Ahold Delhaize statement on Ahold Delhaize USA cybersecurity issue

Zaandam, 8 November 2024. Ahold Delhaize USA recently detected a cybersecurity issue within its U.S. network. Immediately upon detecting the issue, our security teams began an investigation with the assistance of external cybersecurity experts. We also notified law enforcement.

Our teams are taking steps to assess and mitigate the issue. This includes taking some systems offline to help protect them. This issue and subsequent mitigating actions have affected certain Ahold Delhaize USA brands and services including a number of pharmacies and certain e-commerce operations.

Each of Ahold Delhaize USA's brands' stores are open and serving customers. We will continue to take actions to further protect our systems. The security of our customers, associates and partners is a top priority.

We apologize for any inconvenience this issue may have caused customers and partners.

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