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Governance
Financials
Investors
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We also operated the following other properties as
of December 29, 2013:
Ahold USA
The Netherlands
Warehouses distribution centers
production facilities offices
84
Properties under construction
development
18
Investment properties
729
Total
831
of tota l
Retail locations
Other properties
Company-owned
20%
39%
Leased
80%
61%
of which
Finance leases
13%
8%
Operating leases
67%
53%
Our leased properties have terms of up to 25
years, with renewal options for additional periods.
Store rentals are normally payable on a monthly
basis at a stated amount or, in a limited number of
cases, at a guaranteed minimum amount plus a
percentage of sales over a defined base.
Number of stores
2013
2012
Number of stores
2013
2012
Stop Shop New England
215
219
Albert Heijn:
the Netherlands
849
818
Stop Shop New
York Metro
182
184
Albert Heijn: Belgium
19
11
The investment properties consist of buildings and
land. Virtually all these properties were subleased
to third parties. The majority were shopping centers
containing one or more Ahold stores and third-party
retail units generating rental income.
The following table breaks down the ownership
structure of our 2,624 retail locations and 831 other
properties as of December 29, 2013:
Giant Landover
Giant Carlisle
170
200
171
198
Total Ahold USA
767
772
Sales area of own-operated
stores (in thousands of
square meters) 2,941
2,955
Ahold USA decreased its number of stores by five,
net of nine openings and 14 closures, including
our exit from the New Hampshire market.
Peapod opened another 112 pick-up points,
bringing the total to 120 in 2013.
In 2013, the Ahold USA divisions remodeled,
expanded, relocated or reconstructed 46 stores
as part of their continuous focus on keeping stores
fresh and up-to-date. Total investments at Ahold
USA amounted to around 3% of sales and ranged
from new stores to investments in IT, distribution
centers, and minor construction work in the stores.
At the end of 2013, Ahold USA operated 230 fuel
stations, an increase of 19 stations over last year,
the majority of which are located in the Stop Shop
New England and Giant Carlisle market areas.
Albert Heijn to go:
the Netherlands
Albert Heijn to go:
Germany
Etos
Gall Gall
59
5
538
586
Total The Netherlands
2,056
Sales area of own-operated
stores (in thousands of
square meters)
Albert Heijn online opened another 14 pick-up
points, bringing the total to 17 in 2013.
Additionally, Albert Heijn completed the rollout of
bol.com pick-up points in 700 Albert Heijn stores.
In the Netherlands, our businesses remodeled,
expanded, relocated or reconstructed 102 stores
as part of their continuous focus on keeping stores
fresh and up-to-date. Total investments in the
Netherlands amounted to around 3% of sales and
ranged from opening new stores to investing in IT,
distribution centers, and minor construction work in
the stores.
Czech Republic
935
915
In 2013, we opened an additional 60 stores net of
closings, bringing the total to 2,056. This year, 24
former C1000 stores were converted to the Albert
Heijn brand, bringing the total converted stores to
39. These converted stores were part of the 2012
transfer of 82 stores from Jumbo. We also opened
another eight stores in Belgium, bringing the total
number of stores there to 19.
Number of stores
2013
2012
Czech Republic
284
282
Sales area of own-operated
stores (in thousands of
square meters)
393
391
In 2013, Albert's main focus areas were the project
started in 2011 to remodel all its hypers to a new
format and the opening of new and improved delis
in all its supermarkets. Albert continued the rollout
of the new compact hyper format in 2013, bringing
the total new compact hypers to 16 stores at year-
end. At the end of 2013, Albert operated 284 stores
in the Czech Republic, 13 of which were hypers, 43
compact hypers, and 228 supermarkets.
