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| | ROYAL AHOLD - AHO Annual and Transition Report (foreign private issuer) (20-F) ITEM 4. INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) |
 | | Supermarkets are retail locations where the average sales area is less than 2,000 square meters or 22,000 square feet or where the average sales area for non-food items is less than 25% of the total average sales area. |
 | | Convenience stores are like small supermarkets, but with their own format, located at gasoline stations, inside railway stations, or at other locations which, in the judgment of management, are considered to be convenience store locations. |
 | | The ICA Group is an integrated food retail and wholesale group, servicing 2,793 retailer-owned and company-operated neighborhood stores, supermarkets, superstores, hypermarkets and discount stores in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and the Baltic states as of year-end 2003. |
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