Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize N.V. announced that Ahold Delhaize expects Thierry Garnier, to replace its outgoing chief executive, Frans Muller, around its annual general meeting in April 2027. Mr. Garnier joined Kingfisher as chief executive in September 2019, just before the Covid-19 pandemic struck and at a torrid time for the group, which was shutting shops and battling tumbling profits. Previous boss Veronique Laury had led a lengthy and drastic overhaul, which took its toll on the firm?s performance.
He joined with a priority to fix issues with the group?s IT and supply chain in France and halting some initiatives to concentrate on reversing sales declines. Mr. Garnier then steered the group through the pandemic and the boom in demand for home improvement products during multiple lockdowns, which was following by volatile trading in the years that followed.
Ahold Delhaize N.V. is one of the world leaders in retailing. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- retail distribution in the United States (57.5%): operated, at the end of 2025, 2,017 stores broken down by names between Food Lion (1,110), Stop & Shop (362), Giant/Martin's (194), Hannaford (188) and Giant Food (163).The group is also active in sale and home or workplace delivery of groceries through the Website Peapod.com;
- retail distribution in Europe (42.5%): operated 7,543 stores under the names Profi (1,745 in Romania), Albert Heijn (1,288 in the Netherlands and Belgium), Mega Image (993 in Romania), Delhaize (819 in Belgium and Luxembourg), AB (645 in Greece), Gall & Gall (629 in the Netherlands), Delhaize Serbia (546 in Serbia), Etos (506 in the Netherlands), Albert (349 in the Czech Republic), and Ena Food (14 in Greece).Ahold Delhaize N.V. is also active in sale and home or workplace delivery of groceries through the Website bol.com.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the Netherlands (21.6%), the United States
(57.4%) and others (21%).
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