7 February 2000 February 2000 February 1.38 billion. EWS € 500 million. 100 million. € € N Royal operates nearly 4,000 super- Royal The new joint venture company will The new joint venture chain in Kampio, a regional The boards of Jerónimo Martins and Martins of Jerónimo The boards Including Kampio, Ahold operates 220 Including total selling space of approximately 255,000 approximately total selling space of of 66 meters, an increase square over percent also holds a 1998. Disco-Ahold year-end 65 chain, Isabel stake in the Santa percent stores. which operates 90 Latin Amer- in the U.S., Europe, markets of ica and Asia, with 1999 sales US$35 billion. Latin Amer- approximately ican operations account for approximately 10 of worldwide sales. percent and Spain in Portu- Martins Jerónimo retailers Food in the Netherlands Ahold gal and Royal in discussion to extend and currently are operations. The enlarge their joint venture Mar- Jerónimo two companies jointly own with 1999 (JMR)tins in Portugal consolidated sales of have access to Ahold’s European and global European access to Ahold’s have the maximum designed to achieve network benefits of economies of scale. announced Ahold recently and Royal Spain, under which Ahold acquires an agreement The chain of Kampio. all outstanding shares with sales of operates 39 large approximately Royal Ahold intend to establish a new Royal which includes the 50/50 joint venture of JMR operations current in Portugal: Nova Feira supermarkets, Doce Pingo in interest and JMR’s hypermarkets operations and its Sé its Polish , as Ahold’s as well in Brazil Supermarkets Poland Republic, operations in the Czech and Spain. stores in Spain with annualized sales of with annualized in Spain stores approximately The Manufacturing Confectioner Manufacturing • The The Business Magazine of the Global Sweet Goods Industry of the Global Sweet Goods Business Magazine The USINESS B Ahold is already positioned in Latin positioned Ahold is already and was founded in 1928 La Fragua Ekono Aires, capital city Buenos the In sales of approxi- has annualized Disco Ahold expands in Central & South America, Portugal in Central & South America, Ahold expands & Spain Central America La and Ahold of the Netherlands Royal com- and hypermarket a supermarket Fragua, of American republics pany in the Central have and Honduras, Salvador El Guatemala, to jointly expand the signed an agreement in the region. activities of La Fragua retail the for- announced The companies recently into mation of a new 50/50 joint venture stores brings all of its 119 which La Fragua with 1999 sales of approximately US$535 million. with its joint ventures America through (in Argentina), Bom- local partners Disco (in Chile, Isabel and Santa (in Brazil) preço and Ecuador). Paraguay Peru, opened the first Central American super- family in in 1959. The Paiz market holds an 80.4Guatemala interest percent operates 93 Fragua La in the company. and discount hypermarkets supermarkets, Salvador in El 20 stores in Guatemala, stores com- These 119 stores and 6 in Honduras. four hypermarkets, prise 26 supermarkets, and 6 others. 83 discount stores America South S.A., the Argentine supermarket Disco the 50/50 by owned chain 90 percent International Disco-Ahold joint venture 100 per- to acquire has agreed Holdings, of Super- cent of the outstanding shares S.A. Ekono mercados with annual operates 10 large supermarkets US$165 million. sales of approximately the has purchased mately US$1.7 billion. It for a total of US$150 million. stores Ekono The acquisition brings the number of stores to 220, with Disco in Argentina operated by Companies in the News ADM ...... 8 Inc.Austin Quality Foods ...... 13 Balance Bar ...... 13 Barry Callebaut ...... 8 Bompreço ...... 7 Cantalou ...... 8 Cargill...... 8 Cemoi ...... 8 Disco S.A...... 7 NovaFeira ...... 7 Fruibel ...... 8 Jerónimo Martins ...... 7 Just Born, Inc...... 13 Kampio ...... 7 Co.Keebler Foods ...... 13 Kraft Foods ...... 13 La Fragua ...... 7 Mars ...... 9 Mars Holland ...... 13 Micao...... 8 Nestlé ...... 8 OCG Cacao ...... 8 Pingo Doce ...... 7 Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory . 8 Royal Ahold ...... 7 Saco ...... 8 Santa Isabel ...... 7 Sé Supermarkets ...... 7 Supermercados Ekono S.A...... 7 Roll IndustriesTootsie ...... 9 Unicao...... 8 THE MANUFACTURING CONFECTIONER — SINCE 1921