Euro Shopper was a discount brand of everyday commodities developed and marketed by

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It was introduced to the market in 1996, and branded products have been sold by some of the AMS members in different countries in Europe since then. In all stores owned by the Dutch

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group, all Euro-Shopper products have been phased out to become

AH Basic AH Basic is a discount brand of everyday commodities developed, marketed and introduced by the Ahold group, to replace the Euro Shopper discount brand in all Albert Heijn stores in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands from April 2013 to 2014. H ...

Most Euro Shopper products were

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with long

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. There were both national products, sold in only one country, and international products, sold in all countries. On 10 December 2012, sales of Euro Shopper products hit £150m. From April 2013 to 2014, Both ICA Sweden and

were phasing out Euro Shopper branded products replacing them with their own brands, ICA Basic in Sweden and AH Basic in all countries where they have stores.

AMS members selling Euro Shopper branded products as of 2008

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