<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Royal Ahold</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/business/specials/corporateethics/ahold?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/ahold</link><description>Royal Ahold</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Giant's Merger Hurt Morale, CEO Says]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20645-2004Nov29.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/ahold</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20645-2004Nov29.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/ahold</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2004 8:48:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The process of merging the grocery chain with Stop & Shop has distracted managers and employees, resulting in disappointing revenue  in 2003 and early 2004, according to Ahold executives.]]></description><author> Michael Barbaro</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grize Will Leave Helm of Giant, Ahold's Other U.S. Operations]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55721-2004Nov16.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/ahold</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55721-2004Nov16.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/ahold</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2004 8:48:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ William J. Grize, who oversees Giant Food and the other U.S. grocery operations of Royal Ahold NV, will step down next month, the Dutch company said yesterday.]]></description><author> Michael Barbaro</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ahold Settles SEC Fraud Charges]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30807-2004Oct13.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/ahold</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30807-2004Oct13.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/ahold</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2004 8:48:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Dutch grocery giant Royal Ahold NV yesterday settled Securities and Exchange Commission charges that its Columbia food distribution unit, U.S. Foodservice Inc., and other subsidiaries fraudulently inflated earnings by nearly $830 million between 2000 and 2002.]]></description><author> Carrie Johnson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Giant Food To Roll Out Its Organic Product Line]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60793-2004Sep29.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/ahold</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60793-2004Sep29.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/ahold</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2004 8:48:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The region's biggest supermarket chain, Giant Food Inc., will launch a line of natural and organic foods this weekend in an effort to cash in on one of the supermarket industry's fastest-growing niches.]]></description><author> Michael Barbaro</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ahold Sees U.S. Retail Profits Fall]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36866-2004Aug26.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/ahold</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36866-2004Aug26.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/ahold</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2004 8:48:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Dutch food retailer Royal Ahold NV said income from its U.S. retail operations plunged 30 percent in the second quarter, blaming sluggish performance at Giant Food and Stop & Shop Stores, its two biggest American chains.]]></description><author> Michael Barbaro</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former Executives of U.S. Foodservice Plead Not Guilty]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22690-2004Jul28.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/ahold</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22690-2004Jul28.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/ahold</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2004 8:48:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[NEW YORK, July 28 -- Two former top executives of U.S. Foodservice Inc. pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges they falsely inflated the Columbia distributor's revenue to win bonuses, causing the firm's Dutch parent Royal Ahold NV to overstate income by more than $800 million over three years.]]></description><author> Brooke A. Masters</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ex-Officials Of Columbia Firm Charged]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19257-2004Jul27.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/ahold</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19257-2004Jul27.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/ahold</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2004 8:48:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Two former top officials of Columbia-based U.S. Foodservice Inc. were indicted by a federal grand jury Tuesday, charged with a three-year conspiracy to increase their own bonuses by overstating earnings by $800 million.]]></description><author> Brooke A. Masters  and Carrie Johnson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Charges Expected in  U.S. Foodservice Case]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16395-2004Jul26.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/ahold</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16395-2004Jul26.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/ahold</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2004 8:48:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Federal prosecutors are preparing to bring criminal charges this week against former senior executives at Columbia-based U.S. Foodservice Inc. for their alleged roles in a scheme to pump up earnings by overstating rebates from suppliers.]]></description><author> Carrie Johnson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Giant Food Cuts  Administrative Positions]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9463-2004May7.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/ahold</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9463-2004May7.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/ahold</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2004 8:48:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Giant Food has laid off 270 administrative employees, part of its efforts to consolidate operations with Quincy, Mass.-based sister company Stop & Shop Supermarket Co., a spokesman announced Friday.]]></description><author> Michael Barbaro</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Giant Food Plans to Bring Baggers Back]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5627-2004May5.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/ahold</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5627-2004May5.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/ahold</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2004 8:48:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A decade after wiping out the position in all but a few stores, the region's dominant supermarket chain will soon again have baggers to speed up checkouts, officials at the Landover-based company said in an interview Wednesday.]]></description><author> Michael Barbaro</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jobs at Giant's Headquarters  Cut]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62713-2004Apr8.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/ahold</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62713-2004Apr8.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/ahold</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2004 8:48:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[650 jobs at Giant's headquarters will be eliminated or relocated during the upcoming merger between Giant and Stop & Shop.]]></description><author> Michael Barbaro</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grocery Workers Weigh Benefits of Change]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31948-2004Mar28.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/ahold</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31948-2004Mar28.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/ahold</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2004 8:48:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[18,000 Washington area workers at Safeway and Giant Food are to vote Tuesday on a new jointly negotiated four-year contract that is expected to call for lower wages for new workers and reductions in health benefits.]]></description><author> Michael Barbaro</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grocers Want Pay Cuts for New Workers]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44563-2004Mar9.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/ahold</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44563-2004Mar9.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/ahold</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2004 8:48:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Giant Food LLC and Safeway Inc., which have begun renegotiating a four-year contract with the union representing their 18,000 local workers, are calling for cuts in pay and in vacation for new employees, according to a copy of the companies' proposal.]]></description><author> Michael Barbaro</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Foodservice Is Sued Over Severance]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39067-2004Mar7.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/ahold</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39067-2004Mar7.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/ahold</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2004 8:48:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The former head of U.S. Foodservice Inc., the troubled Columbia-based division of Dutch retailer Royal Ahold NV, is suing the company, saying the company threatened to terminate a generous package of benefits, according to the lawsuit.]]></description><author> Michael Barbaro</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Royal Ahold Will Demand Repayment by Executives]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28379-2004Mar3.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/ahold</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28379-2004Mar3.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/ahold</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2004 8:48:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Royal Ahold NV, the giant Dutch food retailer, says it will hold three former top executives at its U.S. Foodservice division responsible for damages tied to an accounting scandal at the Columbia-based unit.]]></description><author> Michael Barbaro</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Giant's Chief: Stores 'Had To Change' To Compete]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35280-2004Feb12.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/ahold</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35280-2004Feb12.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/ahold</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2004 8:48:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The outgoing head of Giant Food LLC defended his efforts to cut costs at the Washington area's dominant supermarket chain over the past five years, saying he inherited a company with a "strong heritage" but "not always an efficient execution" of services.]]></description><author> Michael Barbaro</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Control Shift At Giant Food Could Bring Store Changes]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20315-2004Feb6.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/ahold</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20315-2004Feb6.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/ahold</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2004 8:48:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The handover of power at Giant Food LLC of Landover to executives at Stop &#38; Shop Supermarkets in Quincy, Mass., could result in some dramatic changes at both chains, supermarket industry experts said Friday.]]></description><author> Michael Barbaro</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Giant Food to Lose Local Management]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17341-2004Feb5.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/ahold</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17341-2004Feb5.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/ahold</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2004 8:48:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The owners of Giant Food LLC moved Thursday to end local management of the grocery chain, putting hundreds of jobs at risk and closing a chapter at the Washington area retailer that pioneered the supermarket concept on Georgia Avenue in the District 68 years ago.]]></description><author> Michael Barbaro</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Local Presence, Distant Future?]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17342-2004Feb5.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/ahold</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17342-2004Feb5.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/ahold</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2004 8:48:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In the weeks following the 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., thousands of people camped on a muddy Mall to remember the fallen civil rights leader and protest treatment of the poor.]]></description><author> Neil Irwin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Changes Greeted With Doubt or Indifference]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17270-2004Feb5.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/ahold</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17270-2004Feb5.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/ahold</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2004 8:48:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Reaction to the announcement Thursday of major changes to Giant Food's management depended on many 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