Ahold Delhaize

AMSTERDAM - Dutch retail giant Royal Ahold NV today said it will bid for the remaining outstanding shares of Chilean supermarket company Santa Isabel SA, Dow Jones news wire reports.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Delhaize Group, the Belgian international food retailer, on Monday announced it is streamlining its senior executive team in a move to further capitalize on the recent share exchange transaction with its major U.S. subsidiary, Delhaize America.

ZAANDAM, The Netherlands - Royal Ahold on Friday said it has assumed full control of Disco Ahold International Holdings (DAIH), its former Latin American joint venture company with Velox Retail Holdings (VRH).

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Ahold-owned Tops Friendly Markets has said it will test Toys "R" Us displays in six of its stores beginning next month to gauge customer interest in the mini-toy store concept that Giant Food has rolled out in some of its stores, The Buffalo News reports.

BRUSSELS - Belgian food retailer Delhaize, owner of Delhaize America, said Wednesday that its second-quarter net profit was 46.5 million euro ($45.6 million), compared to last year's 46.8 million euro.

AMSTERDAM - Ahold today slashed its 2002 earnings outlook by as much as two-thirds after its Argentine partner defaulted on its bank debt, Reuters reports.

ATLANTA - CIES - The Food Business Forum is seeking to positively change the image of retail throughout the world, congregants at the international association's World Food Business Summit in Atlanta were told last week.

FORT WORTH, Texas - Marketing Management Inc., an agent for suppliers nationwide for store brand products, said Thursday that it had received a complaint filed in federal court in Virginia from Ahold USA Holdings Inc.