Schuitema
FOODSERVICE BUSINESS
U.S. Foodservice
GROUP SUPPORT OFFICE
Ahold acquired a 73.2% interest in Schuitema N.V.
("Schuitema") in 1988. Schuitema, headquartered in
Amersfoort, the Netherlands, is a consolidated subsidiary
which is a retail and wholesale company that owns and
operates supermarkets and also provides retail support
services to independent retailers and associated stores
operating under the trade name "C1000." Schuitema has
a market area consisting of the Netherlands.
Schuitema operated the following retail locations as of
January 1, 2006:
Square I
meters 1 I Stores
Schuitema 2 550 - 4,000 105
Total 105
1 The property data is presented in square meters, which may be converted to
square feet by multiplying the number of square meters by 10.75.
2 This does not include 357 associated stores.
U.S. Foodservice operated the following properties as of
January 1, 2006:
Number of
properties
Warehouses distribution centers
production facilities
126
Offices retail space
39
Properties held for future development or sale
not in use 1
13
Properties subleased to third parties 2
13
Other
1
Total 3
192
1 These properties were not fully utilized as of January 1, 2006. Suitable
dispositions are currently being sought. The other properties in this table are fully
utilized and have adequate capacity for our current foreseeable needs.
2 Of these properties, 38% related to warehouses distribution centers production
facilities and 62% related to offices retail space.
3 Of these properties, 2% were subject to finance leases, 54% were subject to
operating leases and 44% were owned.
U.S. Foodservice, headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, is
the second-largest broadline foodservice distributor in the
U.S. based on 2005 net sales. U.S. Foodservice provides its
products and services to approximately 250,000 customers.
We estimate the total foodservice market in the U.S. at
approximately USD 160 billion per year in sales. This is a
widespread and fragmented market with numerous smaller
distributors on a local and regional level, as well as a
limited number of national foodservice distributors. U.S.
Foodservice's operations cover a geographic area in which
over 95% of the U.S. population resides.
U.S. Foodservice, acquired in 2000, focuses on supplying
food and related products to:
"Broadline" customers, which includes independent
restaurants, healthcare providers, hospitality customers,
governmental entities, educational institutions and other
foodservice customers.
"Multi-Unit" customers, which includes primarily national
and regional casual dining and quick service restaurant
chains.
No single customer accounted for more than 10% of U.S.
Foodservice's net sales in 2005.
Our Group Support Office activities are primarily comprised
of the following functions:
Ahold Group Support Office, which is our corporate
headquarters in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and which
has offices in Braintree, Massachusetts.
Ahold Finance Group (Suisse), located in Geneva,
Switzerland, which primarily provides our treasury
operations and related controlling and corporate functions.
The Group Support Office activities operated the following
properties as of January 1, 2006:
Number of
properties
Offices 1 2
4
Total 3 4
1 The three corporate offices located in the Netherlands, Switzerland and the U.S.
These properties are fully utilized and have adequate capacity for our current
foreseeable needs.
2 This includes one distribution center/production facility which was transferred to
our Albert Heijn Arena in January 2006.
3 Of these properties, 75% were subject to operating leases and 25% were owned.
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