Supermarket staff down tools after Delhaize announces plan to franchise out stores | VRT NWS: news

Staff at many Delhaize supermarkets across Belgium have downed tools after the supermarket chain announced that it is to put all the store it currently owns and runs out to franchise. Management at Delhaize say that by around 11:30 95 of its supermarkets were strike-bound. Stores in Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent, Hasselt and Kortrijk are among those that are strikebound.