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Ahold

Koninklijke Ahold N.V. was a Dutch multinational retail company based in Zaandam, Netherlands. Founded in 1887 by Albert Heijn Sr., the company initially began as a single grocery store in Oostzaan and became the largest grocery chain in the Netherlands in the 1970s. The company went public in 1948. It merged with Belgium-based Delhaize Group in 2016 to…

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Founded
1887 (139 years ago) (1887)
Industry
Retail
Headquarters
Zaandam, Netherlands
Defunct
24 July 2016; 10 years ago (2016-07-24)
Fate
Merged with Delhaize
ISIN
NL0011794037

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Ahold

Nodes21
Edges20
Triples144
Avg. degree1.9
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Ahold

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related to Strategy for profitable growth · 22
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related to Accounting crisis · 19
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related to Key people · 19
Ahold → Abbe Luersman, Ahold Netherlands, Ahold USA, April, December, February, Frans, Groot, Hanneke Faber, James McCann, Jan Ernst, Jeff Carr, March, Muller, November, October, September, Source, Wouter Kolk
related to International expansion · 13
Ahold → Albert Heijn, Asia, Central Europe, Dutch Queen Beatrix, Gerrit Jan Heijn, Heijn, In, Latin America, Royal, Spain, That, Under, United States
related to Road to recovery · 12
Ahold → Anders Moberg, As, Asia, CEO, Europe, May, Recovery, Road, South America, The, Under, United States
related to Major shareholders in Ahold · 11
Ahold → Ahold's, Blackrock, Capital, DeltaFort Beleggingen, Deutsche Bank AG, Inc, ING Groep, Mondrian Investment Partners Limited, Silchester International Investors LLP, Stichting Administratiekantoor Preferente Financieringsaandelen, Voting
related to Merger with Delhaize Group · 9
Ahold → Ahold CEO Dick Boer, Ahold Delhaize, At, CEO, Delhaize, Delhaize Group, Frans Muller, June, On
related to Legal ramifications · 8
Ahold → Ahold's, CEO, CFO, Dutch, European, In May, September, The
Key people · 2
Ahold → Frans Muller (CEO), Jan Hommen (Chairman of the Supervisory Board)
Defunct · 1
Ahold → 24 July 2016; 10 years ago (2016-07-24)

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AholdDefunct24 July 2016; 10 years ago (2016-07-24)1.00infobox
AholdFateMerged with Delhaize1.00infobox
AholdFounded1887 (139 years ago) (1887)1.00infobox
AholdHeadquartersZaandam, Netherlands1.00infobox
AholdIndustryRetail1.00infobox
AholdISINNL00117940371.00infobox
AholdKey peopleFrans Muller (CEO)1.00infobox
AholdKey peopleJan Hommen (Chairman of the Supervisory Board)1.00infobox
AholdNet income€0.85 billion (2015)1.00infobox
AholdNumber of employees236,000 (2015)1.00infobox
AholdNumber of locations3,2061.00infobox
AholdOperating income€1.3 billion (2015)1.00infobox
AholdRevenue€38.2 billion (2015)1.00infobox
AholdServicesConvenience/forecourt store, discount store, drug store/pharmacy, hypermarket/supercenter/superstore, other specialty, supermarket, online retailer1.00infobox
AholdSuccessorAhold Delhaize1.00infobox
AholdTotal assets€15.88 billion (2015)1.00infobox
AholdTotal equity€5.62 billion (2015)1.00infobox
AholdTraded asEuronext Amsterdam: AH1.00infobox
AholdTypePublic (N.V.)1.00infobox
AholdWebsitewww.ahold.com1.00infobox

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