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Ahold NV was founded on August 27, 1973 and Albert Heijn became part of it. The new construction made it easier for Albert Heijn's new parent company to enter the foreign market. In October of the same year, Etos was acquired, a number of stores were converted into Albert Heijn and the rest continued as a drugstore within Ahold. [9]
Ahold, originally named Albert Heijn N.V., started in 1887 when Albert Heijn bought the general store of his father in the Dutch town of Oostzaan. He gave the store his name and transformed it into a modern specialized grocery together with his wife, Neeltje Heijn. After a few years, he owned a chain of Dutch stores.
Albert Heijn: 1048 [5] Ahold Delhaize 27 May 1887 Albert Heijn founded a grocery store in 1887 and over the years opened multiple locations and a central warehouse. He started roasting his own brand of coffee and producing other self-made items in the 1890s and early 1900s.
Albert Heijn became the largest grocery chain in the Netherlands during this time, and expanded into liquor stores and health and beauty care stores in the 1970s. In 1973, the holding company Albert Heijn changed its name to "Ahold", an abbreviation of A lbert H eijn H old ing".
The first Albert Heijn store still exists as a Museum at Zaanse Schans near Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Heijn handed over the management of the company in 1920, to his sons Jan Heijn and Gerrit Heijn, and his son-in-law Johan Hille. Later, his grandchildren Albert Jr. and Gerrit Jan Heijn would further expand the family business.
Albert Heijn is a supermarket chain in the Netherlands. Albert Heijn may also refer to: Albert Heijn (businessman) (1865–1945), Dutch entrepreneur and original founder of the Albert Heijn supermarket chain; Albert Heijn Jr. (1927–2011), Dutch entrepreneur, grandson of Albert Heijn
Albert Heijn (Zaandam, 25 January 1927 – Hereford, 13 January 2011) was a Dutch entrepreneur, major stockholder and founder and chairman of the board of Ahold. [1]Albert was the grandson of his namesake Albert Heijn (1865–1945), who began the family business with a single grocery store in Oostzaan and after extending to multiple stores laid the foundation of the same named leading Dutch ...