Ahold’s stranglehold on Dutch consumers takes the “super” out of supermarket

February 2, 2009 · 4 comments

One of Albert Heijn’s greatest strengths as a company is our ability to understand what it is that the customer wants and to translate that insight into innovative products and services.”

Dick Boer, President and CEO

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Ahold recently announced their 2008 4th quarter earnings of EUR 6.6 billion, a 12.9% increase over the previous year.  Any chance that consumers paid the price for these financial results?

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Ebony February 3, 2009 at 8:07 pm

Was it hamster week?

admin February 3, 2009 at 8:19 pm

Hi Ebony,
No special promos. Just a typical Saturday around 6pm. They weren’t giving everything away for free either!

Suzy

lisa February 7, 2009 at 11:40 pm

That is so Dutch!

Danielle February 9, 2009 at 12:17 pm

That is not typical Dutch but typical Albert Heijn! Really enyoing….

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