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The_Franz
Aug 8, 2003

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The_Franz
Aug 8, 2003

Baron von Eevl posted:

Kinda. There are two Aldis, which were originally the same chain but there was a big schism in I think the 80s in Germany, so now there's Aldi Sud and Aldi Nord which are technically different companies doing basically the same thing. One of those operates in the US as Aldi, the other owns Trader Joes. TJs follows a lot of the basic principles behind the German Aldis, such as offering few alternatives/options and having everything possible be store-brand, but they're different companies owned by different people.

The company was owned by two brothers and split in 1960 due to them disagreeing on whether or not to sell cigarettes. Not for health reasons, but because one of the brothers believed that selling cigarettes would attract lowlife shoplifters to their stores.

Also, for some reason, Aldi is called Hofer in Austria and Slovenia.

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