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Our strategy - continued
Organizational structure
Group at a glance
We operate from two continental platforms, Ahold Europe and Ahold USA, each led
by a Chief Operating Officer. This structure helps us balance local, continental and
global decision-making and leverage continental scale and talent effectively.
Ahold Europe is comprised of Albert Heijn, Etos and Gall Gall in the Netherlands and
Albert/Hypernova in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. In Europe, each operating company
has a general manager reporting to the COO of Ahold Europe.
Ahold USA is organized into four retail divisions: Giant-Carlisle, Giant-Landover, Stop Shop
New England and Stop Shop Metro New York. Each has a divisional president reporting
to the CEO of Ahold USA Retail, who reports to the COO of Ahold USA.
We also hold a 60 percent interest in ICA AB (ICA), and a 49 percent interest in Jerónimo
Martins Retail (JMR).
In November 2009, we announced a reorganization to further simplify and standardize
processes and structures in both continents and to create a strong platform for future
growth. The reorganization is designed to ensure a sharper focus on local customer needs,
create more efficient and effective support functions in each continent, and provide a more
robust approach to business development. The changes will also ensure the Company can
integrate acquisitions more easily as it pursues its growth strategy.
Corporate Center
Ahold's headquarters are based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Our Corporate Center
is responsible for group strategy and support functions to the business, including finance,
internal audit, legal, insurance, human resources, communications, corporate responsibility
and information technology. We also have Corporate Center offices in the United States
and Switzerland.
Etos
JMR
ICA
Hypernova
Albert
Gall Gall
Albert
Heijn
Stop Shop
New
England
Giant-
Landover
Stop Shop
Metro
New York
Giant-
Carlisle
Ahold USA
Ahold Europe
Ahold
Unconsolidated joint venture
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