BRUSSELS, BELGIUM -- (Marketwire) -- 04/26/12

Delhaize Group (EURONEXT BRUSSELS: DELB) (NYSE: DEG), the Belgian international food retailer, confirms that it will announce its first quarter 2012 results (ended March 31, 2012) on Thursday May 3, 2012 at 8:00 a.m. CET. The press release will be available on Delhaize Group's website (www.delhaizegroup.com) immediately after its publication.

The Delhaize Group management team will discuss the first quarter 2012 results during an investor conference call that will start at 03:00 p.m. CET (09:00 a.m. ET) on May 3, 2012. To participate in the conference call, please call +44 20 7136 2055 (U.K), +1 646 254 3360 (U.S.) or +32 2 620 0138 (Belgium), with "Delhaize" as password.

The conference call will also be broadcast live over the internet on May 3, 2012 at 03:00 p.m. CET (09:00 a.m. ET) at www.delhaizegroup.com. An audio replay of this webcast will be available at the same website starting at 06:00 p.m. CET (12:00 p.m. ET) on May 3, 2012.

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Delhaize Group is a Belgian international food retailer present in eleven countries on three continents. At the end of 2011, Delhaize Group's sales network consisted of 3 408 stores. In 2011, Delhaize Group posted EUR 21.1 billion (USD 29.4 billion) in revenues and EUR 475 million (USD 661 million) in net profit (Group share). At the end of 2011, Delhaize Group employed approximately 160 000 people. Delhaize Group's stock is listed on NYSE Euronext Brussels (DELB) and the New York Stock Exchange (DEG).

Press release in Pdf-format: http://hugin.info/133961/R/1605782/508688.pdf

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Source: Delhaize Group via Thomson Reuters ONE [HUG#1605782]

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