Delhaize Group Wins the Prize for the Best Report on Sustainable
Development
(Thomson Reuters ONE) - BRUSSELS, Belgium, October 29, 2009 - For many years, the « InstitutBelge des Réviseurs d'Entreprise » (The Belgian Institute of CompanyAuditors) has been promoting the reporting and transparency ofcorporate responsibility in companies. Today, it has awarded itsannual price for the best report on sustainable development. Thisyear, Delhaize Group, the Belgian international food retailer(Euronext Brussels: DELB - NYSE: DEG), wins the prize for its"Corporate Responsibility Report 2008".The history of corporate responsibility at Delhaize started more than100 years ago to eventually become one of the three key pillars ofits strategy. Since 2007, Delhaize Group also publishes an annualreport dedicated to corporate responsibility.Pierre-Olivier Beckers, President and Chief Executive OfficerDelhaize Group said: "Throughout their history, our differentoperating companies have spontaneously developed a large number ofinitiatives related to corporate responsibility. This demonstratesthat corporate responsibility is a part of our company's culture.Delhaize Belgium being in the top 10 of green energy consumers inEurope and the first in Belgium, or being pioneers in the UnitedStates by launching the nutritional information program called"Guiding Stars", are some of the examples. The corporateresponsibility strategy recently developed at the Group level in acoherent way enables us to share our collective expertise andconcentrate our energy on well chosen and measurable objectives. Weare happy that the report which communicates our results has caughtthe attention of the jury."Sustainable development is present in many different areasparticularly in the food retail sector. Delhaize Group has chosenthree key pillars to focus on; Products: healthier products, People:healthier people and Planet: a healthier planet, in the spirit of thetitle of the report: "a healthy approach to life". The reportparticularly focuses on the five areas selected by Delhaize Group asa basis of its corporate responsibility strategy. These five areasare: food safety, health and wellness, associate development, energyconservation, responsible sourcing. The report has been used assupport for internal and external communication in order to raise theawareness of our associates and our customers. It provides concreteexamples and numerical results making it possible to evaluate theprogress that has been made so far. Delhaize Group is conscious ofthe fact that there are still many more challenges, and the prize theGroup receives today is a great encouragement to continue itsefforts.The « Corporate Responsibility Report 2008 » can be downloaded fromthe site www.delhaizegroup.com» Delhaize GroupDelhaize Group is a Belgian international food retailer present insix countries on three continents. As of June 30, 2009, DelhaizeGroup's sales network consisted of 2 684 stores. In 2008, DelhaizeGroup posted EUR 19 billion (USD 28 billion) in revenues and EUR 467million (USD 687 million) in net profit (Group share). At the end of2008, Delhaize Group employed approximately 141 000 people. DelhaizeGroup's stock is listed on Euronext Brussels (DELB) and the New YorkStock Exchange (DEG).This press release is available in English, French and Dutch. You canalso find it on the website http://www.delhaizegroup.com. Questionscan be sent to calexandre(at)delhaizegroup.com.» ContactsCatherine Alexandre: + 32 2 412 82 57 or +32 475 91 91 03Barbera Hoppenbrouwers: + 32 2 412 86 69http://hugin.info/133961/R/1351272/326483.pdfThis announcement was originally distributed by Hugin. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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