Retail - Netherlands

Jumbo To Scale Back La Place Restaurant Operation

Dutch retailer Jumbo is to close around a quarter of its La Place restaurant outlets, due to the impact of the coronavirus on its operations, according to...

Ahold Delhaize Beats Profit Forecasts On Food Stockpiling

Ahold Delhaize beat expectations with a 38% rise in first-quarter core earnings on Thursday as shoppers stockpiled due to the coronavirus outbreak. Unde...

Dutch Supermarket Founder Dirk Van Den Broek Passes Away

Dirk van den Broek, founder of the eponymous supermarket chain ‘Dirk’, has passed away in Aerdenhout in the Netherlands, at the age of 96, acco...

Ahold Delhaize's Sales Jump In First Quarter Dominated By Coronavirus

Ahold Delhaize said that it is expecting a sales rise 15% in the first quarter, after its customers stockpiled food and other essentials in all its markets...

Dutch Retailer Coop Sees Turnover Up 8% In Full-Year 2019

Dutch retailer Coop has said that the conversion of the last remaining EMTÉ stores helped boost its performance in full-year 2019, as the group saw...

Ahold Delhaize Sees Dutch Sales Boost In Fourth Quarter

Retailer Ahold Delhaize has posted a 4.3% like-for-like sales increase in the Dutch market in the fourth quarter of its financial year. The group said t...

HEMA Products Go On Sale In Jumbo Outlets For The First Time

A selection of HEMA products have gone on sale in Jumbo Foodmarkt stores in Breda and Tilburg, in the Netherlands, marking the first step in the commercial...

Albert Heijn To Expand Home Delivery Network Capacity

Dutch retailer Albert Heijn plans to double the capacity of its home delivery operation, with the opening of two new Home Shop Centres (HSCs) in Oosterhout...