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Exhibit 99.1
HANNAFORD ACQUISITION COMPLETED
07/31/2000
Salisbury, N.C. -- Delhaize America Inc. (NYSE: DZA, DZB) today announced that
it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Hannaford Bros. Co.
Hannaford Bros. is now the third wholly-owned subsidiary of Delhaize America,
which also owns Salisbury, N.C.-based Food Lion, L.L.C. and Tampa, Fla.-based
Kash n' Karry. With more than 1,400 stores from Maine to Florida today, Delhaize
America is the fifth largest grocery retailer in the nation.
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