Royal Ahold NV, the Dutch owner of the U.S. Stop & Shop grocery chain, said third-quarter sales rose 4.3 percent as price cuts lured shoppers in the U.S. and the Netherlands.

Sales increased to 6.04 billion ($9.05 billion) from 5.79 billion euros a year earlier, the Amsterdam-based company said today in a Hugin statement. Revenue was in line with the 6.04 billion-euro average estimate in a Bloomberg survey of nine analysts.

An increase in the quantity of goods sold in Ahold’s U.S. stores offset a decline in food prices in the region, where the Dutch retailer gets about half its sales. Sales at Stop & Shop rose 5.5 percent and advanced 5.4 percent at its Albert Heijn stores in the Netherlands.

U.S. rival Safeway Inc., the third-largest U.S. grocery chain, last week reported profit that topped analyst estimates as cost savings helped offset food deflation and lower volumes.