Growing our business in Europe
Sander van der Laan COO Ahold Europe / CEO Albert Heijn November 29, 2012
Proprietary and Company Confidential Key takeaways
Still growth opportunities ahead for Albert Heijn in the Netherlands
Leveraging our Albert Heijn format and business model in Flanders, Belgium
Creating value with Albert in the Czech market
Proprietary and Company Confidential Ahold Our joint Reshaping Retail framework
Proprietary and Company Confidential 3 Europe we are proud of our strong brands
Albert Heijn Supermarkets NL 125 years of • Est. 1887 • 815 stores local heritage • Market leader
Albert Heijn New Markets >2,200 stores • 10 supermarkets Belgium • Two to go in Germany • 58 to gos in NL Serving a Albert Heijn Online trade area • Est. 2001 • Delivery and PUP’ s (first two open) >40 million people • Market leader
Etos In 5 countries • Est. 1918 • 538 stores • #2 in the market 96, 000 emp loyees Gall & Gall • Est. 1884 • 562 stores €12B+ sales • Market leader
Czech Republic + Slovakia Joint ventures • Est. 1991 • 282 stores with ICA and JMR • #2 in the Czech market
Bol.com • Est. 1999, joined Ahold 2012 • First 59 pick-up points in AH service counters • Market leader online
Proprietary and Company Confidential 4 Europe We believe in complementary multi-format growth
Discuss supermarkets today:
Netherlands Still growth opportunities ahead for Albert Heijn
Belgium LiAlbtLeveraging our Albert HijHeijn format and business model in Flanders
Czech Republic Creating value with Albert in the CZ market small stores supermarkets online
Proprietary and Company Confidential 5 Netherlands Albert Heijn remains the leading supermarket player, managing consistent growth in a tough and consolidating market
40 Main Market share Market share Market share NL 2007 2011 development supermarkets indicative 20 Nielsen Nielsen
Albert Heijn 29.5% 33.5% 35.0+% 0 (incl. 82 new stores) C1000 14.3% 12.1% X -20 Aldi 8.9% 7.9%
-40 Super de Boer 7.3% X Plus 6.0% 5.9% -60 Jumbo 4.4% 8.9% towards 20.0% (incl. SdB/C1000) -80
Consumer Trust Economic Environment Willingness to buy Lidl 4.0% 6.7%
Proprietary and Company Confidential 6 Netherlands Over the years we have improved our positioning and are receiving high customer scores, with a uniquely broad and differentiated format portfolio
High customer scores Unique store portfolio
GfK national survey; Summer Report 2012 format current store count
Small sm 246 (200 – 1,000m2)
Medium sm 464 (1,000 – 1,800m2) ermarkets
pp Large sm 74
su (1,800 – 2,800m2)
XL 34 (2,800 – 4,000m2)
To Go 58 small stores
Proprietary and Company Confidential 7 Netherlands Albert Heijn’s strong value proposition: being a great place to shop for the consumer
Great quality lit nr 1 Quality – GfK survey
Great fresh nr 1 Fresh with AHXL – GfK survey
Distinctive own brand 54% incl. Fresh
Mid-market pricing lower than Plus and C1000, +3% vs Jumbo
Attractive promotions nr 1 Highest Discounts – Consumentenbond
Better Place to Shop nr 1 Supermarket with AHXL – GfK survey nr 1 Best Brand in NL – Centre Brand Analysis
Proprietary and Company Confidential 8 Netherlands We are one of the top performers in ID sales growth, enjoying the highest penetration rates in the market
Strong ID sales growth AH in the market (2005 – 2011) Highest household penetration AH in the market (2012) % 9.0% 8.5% 50 1100 7.7%
6.5% 40 900 799 800 801 801 800 802 802 802 809 815 5.1% 5.0% 4.0% 4.0% 3.7% 30 700 3.0% 2.9% 2.5% 2.0% 1.5% 20 500 ***
10 300 289 289 293 290 290 295 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 268 278 286 287 0 100 Albert Heijn * Jumbo ** 1 4 7 10 13 16 19 22 25 28 31 34 37 40 43 46 49 52
* Identical sales growth AH incl. AH To Go ** Source: Jumbo press releases: Jumbo autonomous growth *** Source: GFK
