Ahold-Delhaize, a new giant from an international size

The Ahold and Delhaize companies have decided to get closer. The new group will take the name Ahold-Delhaize, totaling over 6500 points of sales and will serve over 50 million customers in a week.

Ahold-Delhaize will have a combined turnover of around 54 billion euros and will enter the world's top 10 supermarket chains.

The merger of two distributors designed to achieve an important size in the United States where Ahold is only No. 6 and Dehaize No. 11.Together their market share reached almost 5%.

The new group will be a leader in the Benelux with around 31% market share. The merger will be finalized by the middle of 2016.