Ahold Delhaize's sales jump in first quarter dominated by coronavirus
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Food retail giant Ahold Delhaize said on Tuesday that its sales jumped about 15% in the first quarter from a year ago as customers stockpiled food and other essentials in all its markets because of the coronavirus outbreak."Due to COVID-19, demand across our network in the Eastern U.S. and Europe increased significantly in Q1," Frans Muller, chief executive of the Belgian-Dutch company that operates the Stop & Shop and Giant chains in the United States.Despite the sales..