Proprietary and Company Confidential 9 Netherlands Through acquisition, we are further optimizing our network
Acquired stores C1000 / Jumbo : 82
Total net sales 2011 : €560 mln
Total sales area m2 : 82,000
Avg. sales / m2 per week : €187
Entrepreneurs : 70, with 78 stores
AH white spots now filled :57: 57
Extra customers get AH nearby : 430,000
2012: 15 stores remodeled to AH
2013: Convert the majority of stores in 2013
Proprietary and Company Confidential 10 Netherlands we continue to see opportunities for growth
Commercial Store formats and assortment
Fresh Re-new and expand AH to go Renew and expand stores assortment
Value
Online and assortment Promotions Expand deliveryPUPs Service counters
Bonus
Expand to full AHXL assortment Selection Bol assortment
Proprietary and Company Confidential 11 Belgium We are successfully expanding our supermarkets, steadily building a Flemish network
Focus: Dutch speaking part of Belgium (Flanders) Stores open : 10
Employees : 457
Transactions / week : 104,000
Customer “Bonus” cards : 130,000
FbkFacebook fans : 30, 000 andtid counting
Stores end-2012 : 11
In 2013 we aim to double our store count
Well on track towards 50 stores in 2016
Proprietary and Company Confidential 12 Belgium very competitive positioning in the market
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Source: Het Laatste Nieuws regional edition 8 June 2012 Belgium winning many fans
Proprietary and Company Confidential 14 Czech Republic in the maturing Czech market, Ahold is one of the major players
2006 2011 Total Market100% 100% Modern Trade 73% 82% Compact (2,500 – 6,000) 19% 28% Hypermarket (>6,000) 20% 16% Supermarket 18% 21% Discount 15% 18% Traditional trade 27% 18%
Net sales Market share Rank Banner (()euro billion) 2011e* 1 Tesco 1.7 20.6% 2 Albert 1.5 16.9% Market: Competition continues expansion of approx. 3 Kaufland 1.3 16.0% +6% sq. m. per year (mainly Tesco and Kaufland) 4 Penny 1.1 12.7% 5 Globus 0.9 10.2% Albert: Broad network of 227 supermarkets 6 Lidl 0.9 9.7% and 55 compact hypermarkets 7 Billa 0.7 8.0% 8 Interspar 0.5 5.6% Albert restructured as of 2009 * Estimated market share Nielsen: Ahold management estimated
Proprietary and Company Confidential 15 Czech Republic We restructured Albert applying our Ahold business model
4. Leading to profit improvement 1. Reduced operational costs
Opex Operating profit
3. Driving ID sales 2. Invested in repositioning
Gross profit as ID consumer sales all stores % of sales (excl. shrink)
Proprietary and Company Confidential 16 Czech Republic Albert well on track in driving sales, ahead of competition
Identical sales growth, consumer sales
In 2012 Albert remodeled nine stores to new compact format “One”
2009 2010 2011 Outlook 2012 Sales per m2, consumer sales per week in CZK
Market Albert
2010 2012 YTD wk 39 2010 2012 YTD wk 39
* Source Nielsen: incl Tesco, Interspar, Billa, Globus, Interspar
Proprietary and Company Confidential 17 Czech Republic Outlook: strong plans to further increase profit and create value in the market
4. Reinvest cash flows 1. Further reduce costs
Roll out Project One Simplicity projects - Shrinkage Open new supermarkets - Rent reduction -Admin
3. Driving ID sales 2. Invest in the customer
Project One ID growth Great quality and freshness
Grow sales per sq. m. Findi ng the pro duc ts you wan t ahead of competition Great prices and exciting promotions
Proprietary and Company Confidential 18 Key takeaways
Still growth opportunities ahead for Albert Heijn in the Netherlands
Leveraging our Albert Heijn format and business model in Flanders, Belgium
Creating value with Albert in the Czech market
Proprietary and Company Confidential 19 Safe harbor
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