But there have also been questions raised about Ahold's accounting practices in its Latin American and Swedish operations.
Tesac and Sainsbury, the two largest U.K. food retailers, would make a nice fit with Ahold.
Ahold has already acquired GFG Foodservice of Grand Forks, Minnesota, for an undisclosed amount.
Someone, likely part of a ring, gets ahold of your name and Social Security number.
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"Maybe you could go to college, Sam, " my father said after he'd got-ten ahold of himself.
And in part it's because Ahold frequently calls on its investors for new cash to finance acquisitions.
And the people at Enron, Ahold, and Worldcom were just as human as the rest of us.
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And I just think that's asking the jury to grasp ahold of a little bit too much.
It reminded me of organizations like Enron, Ahold, or Worldcom, where management habitually set their people ambituous goals.
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As with so many other stars of the corporate world in that era, Ahold appeared to do well for a time.
Headquarters staff numbers only 80, a tiny fraction of Ahold's worldwide work force of about 350, 000 (including U.S. Foodservice's).
That deal would have expanded Ahold's presence around New York City and given it undoubted dominance in the Northeast.
Cees van der Hoeven, now 52, is the second professional CEO at Ahold.
Ahold says dedicated self-checkout stations for Scan It users are becoming more common as the devices become more popular.
Another cash-constrained dot.com, Peapod, an online grocer, last month sold a 51% stake to Royal Ahold, an offline grocer.
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It knits the acquisitions into the Ahold information network and introduces purchasing and logistics scale economies to the stores its buys.
Few American consumers know the Ahold name, but the antitrust lawyers at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) know it well.
Cor Boonstra, the recently retired chairman of Philips Electronics, for example, sits on the boards of Ahold, Heineken and ABN Amro.
With the U.S. Foodservice purchase, Ahold will see its share of American appetites growing faster than those of any of its competitors.
The SEC's inspector general, Walter Stachnick, is trying to get ahold of what Aguirre told the Senate committees, under a broad subpoena.
Ahold has built its U.S. presence by buying up former family-run chains.
And instead of giving away stamps to be redeemed for dishes or towels, Ahold stamps can be exchanged for shares in the company.
He said this would be a priority for newly appointed trading director Casper Maijer, who joins the company from Dutch supermarket group Ahold.
If Fiat is able to get ahold of the rest of Chrysler, it wants to combine the two companies into a global automotive powerhouse.
Competing against the domestic giants--Safeway, Albertsons, Kroger and Wal-Mart in some markets--Royal Ahold has amassed a No. 1 market share along America's eastern seaboard.
Retaining the names has made Ahold the acquirer of choice for entrepreneurs globally who are ready to sell but want to see their legacy preserved.
Ahold's success in America is unique for Europe's big grocery groups.
Ahold is attempting to bring customers back to its stores by bringing some enjoyment to a task most of us loathe--and offering more high-margin take-away meals.
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