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Delhaize: Belgium's Champion Looks at Options
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Rumours that Delhaize, Belgium's leading retailer, is in talks with larger Dutch counterpart, Ahold, have fuelled speculation about a major re-shaping of the mass grocery retail (MGR) sector in the Benelux region as well as the US east coast, where both companies run retail chains. But, as with much news around Ahold lately, one wonders if this scenario is being floated by hedge fund investors in Ahold who are anxious to see the world's fourth-largest retailer split up into separate businesses, which they believe would ultimately prove more valuable than a single