Other (2)
Other (2)
including health and beauty care, pharmacy and natural foods. Convenience stores are like small supermarkets, but with
their own format, located at gasoline stations, inside railway stations, or at other locations which, in the judgment of
management, are considered to be convenience store locations. These format definitions are guidelines which we use
with a certain degree of flexibility and, when appropriate, adjust for local interpretations.
The following tables set out, as of the end of fiscal 2002, store count by Company-owned stores, franchise stores and
associated stores, store count of our unconsolidated joint ventures, and changes in store counts for our consolidated
subsidiaries and unconsolidated joint ventures:
Company, franchise and associated stores
Consolidated subsidiaries
As of Fiscal Year-End 2002
Company Franchise Associated Company Franchise
(as adjusted) (3)
supermarkets (1)
supermarkets (1)
stores
other (2)
other (2)
Total
United States
1,254
5
366
10
1,635
Europe (4)
1,429
202
450
697
573
3,351
Latin America (5)
384
123
507
Asia Pacific (6)
113
113
Total
3,180
207
450
1,186
583
5,606
(1) Includes grocery stores and food retail stores considered supermarkets under local market conditions.
(2) Includes certain specialty retail stores, hypermarkets and convenience stores.
(3) As adjusted to reflect the deconsolidation of ICA, JMR, DAIH, Bomprego and Paiz Ahold.
(4) Includes 65 stores operated by De Tuinen, which was divested in May 2003 and 42 stores operated by Jamin, which was divested in June 2003.
(5) Includes our Chilean operations in Santa Isabel, which were divested in July 2003 and our Paraguayan operations, which were divested in September 2003.
(6) Includes our operations in Malaysia and Indonesia, which we divested in September 2003.
Changes in consolidated store count
(as adjusted) 111
Fiscal 2002
Fiscal 2001
Fiscal 2000
Beginning of period
5,155
4,824
3,507
Opened/acquired
730
637
1,498
Disposed/closed
(279)
(306)
(181)
End of period
5,606
5,155
4,824
(1) As adjusted to reflect the deconsolidation of ICA, JMR, DAIH, Bomprego and Paiz Ahold for the relevant periods.
Unconsolidated Joint Ventures
As of Fiscal Year-End 2002
Company
Franchise
Associated
Company
Franchise
Supermarkets (1)
Supermarkets (1)
Stores
Total
ICA
436
438
2,052
11
2,937
JMR
175
23
198
CARHCO
58
229
287
Total
669
438
2,052
263
3,422
(1) Includes grocery stores and food retail stores considered supermarkets under local market conditions.
(2) For CARHCO, includes hypermarkets and discount stores.
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