Delhaize Group Announces CFO's Departure

Delhaize Group (Euronext Brussels: DELB, NYSE: DEG), the Belgian international food retailer, reported today that Craig Owens, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Delhaize Group, after seven successful and rewarding years at Delhaize Group has decided to accept the offer of Campbell Soup Company (NYSE: CPB) to become its Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer. The process to appoint a successor for Craig Owens as CFO of Delhaize Group has already been initiated and will be diligently pursued.

Craig Owens (1954) has been Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Delhaize Group since 2001. He is a member of the Group's Executive Committee. Mr. Owens will leave Delhaize Group on September 30, 2008.

"While I truly regret to see him leave our organization, my first thought is to thank Craig for his major contributions to Delhaize Group over the past seven years and wish him the best in this new job," said Pierre-Olivier Beckers, President and CEO of Delhaize Group. "Craig has provided exemplary leadership in the Company's drive to build strong finance, strategy and IT organisations, and those organizations will continue to support our performance and growth going forward. Very capable professionals are in place in each of the functional areas under Craig's responsibility. We have begun a process that will be diligently pursued to choose a new CFO."

"Although I am looking forward to this new professional opportunity, it is a difficult decision to leave Delhaize Group where I have enjoyed the chance to work with such a capable management team in a Company with its well deserved reputation for industry leadership," added Craig Owens.

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