QUINCY, Mass. — Ahold USA and Delhaize America announced plans to consolidate the two Stop & Shop divisions — Stop & Shop New York Metro and Stop & Shop New England — into a single organization. The move, announced on Monday, is the latest in an ongoing effort to unite and streamline the U.S. operations of Ahold Delhaize, the company formed last July in the merger of Delhaize Group and Ahold N.V. The deal united Delhaize America's Food Lion and Hannaford supermarket chains with Ahold USA's Stop & Shop, Giant Food, Giant Food Stores and Martin's Food Markets grocery chains, as well as its Peapod online grocery delivery service. "Having a single brand organizational structure dedicated to Stop & Shop will strengthen the brand and will ensure it can better leverage its brand to serve the unique needs of customers in the different markets that Stop & Shop serves," the company said in a statement.