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                                                                    Alhold-Delhaize Posts Q1 Financials | 05/15/2021 |  
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			| Alhold-Delhaize based in the Netherlands, operates a number of supermarket banners in the U.S. including Food Lion, Giant, Stop & Shop, Hannaford's and Pea Pod.   Following European convention, detailed financial data is not released on a quarterly basis.  For the most recent first quarter of 2021, global sales attained US $15.22 billion with an operating income of $690 million and an EPS of $0.44.  U.S. sales attained $8.95 million, 3.6 percent more than the corresponding first quarter of 2020 that was impacted by COVID.  Operating income was $408 million down 2.8 percent from Q1 FY2020.  Global same-store sales growth attained 4.2 percent with 1.7 percent in the U.S. |  Frans Muller CEO
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   Globally Alhold Delhaize operates 7,127 stores under 19 banners in ten nations employing 410,000.  In the U.S., online sales attained $712 million, an increase of 188 percent over the first quarter of 2020. |  
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