Grocery Mega-Merger Would Create A U.S. Supermarket Goliath

Grocery Mega-Merger Would Create A U.S. Supermarket Goliath
Alex Lewis, age 5, of Falmouth, Maine, helping his mother shop, scoots by the frozen food section at Hannaford Bros. supermarket in Falmouth, Maine, on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2007. A gold star rating system is aimed at helping supermarket shoppers make healthier choices, says a spokeswoman at the food chain. The Guiding Stars program was launched a year ago at 160 Hannaford supermarkets across the Northeast. Officials claim that frozen dinners receiving stars grew 4 and one-half times faster compared to frozen dinners without stars. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach)
Alex Lewis, age 5, of Falmouth, Maine, helping his mother shop, scoots by the frozen food section at Hannaford Bros. supermarket in Falmouth, Maine, on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2007. A gold star rating system is aimed at helping supermarket shoppers make healthier choices, says a spokeswoman at the food chain. The Guiding Stars program was launched a year ago at 160 Hannaford supermarkets across the Northeast. Officials claim that frozen dinners receiving stars grew 4 and one-half times faster compared to frozen dinners without stars. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach)

The Dutch supermarket operator Ahold and the Delhaize Group of Belgium said on Wednesday that they had agreed to an all-share merger that would create one of the largest supermarket chains in the United States.

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