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Group financial review (continued)
Ahold USA
The Netherlands
Czech Republic
Ahold at a glance
Business review
Governance
The following table breaks down the ownership
structure of our 2,733 retail locations (inclusive of
stores subleased to franchisees) and 726 other
properties as of January 3, 2016:
of total
Retail locations
Other properties
Company-owned
20%
43%
Leased, of which
80%
57%
Finance leases
13%
7%
Operating leases
67%
50%
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
2015
2014
Stop Shop New England
218
216
Stop Shop New York Metro
205
182
Giant Landover
169
170
Giant Carlisle
196
200
Total Ahold USA
788
768
Sales area of own-operated stores
(in thousands of square meters)
3,031
2,958
Ahold USA increased its number of stores by 20, net
of 29 openings and nine closings. Peapod opened
two pick-up points, bringing the total to 211 in 2015.
In 2015, the Ahold USA divisions remodeled,
expanded, relocated or reconstructed eight stores
as part of the 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 investment in IT, distribution centers
and minor construction work in the stores.
At the end of 2015, Ahold USA operated 230 fuel
stations, a decrease of one station over last year.
The majority of these stations are located in the
Giant Carlisle and the Stop Shop New England
market areas.
Number of stores
2015
2014
Albert Heijn: the Netherlands
885
872
Albert Heijn: Belgium
38
28
Albert Heijn to go: the Netherlands
66
62
Albert Heijn to go: Germany
6
4
Etos
539
539
Gall Gall
600
600
Total The Netherlands
2,134
2,105
Sales area of own-operated stores
(in thousands of square meters)
994
976
In 2015, our operations in The Netherlands opened
29 stores net of store closures, bringing the total to
2,134. This year, 17 former C1000 stores were
converted to the Albert Heijn brand, bringing the total
converted stores to 71These converted stores were
part of the 2012 transfer of 82 stores from Jumbo.
In Belgium, Albert Heijn opened 10 stores in 2015,
bringing the total to 38 stores.
Albert Heijn Online opened 18 pick-up points,
bringing the total to 52 at the end of 2015.
A total of 90 stores were remodeled, expanded,
relocated or reconstructed in the past year as
part of the regular process of maintaining and
modernizing the business property portfolio.
Total investments in the Netherlands amounted to
around 2.7% of sales, allocated to the opening of
new stores and investments in IT, distribution centers
and minor construction work in the existing stores.
Ahold
Annual Report 2015
Number of stores
2015
2014
Czech Republic
331
333
Sales area of own-operated stores
(in thousands of square meters)
549
550
In 2015, the main focus area in the Czech Republic
was the integration of the 49 stores acquired from
SPAR in 2014. This included the rebranding of 34
hypermarkets into Albert. The rebranding of 14 SPAR
supermarkets and one hypermarket into Albert was
completed in 2014.
A total of two Albert stores were remodeled in 2015
as part of the further roll-out of Project One, which
started in 2011This project is aimed at remodeling
all of our hypermarkets in the Czech Republic to a
new compact format.
At the end of 2015, out of the 331 stores operated
in the country, 91 were compact hypers, and
240 supermarkets.
