Ahold
Sign in to saveKoninklijke 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 form Ahold Delhaize.
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Ahold Delhaize is a company and funder established in 2016. It is located in Carlisle, United States. The organization is also known by the alias Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize N.V. It employs 85,000 people.
The entity is described as a global leader in supermarkets and e-commerce, positioned at the forefront of sustainable retailing. Its status is active.
Synthesized by Vinony from 16 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, Firecrawl, ROR. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Koninklijke Ahold N.V.
- Company.logo
- Ahold.svg
- Company.image
- Albert Heijn Headquarters by Niels Kim.jpg
- Company.image_alt
- The former Ahold headquarters in Zaandam, Netherlands.
- Company.image_size
- 250px
- Company.image_caption
- The former Ahold headquarters in Zaandam, Netherlands (now headquarters of Ahold Delhaize)
- Company.type
- Public (N.V.)
- Company.traded_as
- Euronext Amsterdam: AH
- Company.fate
- Merged with Delhaize
- Company.successor
- Ahold Delhaize
- Company.location
- Zaandam, Netherlands
- Company.locations
- 3,206
- Company.industry
- Retail
- Company.services
- Convenience/forecourt store, discount store, drug store/pharmacy, hypermarket/supercenter/superstore, other specialty, supermarket, online retailer
- Company.revenue
- €38.2 billion (2015)
- Company.operating_income
- €1.3 billion (2015)
- Company.net_income
- €0.85 billion (2015)
- Company.assets
- €15.88 billion (2015)
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Company, Funder
- Founded
- 2016
- Location
- Carlisle, United States
- Also known as
- Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize N.V.
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.467447.2
Official website
we are Ahold Delhaize
Ahold Delhaize is a global leader in supermarkets and e-commerce, at the forefront of sustainable retailing.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- business
- Country
- Netherlands
- Founded by
- Albert Heijn
- Headquarters
- Zaandam
- Industry
- retail
- Employees
- 85000
- Revenue
- 32774000000
- Stock exchange
- Amsterdam Stock Exchange
- Legal form
- naamloze vennootschap
- Followed by
- Ahold Delhaize
- Official website
- www.ahold.com
- Image
- Albert Heijn Headquarters by Niels Kim.jpg
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- Commons category
- Ahold
- inception
- 2016-00-00
- owner of
- Jerónimo Martins
- operating income
- 1250000000
- total assets
- 14138000000
- IPv4 routing prefix
- 141.93.0.0/16
- product or material produced
- supermarket
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2016-00-00
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- History
- Growth in the Netherlands
- International expansion
- Accounting crisis
- Legal ramifications
- Road to recovery
- Strategy for profitable growth
- Merger with Delhaize Group
- Assets
- Major shareholders in Ahold
- Key people
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
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