Ahold: U.S. Foodservice to Post Positive Earnings

ZAANDAM, The Netherlands - Anders Moberg, ceo of Dutch retailer Ahold repeated today the company's assertion that its U.S. Foodservice division in Columbia, MD, will post positive earnings before interest, tax and amortization in 2004, according to news reports.

"But this is excluding any restructuring charges," Moberg cautioned at a shareholders meeting.

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