Our business
At the end of 2008, we operated 2,897 retail
locations in the United States and Europe, employed
more than 200,000 people and had combined sales
of EUR 25.7 billion.
Organizational structure
1887: Albert Heijn took
over his father's grocery
store in the Dutch town
of Zaandam.
Corporate Center
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Our business is organized into two continental platforms, in the United States and
Europe, each led by a Chief Operating Officer. They are responsible for overseeing
their respective operating companies and for implementing continental synergies
and company-wide initiatives.
Ahold USA comprises Stop Shop/Giant-Landover and Giant-Carlisle. Ahold
Europe comprises Albert Heijn in the Netherlands and Albert/Hypernova in the
Czech Republic and Slovakia.
We also hold a 60 percent interest in ICA AB (ICA) that operates in Sweden,
Norway and the Baltic States. We are in the process of selling our 49 percent
stake in Jerónimo Martins Retail, which operates in Portugal.
Continental
platforms
Operating
companies
Banners
Pending divestment
Unconsolidated joint venture
Stop
Shop/Giant
Landover
Giant
(Carlisle)
Stop
Shop
Giant
(Landover)
M a rtin's
Peapod
Ahold Europe
Albert H Albert/
Heijn I Hypernova
Albert
Heijn
Etos
Albert
Hypernova
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Our Company headquarters are based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. We also
have corporate offices in the United States and Switzerland. Corporate Center is
responsible for strategy and finance, internal audit, legal, insurance, human
resources, communications, and information technology.
