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The Netherlands
Belgium
Central and Southeastern Europe
Overview
Business review Governance
Financials
Investors
Ahold Delhaize Annual Report 2016
2016
2015
2015
74
66
282
1,638
331
1,203
549
998
994
Albert Heijn Online opened two pick-up points,
bringing the total to 54 at the end of 2016.
A total of 113 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 3.0% of
sales, allocated to the opening of new stores
and investments in IT, distribution centers and
minor construction work in the existing stores.
At the merger date, 903 stores from Delhaize
Belgium were brought into the company
portfolio. At the end of July, 145 stores were
divested as result of the divestment of the
Tom Co operations.
Total investments in Belgium, post-merger,
amounted to around 3.8% of sales.
Belgium operated 117 pick-up points at the
end of 2016.
At the merger date, 1,238 stores from Delhaize
Greece, Serbia and Romania were brought
into the company portfolio. Together with the
331 stores from the former Ahold operation in
the Czech Republic, the total store portfolio
of Ahold Delhaize operations in Central and
Southeastern Europe totaled 1,569 stores. In the
subsequent months, 73 stores were added to
the segment and four stores were closed.
Total investments in Central and Southeastern
Europe amounted to around 4.0% of sales.
CSE operated 69 pick-up points at the end
of 2016.
884
42
885
38
11
547
6o5
2,163
6
539
600
2,134
2016
765
765
Number of stores
Albert Heijn:
the Netherlands
Albert Heijn: Belgium
Albert Heijn to go:
the Netherlands
Albert Heijn to go:
Germany
Etos
Gall Gall
Total The Netherlands
Sales area of own-operated
stores (in thousands of
square meters)
Number of stores
Delhaize Belgium
Total Belgium
Sales area of own-operated
stores (in thousands of
square meters)
Number of stores 2016 2015
Czech Republic 33o 331
Greece 378 -
Serbia 4o4 -
Romania 526 -
Central and Southeastern
Europe
Sales area of own-operated
stores (in thousands of
square meters)
In 2016, our brands in The Netherlands opened
29 stores net of store closures, bringing the
total to 2,163.
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