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• Giant Supermarkets Seek Advantage of Small Stores

  BNET - 2009-09-25

  Giant, the Carlisle, Pa.-division of Ahold USA, is building on the work it has done developing a convenience store operation to expand the range of formats it operates, looking in part at smaller concepts that can help it reach more consumers. To advance its efforts the company...

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• Ahold Builds on Synergies

  - 2008-08-18

  BRAINTREE, Mass. -- Executives at Ahold USA have long believed that having pharmacies in the company's stores gives it an advantage over its competitors. As one of the first supermarket operators to add pharmacies to most of its outlets, Ahold has been able to help set the direction that...

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• Ahold announces leadership appointments

  - 2008-07-10

  Amsterdam, the Netherlands - Ahold today announced a number of important changes to its corporate and operating company leadership. Lawrence Benjamin, Chief Operating Officer Ahold USA, has been nominated by the Supervisory Board for appointment to the Ahold Corporate Executive Board. His appointment will be proposed at the next...

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• Pharmacy vet Fagen heads for Winn Dixie: wonderly, Berman assume top pharmacy posts at Ahold

  - 2008-06-23

  BRAINTREE, Mass. -- Ahold USA has a new pharmacy chief. Veteran pharmacy executive John Fegan left Ahold May 23, after 12 years with the company and its Stop & Shop supermarket division, to take a position in pharmacy management for Jacksonville, Fla.-based Winn-Dixie stores. As such, he will oversee...

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• Ahold Trading Statement Q1 2008

  - 2008-05-09

  Amsterdam, the Netherlands - Ahold today announced consolidated net sales of EUR 7.5 billion for the first quarter ending April 20, 2008. Compared to the first quarter of 2007, net sales decreased by 1.3% but increased by 6.8% at constant exchange rates. In Europe, market conditions remained favorable. In...

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• A leaner Ahold expands nutrition, wellness efforts

  - 2008-04-21

  Having shed its Tops supermarket division through its sale in December to Morgan Stanley Private Equity for $310 million, Ahold USA has condensed its supermarket and pharmacy operations to a smaller, but stronger and perhaps more focused, retail enterprise. The U.S. subsidiary of Dutch-based Royal Ahold, Ahold USA now consists...

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• Ahold USA Selects Capgemini and Enabler Wipro for Retail Business Transformation Initiative

  - 2008-03-19

  NEW YORK -- Capgemini, one of the world's foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services, and Enabler Wipro, a leading international IT and business services company, today announced a multi-year consulting and systems integration project with Ahold, one of the world's leading grocery retailers. Capgemini and Enabler Wipro will...

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• Ahold appointment of John Rishton as President and CEO

  - 2007-11-16

  Ahold today announced the appointment of John Rishton as President and Chief Executive Officer. Rishton has been in the role of acting President and CEO since July 2007. Ahold also announced today the appointment of Kimberly Ross, currently deputy Chief Financial Officer, as Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Rishton. She...

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• Operating profit falls at Ahold USA

  - 2007-10-01

  AMSTERDAM -- Restructuring charges and margin contraction triggered a sharp decline in operating income at the United States retail unit of Ahold NV, although the sale of its U.S. Foodservice Inc. division boosted the parent company's bottom line for the second quarter of fiscal 2007. Along with its first half...

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• Ahold recognizes the pharmacy advantage

  - 2007-08-20

  QUINCY, Mass. -- Ahold USA Inc. believes that having pharmacies in the stores operated by its supermarket chains in the United States puts the stores at an advantage over competitors. The retailer focuses on health and wellness issues throughout the store, and linking food marketing and pharmacy drives prescription...

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