Ahold USA Selects Oracle® Retail Suite to Deliver Customer Value and Support Profitable Growth

The U.S. operating unit of Royal Ahold, one of the world’s leading grocery retailers, has selected a broad suite of Oracle(r) Retail applications to help accelerate profitable growth and strengthen the company’s foundation for the future in the United States, Oracle announced today. This agreement will support the retailer’s value repositioning program and help provide a world-class shopping experience for customers across more than 700 supermarket locations in the United States including its Stop & Shop, Giant-Carlisle and Giant-Landover chains.
The strategic relationship with Oracle Retail marks an important step in Ahold’s strategy for profitable growth in the U.S. The Oracle Retail applications selected by Ahold USA will support Ahold’s strategic initiatives across a broad range of areas including merchandising, supply chain, store operations, planning and analysis.

“We are making significant progress in many areas of our business,” said Dave McNally, Ahold’s Global Chief Information Officer. “Investing in world-class systems to support our long-term growth strategy is a critical next step in our development. We have found a proven partner in Oracle Retail that understands our business and will help accelerate our plans to improve efficiency and effectiveness.”

“Ahold is an excellent example of a grocery retailer that understands the value of putting customers first,” said Duncan Angove, General Manager and Senior Vice President, Oracle Retail. “We look forward to applying our deep expertise in grocery to their U.S. business and helping them improve business performance to deliver value to shareholders.”