(, ) is a food retailer headquartered in
Belgium which operates in 10 countries and on three continents. Delhaize Group was founded in Belgium in 1867. The principal activity of Delhaize Group is the operation of food supermarkets in
North America ,
Europe and Southeast
Asia .
As of December 31, 2004, Delhaize Group had a sales network (which includes directly operated, franchised and affiliated stores) of 2,565 stores and employed approximately 138,000 people. Store formats are primarily supermarkets, which represent 85% of Delhaize Group's sales network. Delhaize Group's sales network also includes other store formats such as neighborhood stores, convenience stores and specialty stores. In addition to food retailing, which accounted for approximately 95% of Delhaize Group's sales in 2004, Delhaize Group also engages in food wholesaling to stores in its sales network and in nonfood retailing of products such as pet products and health and beauty products.
Delhaize Group recorded sales of 18.0 billion
Euro s in 2004 and net income of 211.5 million euros. Delhaize Group's operations are located primarily in the
United States (
Food Lion ) and Belgium. Its other operations are located in
Greece , the
Czech Republic ,
Slovakia ,
Romania ,
Thailand and
Indonesia .
