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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 6-K

       REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
                    UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                            Date: September 17, 2007

                        Commission File Number 001-12510

                                   ROYAL AHOLD
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                 (Translation of registrant's name into English)

            Piet Heinkade 167-173, 1019 GM Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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                     (Address of principal executive office)

     Indicate  by check mark  whether the  registrant  files or will file annual
reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

                    Form 20-F [X]              Form 40-F [ ]

     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information
contained  in this  Form is  also  thereby  furnishing  the  information  to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

                    Yes [ ]                    No [X]

     If  "Yes"  is  marked,  indicate  below  the file  number  assigned  to the
registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-________.

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     On September 17, 2007,  Koninklijke  Ahold N.V.  ("Ahold" or the "Company")
announced  that it has  repurchased  11,702,830  of its own common shares in the
period from September 10, 2007 up to and including September 14, 2007.

     This Form 6-K is incorporated by reference into the Company's  Registration
Statements  on Form  F-3 and  Form S-3 (No.  333-52934,  No.  333-52934-01,  No.
333-80245 and No.  333-80245-01)  and the Company's  Registration  Statements on
Form S-8 (No. 333-70636, No. 333-07214, No. 333-07212 and No. 033-41068).
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                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorised.

                                         KONINKLIJKE AHOLD N.V.


                                               /s/ P.N. Wakkie
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Date: September 17, 2007                 By:    P.N. Wakkie
                                         Title: EVP & Chief Corporate Governance
                                                Counsel
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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

The following exhibit has been filed as part of this Form 6-K:

Exhibit        Description
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99.1           Ahold press release,  dated September 17, 2007, announcing that
               it has repurchased 11,702,830 of its own common shares in the
               period from September 10, 2007 up to and including September 14,
               2007.