Supermarket group Ahold Delhaize made more profit on a higher turnover in the third quarter of the year. In Europe, the company saw growth return despite a difficult comparison base with a year earlier when the company performed excellently. For the full year, Ahold Delhaize expects double-digit profit growth, up from previous expectations of 4 to 6 percent. The group …
Supermarket group Ahold Delhaize, the parent company of Albert Heijn and online retailer Bol.com, booked net profit of €693m in the second quarter of 2020, double last year’s figure. At the same time, the company said Q2 costs were up by €260m, because of logistics and safety issues introduced to cope with coronavirus. Most growth, however, was generated in the …
The Liberal democratic party D66 and pensioner party 50Plus have called on supermarkets to introduce special opening times for older and more vulnerable shoppers, in the light of the coronavirus outbreak. ‘This would enable them to do their shopping calmly,’ 50Plus leader Henk Krol said. So far Dutch supermarkets have not adopted the idea, although a spokesman for the CBL …
