group, is kicking off its annual Food Lion Speed Street festival today in uptown Charlotte, N.C. to commemorate the May races at nearby Lowe's Motor Speedway. The free-admission, three-day event transforms the streets of Charlotte into a showcase of motorsports, with entertainment on three stages, appearances by top Nextel Cup Drivers, dynamic exhibits for all ages, and an amazing assembly of NASCAR show cars and simulators.

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM -- During its ordinary general meeting yesterday, Delhaize Group's president and c.e.o., Pierre-Olivier Beckers, confirmed that the company expects to achieve its earlier-announced financial guidance for the full year 2006.