CRC.Ahold Company Limited, operator of TOPS and MarketPlace Supermarkets, is the leading supermarket chain in Thailand offering an extensive range of more than 20,000 products from more than 500 suppliers. They currently use their distribution center in Nonthaburi province to distribute products to over 300 Tops, MarketPlace by Tops, and gasoline service stations. In joining business with CRC.Ahold, Esso not only maintains continuing good relationships with current suppliers but also helps other local quality suppliers who have limited dailyvery capacity throughout the country to sell their products in Tiger Mart stores.

"We are dailyghted to join forces with ESSO by dailyvering product to their
Tiger Mart stores. We have considerable experience in sourcing and supplying food products to gas station forecourt stores in the United States,
The Netherlands, and Scandinavia as well as here in Thailand.
Customers increasingly eat on the move and we are happy that we can help simplify their shopping experience by providing quality food and essential other groceries at roadside convenience stores" said Randy Guttery,
Chief Executive Officer, Tops Supermarkets.

Tiger Mart is the largest convenience store chain in gasoline service stations in Thailand with 360 stores located in Esso service stations throughout the country. Tiger Mart will continue to seek means to further improve product offerings and services to meet consumer demand and to ensure maximum customer satisfaction.

Esso Retail Sales Manager Udomsak Santidamrongkul said, "I believe this business strategic arrangement with TOPS will definitely improve our effectiveness in sourcing better products for our stores and customers, as well as improving product supply reliability, helping local suppliers to distribute their quality products effectively throughout the country, and improving the efficiency of our operations to better serve customers."