- U.S. Foodservice, Ahold's American
distribution company, completes acquisition of
south-eastern U.S. operator, PYA/Monarch
- Etos, Ahold's Dutch health and beauty care store chain, finalizes its acquisition of British drugstore chain Boots Stores The Netherlands
- Santa Isabel, Ahold's Chilean joint venture operation, agrees to acquire 100 percent of Chilean Supermercados Agas S.A.
- Deli XL, Ahold's wholly-owned Dutch foodservice subsidiary, acquires Mea-De Wilde-De Loore, the leading Belgian foodservice company
- Ahold completes the transaction to purchase the remaining 50 percent voting shares of its Brazilian joint venture, Bompreço
- Tops Markets, Ahold's U.S. subsidiary, acquires the Sugar Creek chain of New York-based convenience gas stores
- U.S. Foodservice, food distributor to over 130,000 institutional customers, is acquired by Ahold
- Ahold announces its intention to acquire U.S. internet grocer, Peapod Inc in Chicago, and U.S. Golden Gallon convenience gas store chain in Tennessee
- Ahold helps found The WorldWide Retail Exchange, a web-based business-to-business e-commerce initiative, with 17 U.S. and European retailers
