date:Jan 17, 2014
id not give a figure, but will when it issues full-year results on February 27.
In the Netherlands, where Ahold operates the market leader Albert Heijn chain, identical sales fell by 1.0 percent after dropping by 0.2 percent in the third quarter.
The group said Albert Heijn's market share dipped, as it had in the third quarter, but that the underlying operating margin should be slightly higher.
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