M&A Deal Summary

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize Acquires US Foods

On March 20, 2000, Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize acquired distribution company US Foods for 3.6B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize’s 1st transaction in the Distribution sector.
  • This is Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize’s 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize’s 1st transaction in Illinois.
Investment Fate
  • US Foods was divested to a consortium of financial buyers in 2007 for 7.1B USD.
  • US Foods was divested to a strategic buyer in 2007 for 7.1B USD.
  • US Foods went public in 2016.
  • US Foods was sold to a financial buyer in 2020.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2000-03-20
Target US Foods
Sector Distribution
Buyer(s) Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 3.6B USD

Target

US Foods

Rosemont, Illinois, United States
Entrance to US Foods' headquarters in Rosemont, Illinois.
Entrance to US Foods' headquarters in Rosemont, Illinois.
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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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 5 of 11
Sector (Distribution) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 5 of 10
State (Illinois) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 3 of 5
Year (2000) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1998-10-28 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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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2001-08-30 Peapod

Skokie, Illinois, United States

Peapod LLC is an Internet grocery stores in the US.

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