74
5 Assets and liabilities held for sale and discontinued operations continued
6 Segment reporting
Notes to the consolidated financial statements continued
Ahold
Annual Report 2010
Group at a glance
Performance
Governance
Financials
Investors
BI-LO Bruno's
Two former subsidiaries of Ahold, BI-LO, LLC and Bruno's Supermarkets LLC (BI-LO and Bruno's) filed for protection under Chapter 11
of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in 2009. Related to obligations under the lease guarantees, the Company recognized a provision, after tax,
of €62 million in 2009, including tax benefit offsets. In 2010, the reorganized BI-LO exited bankruptcy protection and Ahold recognized a
reduction of €23 million in its provision, after tax, within results on divestments.
Tops
Expenses estimated for the settlement of a union pension liability and additional costs under the lease obligations retained upon the
divestment were included in the results from the divestment in 2010.
U.S. Foodservice
U.S. Foodservice charges relate to expenses incurred under the warranties provided upon the divestment.
For more information on guarantees, representations, and warranties provided upon divestments, see Note 34.
Reportable segments
Ahold's retail operations are presented in three reportable segments. In addition, Other retail, consisting of Ahold's unconsolidated joint
ventures ICA and JMR, and Ahold's Corporate Center are presented separately. The accounting policies used for the segments are the
same as the accounting policies used for the consolidated financial statements as described in Note 3.
Reportable segment Included in the Reportable segment
Ahold USA Stop Shop New England, Stop Shop New York Metro, Giant Landover,
Giant Carlisle, and Peapod
The Netherlands Albert Heijn, Etos, Gall Gall, and albert.nl
Other Europe Albert (Czech Republic and Slovakia) and Hypernova (Slovakia)
Other Included in Other
Other retail Unconsolidated joint ventures ICA and JMR
Corporate Center Corporate Center staff (the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United States)
Net sales (excluding intersegment sales)
million
2010
2009
Ahold USA
17,783
16,399
The Netherlands
Other Europe
10,087
1,660
9,843
1,683
Ahold Europe
11,747
11,526
Ahold Group
29,530
27,925
Operating income
million 2010 2009
Ahold USA
714
782
The Netherlands
688
654
Other Europe
10
(76)
Ahold Europe
698
578
Corporate Center
(76)
(63)
Ahold Group
1,336
1,297
