Ahold Delhaize and local brands deploy more than €170 million on COVID-19 care to meet associate, customer, and community n...
07 April 2020 - 8:00AM
Ahold Delhaize and local brands deploy more than €170 million on
COVID-19 care to meet associate, customer, and community needs
Zaandam, the Netherlands, April 7, 2020 – Ahold
Delhaize announces today that together with its local brands, it
has deployed more than €170 million on COVID-19 relief and support
efforts so far. These efforts range from health and safety measures
for associates and customers, to enhanced benefits for frontline
associates, to charitable donations to support local
communities.
“In this time of acute need we see people coming
together across all our communities to help each other through this
pandemic,” said Frans Muller, Ahold Delhaize President and CEO.
“Ahold Delhaize and all our local brands in the U.S., Europe, and
Indonesia are taking substantial measures to ensure the safety of
both associates and customers in response to the significant
challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Fighting this requires
everyone’s support and I am pleased with our efforts to date.”
Muller continued, “I want to recognize the
resilience and courage demonstrated by all the medical and
emergency professionals working on the front line. Our own sector
has also proven to be vital at this time – supported by associates
across all our brands, in our supply chains, and at our support
offices. Their determined efforts and the care and teamwork they
exhibit every day fill me with pride. I am both impressed and
humbled by their actions in this time of great need. Finally, I am
grateful to customers in all the communities we serve for
respecting social distancing guidelines and local health
regulations that help protect not only themselves but our
associates as well.”
Fighting COVID-19 is requiring all these efforts and more,
including the following actions already taken:
For associates
- To further safeguard associate health, local brands across
Ahold Delhaize have introduced additional safety and
protective measures for associates, totaling €44 million.
Among the protective measures included are plexiglass shields at
registers and new store flow patterns to maintain social
distancing.
- Local brands in the U.S., Europe, and Indonesia are recognizing
the considerable and exceptional efforts associates are taking by
enhancing pay and / or associate benefits.
- Ahold Delhaize brands are providing further economic support to
communities, with their combined commitments to hire more than
40,000 associates. Local brands are liaising especially with
displaced people in industries that have been heavily affected by
the COVID-19 pandemic, such as travel, tourism, and
hospitality.
- Local brands across Ahold Delhaize have also enhanced associate
assistance programs to provide health and wellbeing support.
For customers
- All local brands across Ahold Delhaize have introduced new
in-store signage and other markers to help customers cooperate in
maintaining social distancing protocols.
- Across the U.S. and Europe, our brands have introduced special
opening hours for the elderly and other vulnerable populations
as well as essential personnel who are responding to the
crisis.
- Some brands have also established special grocery delivery
services for healthcare workers.
- Local brands have further enhanced already stringent
cleaning and hygiene measures, like cart cleaning before and after
use.
For communities
- Collectively, the Ahold Delhaize brands have so far committed
nearly €20 million to charitable donations to support the
following: local food banks, feeding first responders in critically
hard-hit areas, national and private health systems, the Red Cross,
and to medical facilities to further research on
COVID-19.
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