Group financial review (continued) Ahold USA The Netherlands Czech Republic Ahold at a glance Business review Governance Number of stores 2014 2013 Number of stores 2014 2013 Stop Shop New England 216 215 Albert Heijn: the Netherlands 872 849 Stop Shop New York Metro 182 182 Albert Heijn: Belgium 28 19 Giant Landover 170 170 Albert Heijn to go: the Netherlands 62 59 Giant Carlisle 200 200 Albert Heijn to go: Germany 4 5 Total Ahold USA 768 767 Etos 539 538 Sales area of own-operated stores Gall Gall 600 586 (in thousands of square meters) 2,958 2,941 Total The Netherlands 2,105 2,056 Ahold USA increased its number of stores by one, net of three openings and two closures. Peapod opened another 89 pick-up points, bringing the total to 209 in 2014. In 2014, the Ahold USA divisions remodeled, expanded, relocated or reconstructed 43 stores as part of their continuous focus on keeping stores fresh and up-to-date. Total investments at Ahold USA amounted to around 2% of sales and ranged from new stores to investments in IT, distribution centers, and minor construction work in the stores. At the end of 2014, Ahold USA operated 231 fuel stations, an increase of one station over last year, the majority of which are located in the Giant Carlisle and the Stop Shop New England market areas. Sales area of own-operated stores (in thousands of square meters) 976 935 In 2014, we opened an additional 49 stores net of closings, bringing the total to 2,105. This year, 15 former C1000 stores were converted to the Albert Heijn brand, bringing the total converted stores to 54. These converted stores were part of the 2012 transfer of 82 stores from Jumbo. We also opened another nine stores in Belgium, bringing the total number of stores there to 28. Albert Heijn online opened another 17 pick-up points, bringing the total to 34 in 2014. In the Netherlands, our businesses remodeled, expanded, relocated or reconstructed 131 stores as part of their continuous focus on keeping stores fresh and up-to-date. Total investments in the Netherlands amounted to around 2.8% of sales and ranged from opening new stores to investing in IT, distribution centers, and minor construction work in the stores. Number of stores 2014 2013 Czech Republic 333 284 Sales area of own-operated stores (in thousands of square meters) 550 393 In 2014, the main focus area in the Czech Republic was the integration of the 49 stores following the acquisition of the SPAR business, including the successful re-branding of 14 SPAR supermarkets and one hypermarket into Albert, We also remodeled 15 Albert stores in part as a result of the further rollout of the project started in 2011 to remodel all its hypers to a new compact format. At the end of 2014, Albert operated 333 stores in the Czech Republic, 91 of which were compact hypers, and 242 supermarkets.

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