January
- Ahold's tender offer for the outstanding
shares of Spanish food retailer Superdiplo S.A is
successful
February
- U.S. Foodservice acquires 100% of the shares of Parkway Food Service, a broadline distributor in western Florida
March
- Ahold announces year 2000 results. Net earnings surge 48% to euro 1.1 billion; operating results rise 61% to euro 2.3 billion; sales increase by 56% to euro 52.5 billion; earnings per common share are up by 32% to euro 1.51
- U.S. Foodservice signs a letter of intent to
acquire Mutual Distributors, Inc.
May
- Ahold forms a strategic alliance with Amicus
Financial, the U.S. division of the Canadian
Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), to offer a
range of financial services in selected Ahold
stores in the USA through telephone call centers,
ATM's and the internet
August
- ICA Ahold AB and Dansk Supermarked form joint
venture to develop and operate discount stores
and hypermarkets in Sweden and Norway
- Ahold completes tender offer for all
outstanding shares of common stock of Peapod
Inc., America's leading internet grocer
- Ahold 2nd quarter 2001 net earnings surge
37.2% to euro 351.6 million, sales increase 29.3%
to euro 16.1 billion, operating earnings increase
28.7% to euro 694.9 million. Organic sales are
strong (+8.4%) and earnings show (+18.3%) growth.
Earnings per share rise 20.8% to euro 0.41
(+15.5% excluding currency impact), and interim
dividend rises 22% to euro 0.22
September
- Ahold announces agreement to acquire all
outstanding shares of Alliant Exchange, Inc., the
parent company of Alliant Foodservice Inc., a
leading foodservice operator in the United States
with fiscal 2000 net sales of approximately USD
6.6 billion and EBITDA of approximately USD 174
million
- Ahold announces agreement to acquire all
outstanding shares of Bruno's Supermarkets, Inc.,
a prominent food retailer in the Southeastern
USA
- Ahold global offering raises approximately
euro 2.2 billion, excluding underwriter's option.
The net proceeds partially finance the proposed
acquisitions of Alliant Foodservice, Inc. and
Bruno's Supermarkets, Inc.
October
- Ahold's Dutch subsidiaries Albert Heijn
supermarkets - Gall & Gall wine and liquor
stores, Etos health and beauty care stores, De
Tuinen natural product stores and Deli XL's
institutional and foodservice operations -
introduce Albert, a joint internet-based home
delivery service
November
- Ahold wins new Dutch Reputation Award 2001,
and the annual Dutch Investor Relations
Prize
- Stop & Shop in the U.S. opens new 'low
energy' superstore
- Ahold and partner La Fragua in Guatemala
announce their intention to team up in new joint
venture with Costa Rican market leader CSU
creating the largest food store network in the
Central American region
December
- Ahold completes acquisition of Alliant
Exchange, Inc.
- Ahold acquires Brazilian food retailer G.
Barbosa
- Ahold named U.S. Retailer of the Year by
prominent trade publication MMR Mass Market
Retailers
- Ahold successfully completes acquisition of
Bruno's Supermarkets, Inc.
