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Corporate Office:
Landover, MD 20785
Website(s):www.ahold.com
Ahold USA is the American arm of Netherlands-based Royal Ahold -- a grocery retailer with operations in Europe and the US. The subsidiary oversees some 770 supermarkets in 14 states -- from Massachusetts to Virginia -- and the District of Columbia. Ahold USA's four divisions include: Stop & Shop New England, Stop & Shop Metro New York, Giant-Landover, and Giant-Carlisle, each with its own support business. Its online grocery ordering and delivery service Peapod serves Giant Food and Stop & Shop customers in select markets. Ahold USA accounts for about 60% of its Dutch parent's group sales. After nearly a decade of retrenchment, Royal Ahold is growing again on both sides of the Atlantic.
Source: Hoovers
The Petroleum Quality Institute of America (PQIA) is an independent resource for information and insights on the quality of lubricants in the marketplace. Our mission is to serve the consumer of lubricants by randomly sampling and independently testing lubricants taken from the field. Test results are posted along with the brand names on the PQIA website. This webpage provides an analysis on the brand detailed below.
The following are the test results for the sample examined.
Distributed by: FOODHOLD USA, LLC, Landover, MD
Manufactured by: Warren Oil Company. Inc, Dunn, NC
Purchased at: New Britian, PA
Date of purchase: 1/30/2016
Website(s): www.ahold.com
The results of the tests conducted on this sample meet the SAE J300 specifications for the SAE Viscosity Grade listed on the product label, and are consistent with the listed API Service Categories.
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Note: Although laboratory tests alone cannot be used to establish if engine oil meets an API Service Category, they can be used to determine if it doesn't.
| PHYSICAL TESTS (click for test details) - a | Standard | Smart Living |
| TBN, mg KOH/g (ASTM D2896) | 8.4 | |
| Viscosity @ 100ºC, cSt (ASTM D445) | 9.3 to <12.5 | 9.9 |
| Viscosity @40ºC, cSt (ASTM D445) | 57.6 | |
| Viscosity Index (ASTM D2270) | 159 | |
| Viscosity @-30ºC mPa s (cP) (ASTM D5293) | 6,600 Max | 5,324 |
| Volatility, mass % loss, 1 hr, @ 250ºC (ASTM D5800) | 15 Max -c | 12.9 |
| ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS (click for test details) - a, b | ||
| Additives | ||
| Calcium | 2,392 | |
| Magnesium | 10 | |
| Phosphorus, ppm | 600 to 800 | 732 |
| Zinc, ppm | 825 | |
| Molybdenum, ppm | 42 | |
| Barium, ppm | <1 | |
| Boron, ppm | 2 | |
| Silicon, ppm | 7 | |
| Potassium, ppm | <5 | |
| Manganese, ppm | <1 | |
| Titanium, ppm | <1 | |
| Copper, ppm | <1 | |
| Sodium, ppm | <5 | |
| Vanadium, ppm | <1 | |
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| Silver, ppm | <1 | |
| Aluminum, ppm | <1 | |
| Chromium, ppm | <1 | |
| Iron, ppm | <1 | |
| Nickel, ppm | <1 | |
| Lead, ppm | <1 | |
| Antimony, ppm | <1 | |
| Tin, ppm | <1 | |
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