date:Apr 23, 2013
rcent in the same period last year, while its margins in Belgium climbed to 5.1 percent for 4.6 percent.
The group is among the first grocers to report first-quarter figures.
In 2012, Delhaize had an underlying operating margin of 3.6 percent, above the 2.8 percent reported by French peer Carrefour but below the 4.3 percent of Dutch group Ahold , which also has a big presence in the United States.
Delhaize unexpectedly published unaudited figures on Monday at the same time as postponing a cap