Koninklijke Ad N.V. S/Adr (ADRNY) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Good morning. We are Ahold Delhaize. We operate in nine countries on three continents. We have 17 brands and well over 9,400 stores. And every day, 393,000 people work hard to serve over 72,000,000 customers per week. You could say that we're a big company, and yet we put all our efforts into being small. Because when you're small, you are a part of your local community. You can customize stores on a local level. And when you're small, you can connect with the people you work with. Small. What does it mean? Small means that we take the best local innovations and share them across the world. From being the first to bring the barcode from The US to The Netherlands in the seventies and introducing AI solutions to predict shelf life and limit food waste, to being open for everyone and sharing values, a passion for serving customers, and a love for peanut butter, just not always with jelly. K. Let's continue. Small means understanding our responsibility to provide access to essential products. It's about realizing that everything that happens in society affects us, our stores, and our customers. And that works both ways. With every small step we take, we make giant leaps, helping customers to make better choices by gradually reducing salt, sugar, and fat We proud proud team. We world. Good morning. We are Ahold Delhaize. We operate in nine countries on three continents. We have 17 brands and well over 9,400 stores. And every day, 393,000 people work hard to serve over 72,000,000 customers per week. You could say that we're a big company, and yet we put all our efforts into being small. Because when you're small, you are a part of your local community. You can customize stores on a local level. And when you're small, you can connect with the people you work with. Small. Wh...