(MENAFN - GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) Associates, customers and local communities benefitted from investments, including 45,000 new jobs
Zaandam, the Netherlands, February 17, 2021 â Facing the unprecedented challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Ahold Delhaize and all its brands have supported associates, customers, and local communities through several initiatives. The total amount of this COVID-19 care is nearly â¬680 million, including â¬21 million of charitable donations. The local brands of Ahold Delhaize created more than 45,000 new jobs to meet the increased customer demand and care for neighbors during the pandemic. In addition, two U.S. brands of Ahold Delhaize, Giant Food and Stop & Shop, also each made commitments to contribute funds, totaling more than â¬1.4 billion, to improve the security of pension benefits for their associates. Ahold Delhaize and its local brands are continuing their COVID-19 care in 2021, with an additional provision of
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Ahold said it expects online sales growth to continue to outpace traditional sales growth this year.
It looks like Ahold Delhaize s laser focus on e-commerce is paying off, as the company reported a 129% jump in fourth quarter online sales in the U.S.
For the fiscal period ended Dec. 31, Ahold said U.S. same-store sales excluding gasoline grew 11.2%, due largely to COVID-19 related sales strength, which has catapulted sales at many other food retailers over the past year. Online sales in the U.S. were up 129% in constant currency. However, underlying operating margin in the U.S. was 3.9%, down 0.4 percentage points from the prior year at constant exchange rates, impacted by significant costs related to COVID-19, the company said.
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Boston area residents may want to prepare for the possibility of lines outside local grocery stores, if they haven’t formed already.
In an effort to limit the spread of COVID-19 amid rising hospitalization and deaths due to the disease, Gov. Charlie Baker last week announced a new 25 percent capacity limit for most businesses in Massachusetts. The new restrictions, which took effect Saturday, are the lowest maximum occupancy restriction that industries from offices to gyms to retail stores have had to adhere to since the beginning of the state’s reopening process.
And for supermarkets, it means the potential return of the outside lines that were characteristic of some of the state’s busiest stores during the spring.