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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT



                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


       DATE OF REPORT (Date of Earliest Event Reported): November 16, 2000



                             DELHAIZE AMERICA, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


                           Commission File No. 1-15275


                                                                                            
       North Carolina                                                                                    56-0660192
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(State of Incorporation)                                                                           (I.R.S. Employer
                                                                                                Identification No.)



2110 Executive Drive, P.O. Box 1330
Salisbury, North Carolina                                             28145-1330
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(Address of principal executive offices)                              (Zip Code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (704) 633-8250

                                 Not Applicable
          (former name or former address if changed since last report)

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Item 5.       Other Events

              Attached hereto as Exhibit 99 and incorporated herein by reference
in its entirety is the joint press release of Delhaize America, Inc. ("Delhaize
America") and Etablissements Delhaize Freres et Cie "Le Lion" S.A. ("Delhaize
Group"), dated November 16, 2000, announcing Delhaize America and Delhaize Group
have entered into an Agreement and Plan of Share Exchange, dated as of November
16, 2000, attached hereto as Exhibit 2 and incorporated herein by reference in
its entirety.


Item 7.       Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits

              (c)    Exhibits.

                     2      Agreement and Plan of Share Exchange, dated as of
                            November 16, 2000, by and between Delhaize Group
                            and Delhaize America.

                     99     Joint Press Release of Delhaize Group and Delhaize
                            America, dated November 16, 2000.

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                                   SIGNATURES

       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                 DELHAIZE AMERICA, INC.



Dated:  November 29, 2000        By: /s/ MICHAEL R. WALLER
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                                    Michael R. Waller
                                    Executive Vice President and General Counsel

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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.          Description

       2             Agreement and Plan of Share Exchange, dated as of
                     November 16, 2000, by and between Delhaize Group and
                     Delhaize America.

       99            Joint Press Release of Delhaize Group and Delhaize America,
                     dated November 16, 2000.

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