Prognosis
You'll Get Your Toilet Paper, But Tough Choices Have to Be Made: Grocery CEO
- “We’re entering the unknown,” Ahold Delhaize’s U.S. CEO says
- He predicts shopping patterns will be permanently changed
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Kevin Holt wants American shoppers to know one thing: You’ll get your toilet paper. You just might not get the soft, four-ply type you love.
Holt is the chief executive officer of the U.S. arm of European grocer Ahold Delhaize NV, which operates the Stop & Shop, Food Lion and Hannaford chains as well as the Peapod online supermarket. He’s on the front line of the food industry’s coronavirus restocking effort, working around the clock with suppliers, trade associations and the federal government to ensure there’s enough essential items amid consumers’ panicked stockpiling.