Turnover at the US supermarket outlets of Dutch retailing giant Ahold has risen in the wake of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, the company revealed yesterday.
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More than 60% of Ahold’s sales are generated in the US, and the company attributes the increase in spending to a move by consumers to hoard food stocks, according to Dutch newspaper Het Financieele Dagblad.
Turnover at Ahold’s food services division has fallen slightly however. More than 50% of revenue from this business is driven by Ahold’s hotel and restaurants operations, and a spokesman for the company explained that since the attacks, Americans are more likely to stay at home rather than eat out.
