So to be disposed of a limited number of stores in Belgium to remove competition concerns. These eight Albert Heijn stores and five franchise stores Delhaize. There will also be carried over a limited number of future projects Ahold and Delhaize. No own stores Delhaize will be divested.
According to Ahold and Delhaize there are no shops close. The stores in question must be transferred to a buyer who has the resources and expertise to maintain the sites as a viable and active competitors of the merged company and other businesses.
The two companies together have about 880 branches in Belgium. The Belgian approval all antitrust proceedings completed in Europe.
Green light
The shareholders of Ahold and Delhaize gave Monday overwhelmingly the green light for the merger. At the supermarket giant Royal Ahold, Delhaize, headquartered in Zaandam, will soon employ more than 375,000 workers in more than 6,500 stores in Europe and the United States.
Ahold with annual sales of 38.2 billion greater than Delhaize, which last year generated sales of 24.4 billion euros. The merger will be completed in the coming months
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