Stop & Shop announces reorganization

QUINCY, Mass. A corporate reorganization is in the works for a Royal Ahold subsidiary, and it could spell job losses at the chain's headquarters.

Stop & Shop announced Wednesday a new retail merchandising and marketing structure but would not elaborate on details of the reorganization, according to published reports. Stop & Shop, which is headquarted in Quincy, Mass., may scale back its workforce, possibly moving employees and/or operations of nonperishable and fresh merchandising functions to Carlisle, Pa., where Royal Ahold's Ahold USA Retail offices are located.

According to spokeswoman Faith Weiner, Stop & Shop will remain one of the state's biggest employers, with more than 20,000 workers in Massachusetts. Stop & Shop employed more than 800 people at its Quincy headquarters as of five years ago, according to The Patriot Ledger.