Tuesday 22nd July 2008


ESSELUNGA TO JOIN AMS SOURCING

The European buying alliance, AMS Sourcing B.V. (AMS) is pleased to announce its expansion with another renowned retailer. The Italian retailer Esselunga will join AMS from January 1st 2009. Esselunga is the fastest growing and most successful retailer in Italy with a turnover of more than EURO 5 billion. Last month AMS already announced the entry of Systeme-U (France) and Delhaize Group (Europe).
With the addition of these new members, AMS will have 14 retail members covering 22 European countries and has combined annual retail sales of approximately EURO 100 billion.

AMS, one of the largest buying alliances of European food retailers, was established in 1988 with the purpose of realizing best purchasing terms and conditions across an extensive range of food and non-food products for its members. More than 100 million customers are shopping in more than 10,000 AMS member stores every week. AMS currently consists of 11 leading retailers: Ahold (The Netherlands), Booker (United Kingdom), Dansk Supermarked Gruppen (Denmark), Elomas*) (Greece), Hagar*) (Iceland), ICA (Sweden), Jerónimo Martins (Portugal), Kesko (Finland), Migros (Switzerland), Morrisons (United Kingdom) and Superquinn (Ireland).

Arjan Both, AMS Managing Director: “We are more than happy to welcome Esselunga into our buying alliance. Their extra buying volume, unique knowledge and expertise in food retailing and sourcing will be of great mutual value for AMS and its members. The almost simultaneous addition of three new members is a major step forward in the expansion of activities within AMS and will also strengthen the competitive position of all our members.”

With 20 years of experience, the AMS office and its international team is located at Schiphol WTC in the Netherlands. AMS also runs an office in Zug, Switzerland.


*) = Euro Shopper distributors only

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Tuesday 17th June 2008

SYSTÈME-U AND DELHAIZE TO JOIN AMS SOURCING

The European buying alliance, AMS Sourcing B.V. (AMS) is pleased to announce its expansion with 2 renowned retailers. The French retailer Système-U and Belgium retailer Delhaize will join AMS from January 1st 2009.
With the addition of these new members, AMS will have 13 retail members covering 21 European countries and has combined annual retail sales of approximately EURO 95 billion.

AMS, one of the largest buying alliances of European food retailers, was established in 1988 with the purpose of realizing best purchasing terms and conditions across an extensive range of food and non-food products for its members. More than 100 million customers are shopping in more than 10,000 AMS member stores every week. AMS currently consists of 11 leading retailers: Ahold (The Netherlands), Booker (United Kingdom), Dansk Supermarked Gruppen (Denmark), Elomas*) (Greece), Hagar*) (Iceland), ICA (Sweden), Jerónimo Martins (Portugal), Kesko (Finland), Migros (Switzerland), Morrisons (United Kingdom) and Superquinn (Ireland).

Arjan Both, AMS Managing Director: “We are more than happy to welcome Système-U and Delhaize into our buying alliance. Their extra buying volume, unique knowledge and expertise in food retailing and sourcing will be of great mutual value for AMS and its members. The simultaneous addition of two new members is a major step forward in the expansion of activities within AMS and will also strengthen the competitive position of all our members.”

With 20 years of experience, the AMS office and its international team is located at Schiphol WTC in the Netherlands. AMS also runs an office in Zug, Switzerland.


*) = Euro Shopper distributors only