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                                                       Press Release

                                                       Royal Ahold
                                                       Corporate Communications


                                                Date:  November 9, 2004
                                For more information:  +31 75 659 57 20

Ahold to move headquarters to Amsterdam in 2005

Zaandam, The Netherlands, November 9, 2004 - Ahold today announced that it will
move its corporate headquarters in The Netherlands from Zaandam to the country's
capital, Amsterdam.

The move, likely to take place in the fourth quarter of 2005, is part of the
overall repositioning of Ahold's Group Support Office (GSO). "As Ahold moves
'from finance to floor' through our Road to Recovery program, we are shifting
the role of our corporate headquarters to function as a Group Support Office,"
said Ahold President & CEO Anders Moberg. "Moving to new premises will support
this repositioning to a more operational holding, closer to the business, and
help us to mark a new phase in our company's history."

Ahold's Group Support Office will be located in the "Huys Europa" on the Piet
Heinkade in Amsterdam's Eastern Commercial Wharf (Oostelijke Handelskade). It
will accommodate up to 160 workspaces in a surface area of about 5,500 square
meters (approximately 55,000 square feet). The GSO staff will focus on support
for the Corporate Executive Board; departments primarily engaged in supporting
the company's business arenas are being moved into these arenas.

Ahold Corporate Communications: +31.75.659.5720

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within the meaning of U.S. federal securities laws. These forward-looking
statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in those
forward-looking statements. Many of these factors are beyond Ahold's ability to
control or estimate precisely. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance
on such forward-looking statements, which only speak as of the date of this
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other factors, see Ahold's Annual Report on Form 20-F for its most recent fiscal
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events or circumstances after the date of this press release or to reflect the
occurrence of unanticipated events or circumstances, except as may be required
under applicable securities laws. Outside the Netherlands Koninklijke Ahold
N.V., being its registered name, presents itself under the name of "Royal Ahold"
or simply "Ahold".
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