M&A Deal Summary

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize Acquires Giant Food

On October 28, 1998, Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize acquired retailer Giant Food

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize’s 3rd transaction in the Retail sector.
  • This is Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize’s 1st transaction in Maryland.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 1998-10-28
Target Giant Food
Sector Retail
Buyer(s) Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Giant Food

Landover, Maryland, United States
Giant Food LLC is a provider of 168 supermarkets in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Columbia. Included within the 168 stores are 159 full- service pharmacies.

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Buyer

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize

Zaandam, Netherlands
Category Company
Founded 1867
Sector Retail
Employees400,000
Revenue 88.6B EUR (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize is an international retailing group. Ahold is built on a solid foundation, with strong and trusted local consumer brands, millions of loyal customers, leadership in our markets and proud associates. Operating supermarkets and selling great food has been our core business for over 125 years. Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize was founded in 1887 and is based in Zaandam, the Netherlands.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 11
Sector (Retail) 3 of 7
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 4 of 10
State (Maryland) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 2 of 5
Year (1998) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1996-01-01 The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company

Quincy, Massachusetts, United States

The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company LLC is a provider of grocery stores and supermarket.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-03-20 US Foods

Rosemont, Illinois, United States

US Foods is a food distributor to restaurants, healthcare and hospitality facilities, government operations and educational institutions. The Company offers more than 350,000 national brand products and our own high-quality private label items ranging from meats to produce to frozen foods. US Foods was founded in 2007 and is based in Rosemont, Illinois.

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