Maryland, and Stop & Shop kept their headquarters in Quincy, Massachusetts. This combination failed, as Mid-Atlantic market area shoppersgrocery needs did
in 1994. After purchasing the Stop & Shopgrocery chain in 1996, Ahold rebranded most of the Edwards stores to Stop & Shop, while divesting the rest because
grocery chain, voted to increase the company's dividend by 11.1% in comparison to the last year. The next day a strike was called. Union Stop & Shop employees