Delhaize Group: Delhaize Group Announces Third Quarter 2011 Earnings Release Date

BRUSSELS, Belgium, November 3, 2011 - Delhaize Group (Euronext Brussels:DELB) (NYSE:DEG), the Belgian international food retailer, confirms that it will announce its third quarter 2011 results (ended September 30, 2011) on Thursday November 10, 2011 at 8:00 a.m. CET. The press release will be available on Delhaize Group's website (www.delhaizegroup.com (http://www.delhaizegroup.com/)) immediately after its publication.

The Delhaize Group management team will discuss the third quarter 2011 results during an investor conference call that will start at 03:00 p.m. CET (09:00 a.m. ET) on November 10, 2011. To participate in the conference call, please call +44 20 3450 9987 (U.K), +32 2 620 0138 (Belgium) or +1 646 254 3388 (U.S.), with "Delhaize" as password.

The conference call will also be broadcast live over the internet on November 10, 2011 at 03:00 p.m. CET (09:00 a.m. ET) at www.delhaizegroup.com (https://inpublic.huginonline.com/hugin/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 November 10, 2011.

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Delhaize Group is a Belgian international food retailer present in eleven countries on three continents. At the end of the second quarter of 2011, Delhaize Group's sales network consisted of 2 842 stores. In 2010, Delhaize Group posted EUR 20.8 billion (USD 27.6 billion) in revenues and EUR 574 million (USD 762 million) in net profit (Group share). At the end of the second quarter of 2011, Delhaize Group employed approximately 143 000 people. Delhaize Group's stock is listed on NYSE Euronext Brussels (DELB) and the New York Stock Exchange (DEG).

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