w M’s Our sustainable busmess model in action Fund growth in key channels 5 I I Fast, wallet-friendly, healthy choices to go Fast, convenient... online Investing in innovative formats Overview Business review Governance Financials Investors Ahold Delhaize Annual Report 2016 J Albert Heijn to go, our convenience store concept offering a fresh and innovative assortment in high traffic locations, is expanding through new partnerships. In the Netherlands, the team opened new stores at a hospital, educational institutions and six fuel stations. They brought fresh choices to the German Autobahn through five compact “clip in” stores at Shell fuel stations. By partnering up to be present in more of the places our customers are, Albert Heijn to go is making good food more accessible for everyone. Our brands are working to live up to growing customer demand for convenient ways to shop. Bol.com added same-day home delivery for 300,000 items across all its product categories - a global first in its scale - and expanded home delivery for regular orders to seven days a week, including Sundays. Hannaford expanded its Hannaford to Go service to the 34th store across five states. In many regions the service is the first of its kind - it lets customers order products online for pickup in as little as four hours. This brought the total number of pick-up points in our U.S. brands to 244. Smaller formats eCommerce Mega Image is one of the fastest-growing food retailers in Romania. In 2016, the brand opened 16 supermarkets and 44 convenience stores - that’s an average of one store every six days! Mega Image continuously invests in its innovative store concepts, such as “Gusturi romanesti,” that exclusively sells products from its own-brand line of traditional, authentic and high-quality Romanian products. Supermarkets

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