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26 June 2013
Ahold-owned Albert Heijn is set to modify its ranging at its AH to go chain in Germany, according to Handelsblatt, and at its trial stores in its home market of the Netherlands, reports Levensmiddelenkrant. Ambient to be added in Netherlands… At the company’s trial AH to go stores in the Netherlands, Albert Heijn is set to reintroduce ambient produce, moving away from focusing only on food ...
18 June 2013
Netherlands-based Ahold has said that it has appointed Hanneke Faber as chief commercial officer and, concurrently with this, has established a new Executive Committee, which is says will enable it ‘ to accelerate its Reshaping Retail strategy ’. New Executive Committee to ‘simplify structure’ The retailer said that the new structure being employed at its executive committee will enable it to...
11 June 2013
Dow Jones Newswires has reported that Netherlands-based Albert Heijn will begin charging shoppers to use its grocery pick-up points. Charge to depend on time of day of pick-up From mid June, Albert Heijn will charge shoppers between €1 and €2.50 to use a pick-up point, while for orders over €70 the retailer will give a €1 discount. The fee charged will depend on the time of the day the orde...
04 June 2013
According to reports in LevensmiddelenKrant, Albert Heijn is set to improve its deli meat and cheese counters in all its stores in the Netherlands. Improvements follow in-store trial The changes to its deli counters will see the retailer adapt its ranges to offer fewer pre-packaged items in favour of additional fresh ones and follows on from trials at eight stores in the country. These change...
04 June 2013
Netherlands-based Ahold has announced first quarter results saying that sales rose by 4.1% - 4.4% at constant exchange rates – to €10.1 billion. Despite this growth, its chief executive, Dick Boer, said that it remained ‘cautious in our outlook for 2013’. Strong performance across divisions The retailer said that it had enjoyed a positive first quarter across all its operations. In the first ...
22 May 2013
In an interview with Emerce magazine the recently appointed general manager for AH.nl, Adriaan Thierry, discussed how the retailer was looking to grow online. ‘Changing shopper requirements to drive change’ Thierry said that changing shopper demands were driving change and leading to further integration between digital and physical stores, a step that was promoting the importance of logistics...
15 May 2013
Netherlands-based Ahold has chosen Ben Wishart to become its Group Chief Information Officer, a new role for the company. Wishart to work across Ahold’s global operations The retailer said that Wishart would input on its ‘Reshaping Retail’ strategy and would, therefore, work across Ahold’s businesses. Wishart, who used to work at UK-based Morrisons as CIO, will start working at Ahold on 17 ...
13 May 2013
Netherlands-based Ahold has announced that it will be extending the reach of its Bol.com pick up point stores to ‘almost every Albert Heijn store’. Retailer says formula offers ‘convenience for the customer’ Albert Heijn said that in its research of its own shoppers it had found that 84% are ‘more than satisfied with the service, stating that it offers them more convenience and freedom as t...
19 April 2013
In separate statements, Netherlands-based Albert Heijn and Rewe in Austria have highlighted the positive sales performance of their organic private label ranges. Rewe sees expansion of ja! Natürlich Rewe said that sales of its ja! Natürlich organic private label brand had grown by 3.6% in Austria, to €323.3 million in 2012, following on from 7% growth in the previous year. The retailer said...
10 April 2013
Netherlands-based Albert Heijn has, according to Distrifood, begun to replace the entry level EuroShopper private label brand with a new AH Basic range. New private label to build on strength of Albert Heijn brand The retailer said that the range would enable it to build on the strength and heritage of the Albert Heijn brand name. Alfred Levi, Albert Heijn’s director of marketing, merchandi...