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.