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Royal Ahold
Royal Ahold of the Netherlands is one of the world's largest supermarket operators and one of the world's largest foodservice companies.
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Who they own
Europe
- Ahold Czech Republic A.S.
- Ahold Polska - (Poland)
- Ahold Retail Slovakia k.s.
- Ahold Supermercados S.L. - (Spain)
- Albert Heijn B.V. - (The Netherlands)
- Gall & Gall B.V. - (The Netherlands)
- Etos B.V. - (The Netherlands)
- Deli XL - (The Netherlands)
- Schuitema N.V. - (The Netherlands) (73%)
- ICA AB - (Scandinavia) (50%)
- Jerónimo Martins - (Portugal)
USA
- Stop & Shop
- Giant-Landover, Giant-Carlisle
- Tops
- U.S. Foodservice
- Peapod
- In 2004, Stop & Shop and Giant-Landover were merged and formed one company under the Stop & Shop name.
Latin America
- G. Barbosa - (Brazil)
- CARHCA - (Central America)
- Disco S.A. - (Argentina)
Who owns them
Shareholders of shares at NYSE
The people
Company history
In the 1990s Royal Ahold embarked on an ambitious global expansion. After an accounting scandal it was forced to contract. It sold some of its businesses in the United States and withdrew altogether from certain countries.
Royal Ahold is the fourth largest retail based company in the world after Wal-Mart, Carrefour and Home Depot. A large part of its turnover is from foodservice, and on the basis of retail sales alone it would rank a few places lower.
Finance
2004 1st quarter
In First quarter 2004 Ahold recorded net loss of 405 million €. The result was partly a result of trying to ditch an accounting scandal by selling of functions in Brazil and Thailand. Sales declined 11% to 15,4 billion € in the 1st quarter . Net debts were 7,1 billion € in the end of the quarter
See also
Sources
- Helsingin Sanomat (daily, print version, 15.6.2004)
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