December
- Ahold Central Europe announces that it has signed an agreement to sell three shopping centers in Poland and the Czech Republic to ING Real Estate
November
- Ahold announces U.S. Foodservice long-term strategy and financial targets
- Ahold announces its Q3 2005 results
- Ahold signs five-year contract for global information technology (IT) enterprise outsourcing with EDS
October
- Trading statement: Third Quarter 2005
- Ahold announces pricing of Solicitation of Offers to Sell Bonds
- Ahold announces results of Solicitations of Offers to sell Bonds
- Ahold announces final tender spreads on Solicitation of offers to sell up to EUR 1bn equivalent bonds
- Ahold announces solicitation of offers to sell up to EUR 1bn equivalent of Bonds
- Ahold announces that it has successfully completed the acquisition of 56 stores in the Czech Republic from Julius Meinl a.s.
September
- Ahold announces it has appointed John Rishton as Chief Financial Officer, effective January 1, 2006.
- Ahold announces it has agreed to sell its indirectly owned stake of 33 1/3% in CARHCO N.V. ("CARHCO"), its Central American joint venture, to Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
- Ahold completes sale of Deli XL to Bidvest Group
- Ahold announces its Q2 2005 results
August
- Trading Statement Second Quarter 2005
- Ahold announces it is set to acquire up to 67 stores from Julius Meinl in the Czech Republic .
July
- Ahold reaches agreement to sell Deli XL to Bidvest Group
June
- Ahold names Kerry Underhill SVP Corporate Communications
- Ahold completes sale of Tops convenience stores in the United States
- Ahold announces its results for Q1 2005
May
- Ahold CFO Hannu Ryöppönen accepts new career challenge
- Four new members appointed to Ahold Supervisory Board. Ahold shareholders adopt 2004 financial statements
- Anders Moberg at annual Ahold shareholders' meeting: 'Building a firm foundation for future profitable growth'
- Ahold signs new unsecured credit facility
- Ahold determines the impact of conversion to IFRS for 2004
- Ahold completes sale of its stake in Spanish winery joint venture
- Trading Statement Q1 2005 First Quarter 2005 net sales
- Ahold publishes 2004 Sustainability Report
April
- Ahold reaches agreement on terms of sale of Tops convenience stores in the United States
- Ahold publishes 2004 Annual Report and Agenda for Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
- Ahold completes sale of G. Barbosa in Brazil
- Ahold completes sale of 13th large Polish hypermarket.
March
- Ahold announces its results Q4 and Full Year 2004.
- Ahold announces it has received from escrow the final purchase amount for the approximately 85% of the shares of Disco S.A.
February
- Ahold announces it has reached agreement to sell two Hypernova hypermarkets in Poland to Carrefour Poland
- Ahold announces its intention to terminate its EUR 300 million and USD 1.45 billion secured back-up credit facility in the course of this month.
January
- Ahold announces it has completed the sale of its U.S. retail subsidiaries BI-LO and Bruno's to an affiliate of Lone Star Funds.
- Ahold 2004 fourth quarter net sales.
- Ahold announces that the Enterprise Chamber of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal has ordered an inquiry into the conduct of certain actions of Ahold during the period from January 1, 1998 through December 18, 2003.
- Ahold announces that it will appeal certain new court orders that could potentially affect the sale of Disco S.A. in Argentina to Cencosud S.A.