Press Release

DICK BOER TO JOIN AHOLD'S CORPORATE EXECUTIVE BOARD

Amsterdam, The Netherlands, May 10, 2006 - Ahold today announced that Dick Boer,
President and CEO of the Albert Heijn Arena, has been nominated for appointment
by the Supervisory Board to the Ahold Corporate Executive Board. He will assume
his responsibilities as acting Executive Board member with immediate effect. The
General Meeting of Shareholders for his appointment will be scheduled at a later
date.

Dick will remain President and CEO of the Albert Heijn Arena in addition to his
new board responsibilities.

Dick's initial focus on the Corporate Executive Board will be to head a review
of Ahold's retail operations. The objective of the review will be to develop
recommendations to accelerate the plans to drive and fund identical sales volume
growth across Ahold's global retail businesses. Ahold's Chief Financial Officer,
John Rishton, and Ahold's President and CEO of U.S. Foodservice, Lawrence
Benjamin, will assist in the review.

Dick joined Ahold in 1998 as CEO of Ahold Czech Republic and was appointed
President and CEO of Albert Heijn in 2000. In 2003, he became President and CEO
of the Albert Heijn Arena, which comprises Albert Heijn, Etos and Gall & Gall.
Prior to joining Ahold, Dick spent more than 17 years in various retail
positions for SHV Holdings in the Netherlands and abroad, and for Unigro N.V.,
now Laurus N.V.

Commenting on Dick's nomination to the Corporate Executive Board, Anders Moberg,
President and CEO of Ahold, said: "Dick is an experienced retailer with a proven
track-record. His highly successful value-repositioning program at Albert Heijn
continues to increase our market-share and drive profitable growth in that
arena. I am extremely pleased to have him join the board, and am confident that
he will play a significant role in contributing to the execution of our
group-wide initiatives and future strategy."

Ahold Press Office: +31 (0)20 509 5343
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