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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                                  ------------

                                 AMENDMENT NO. 2
                                       TO
                                  SCHEDULE 13D

                    Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


                                  Peapod, Inc.
                              -------------------
                                (Name of Issuer)


                    Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share
                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                    704718105
                                 (CUSIP Number)
Mr. A.H.P.M. van Tielraden                         with copies to:
Koninklijke Ahold N.V.                             John Reiss, Esq.
Albert Heijnweg 1                                  White & Case LLP
1507 EH Zaandam                                    1155 Avenue of the Americas
The Netherlands                                    New York, NY 10036
011-31-75-659-9111                                 212-819-8200

(Name,  Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and
Communications)

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CUSIP No. 704718105
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1        NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
         S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

         Koninklijke Ahold N.V.             I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. 000000000

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 2                  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP   (a)

                                                                       (b) [X]
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 3       SEC USE ONLY


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 4       SOURCE OF FUNDS

         WC

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 5       CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED          [ ]
         PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)

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 6       CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

         The Netherlands

----------------------------------- ------- ------------------------------------
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY        7      SOLE VOTING POWER
OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON              58,262,727 (1) (2)
WITH
                                    ------- ------------------------------------
                                     8      SHARED VOTING POWER
                                            None
                                    ------- ------------------------------------
                                     9      SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
                                            58,262,727 (1) (2)
                                    ------- ------------------------------------
                                     10     SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                                            None
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 11      AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
         58,262,727 (1) (2)
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12       CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
         CERTAIN SHARES                                                    [ ]

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13       PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

         78.9% (2)
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14       TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

         CO
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          (1) The shares of common stock of Peapod,  Inc. (the "Issuer") covered
by this report are (a)  purchasable  by  Koninklijke  Ahold N.V.  ("Ahold") upon
conversion or exercise of (i) 726,371  shares of Series B Convertible  Preferred
Stock (the  "Shares") of the Issuer which would be  convertible  into  initially
19,369,873 shares of Common Stock, representing approximately 51.9% of the total
outstanding  shares of Common Stock as of October 6, 2000 (based on  information
received from the Issuer and treating as outstanding for this purpose the shares
of Common Stock subject to conversion  under the Series B Convertible  Preferred
Stock), (ii) the warrant (the "Previously Issued Warrant") granted by the Issuer
to Ahold  pursuant  to the  Warrant  Agreement  dated as of April 10,  2000,  to
initially  purchase  100,000  shares of Common  Stock,  (iii) the  warrant  (the
"Warrant (Credit  Agreement)") dated as of April 14, 2000, to initially purchase
3,566,667 shares of Common Stock, and (iv) the warrant (the "Warrant  (Preferred
Stock)", and together with the Previously Issued Warrant and the Warrant (Credit
Agreement),  the "Warrants"))  dated as of June 30, 2000, to purchase  initially
32,894,270  shares of Common  Stock,  and (b)  2,331,917  shares of Common Stock
which on October 6, 2000 Ahold  agreed to purchase  pursuant  to an  unsolicited
brokerage  transaction,  representing with the shares of common stock subject to
conversion under the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock approximately 58.1% of
the total  outstanding  shares of Common  Stock as of October 6, 2000  (based on
information  received  from the  Issuer and  treating  as  outstanding  for this
purpose  the shares of Common  Stock  subject to  conversion  under the Series B
Convertible Preferred Stock).

          Prior to the  exercise of the  Warrants,  Ahold is not entitled to any
rights as a shareholder  of the Issuer as to the shares covered by the Warrants.
The Warrants may be exercised at any time.

          (2) Based on  information  received  from the  Issuer,  the  number of
shares indicated represents  approximately 78.9% of the total outstanding shares
of Common Stock as of October 6, 2000 (treating as outstanding  for this purpose
the shares of Common Stock subject to conversion under the Shares and the shares
of Common Stock subject to exercise under the Warrants).


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          This Amendment No. 2 amends and  supplements the Schedule 13D filed on
April 24, 2000 as amended by  Amendment  No. 1 to Schedule 13D filed on June 30,
2000, relating to the shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share ("Common
Stock"), of Peapod, Inc., a Delaware  corporation (the "Issuer"),  the principal
executive  offices of which are located at 9933 Woods  Drive,  Skokie,  Illinois
60077.  Terms not otherwise  defined  herein shall have the  respective  meaning
given to such terms in the Schedule 13D filed on April 24, 2000.

Item 3.  Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.

          Item 3 is hereby  amended by adding  after the final  paragraph of the
item the following:

          "Purchase of Shares of Common Stock.

          Ahold will pay $1 1/8 in cash for each share of Common Stock it agreed
to acquire on October 6, 2000. Ahold will use funds from working capital to fund
the payment of the consideration."

Item 4.  Purpose of the transaction.

          Items 4(a) to (j) is hereby amended by adding  immediately  before the
penultimate paragraph of the item the following:

          "Purchase of Shares of Common Stock.

          On October 6, 2000, in an  unsolicited  brokerage  transaction  on the
Nasdaq,  Ahold  agreed to purchase  2,331,917  shares of Common Stock for $1 1/8
cash per share.  The  settlement  of the  transaction  is  scheduled to occur on
October 12, 2000."

Item 5.  Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

          Item 5(a) is hereby  amended and  restated in its  entirety to read as
follows:

          "(a) As a result of the purchase of  2,331,917  shares of Common Stock
and the  purchase  of shares of Common  Stock on  conversion  of the  Shares and
exercise  of the  Warrants,  Ahold may be deemed to be the  beneficial  owner of
58,262,727 shares of Common Stock, which would represent  approximately 78.9% of
the  shares  of  Common  Stock  outstanding  as of  October  6,  2000  (based on
information  received  from the  Issuer and  treating  as  outstanding  for this
purpose the shares of Common Stock subject to the Shares and the Warrants).

          On October 6, 2000,  in an  unsolicited  brokerage  transaction  Ahold
agreed to purchase  2,331,917  shares of Common Stock for $1 1/8 cash per share.
The settlement of the transaction is scheduled to occur on October 12, 2000."

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                                    SIGNATURE


          After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information  set forth in this statement is true,  complete and
correct.

Dated: October 11, 2000




                                           KONINKLIJKE AHOLD N.V.



                                           By: /s/ A.H.P.M. van Tielraden
                                              --------------------------------
                                              Name:  A.H.P.M. van Tielraden
                                              Title: General Counsel



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