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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: May 3, 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 May 3, 2007, Koninklijke Ahold N.V. ("Ahold" or the "Company") issued
the following two press releases: one containing the text of the speech of
Anders C. Moberg, the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer, at the
annual general meeting of shareholders held in Amsterdam on May 3, 2007, and
another announcing that at the Company's annual general meeting on May 3, 2007
in Amsterdam, shareholders adopted Ahold's 2006 financial statements and all
other proposals on the agenda. Copies of these two press releases are attached
hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2, respectively.

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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.

                                             P.N. Wakkie
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Date: May 3, 2007                       By:    P.N. Wakkie
                                        Title: EVP & Chief Corporate Governance
                                               Counsel
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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

The following exhibits have been filed as part of this Form 6-K:

Exhibit        Description
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99.1           Ahold press release dated May 3, 2007, containing the text of the
               speech of Anders C. Moberg, the Company's President and Chief
               Executive Officer, at the annual general meeting of shareholders
               held in Amsterdam on May 3, 2007

99.2           Ahold press release dated May 3, 2007, announcing that at the
               Company's annual general meeting on May 3, 2007 in Amsterdam,
               shareholders adopted Ahold's 2006 financial statements and all
               other proposals on the agenda