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In Austria and Slovenia, Aldi operates stores under the Hofer brand. Aldi Nord also owns the Trader Joe's grocery chain in the United States which operates separately from the group. [14] [15] Aldi Süd owns the Winn-Dixie and Harveys supermarket chains in the southern United States. [16]
Theo and Karl Albrecht split the Aldi Company they founded in 1960 after a dispute about whether to sell cigarettes. [8] The supermarket divided into two legally separate operating units with two distinct geographical locations. Theo's Aldi Nord set to operate in the north of Germany, while Karl's Aldi Süd set to operate in Germany's south. [9]
Theodor "Theo" Albrecht Jr. (born 1950) is a German billionaire businessman, the owner of Trader Joe's and Aldi Nord, and the son of Aldi's co-founder. As of July 2021, Albrecht's net worth is estimated at US$20.6 billion.
Aldi Owns Trader Joe's. America is the only place the two Aldi companies compete: Aldi Süd owns Aldi-branded stores here; Aldi Nord bought the Trader Joe's chain in 1979, when it had only 18 ...
While there are thousands of Aldi stores across the globe — from the U.S. to Slovenia — the American chain belongs to Aldi Süd. That said, Aldi Nord owns another popular grocery chain in the ...
Aldi, which was founded by brothers Karl and Theo Albrecht in 1946, was cleaved in half in the 1960s. One half of the Albrecht family owns Aldi Nord, while the other half owns Aldi Sud.
First Aldi store in Schonnebeck, Essen. Karl and Theo Albrecht were born and raised in a Catholic [3] family in modest circumstances in Essen, Germany.Their father, Karl Sr., worked as a miner and later as a baker's assistant, [4] while their mother Anna (née Siepmann) ran a small grocery store in the workers' quarter of Schonnebeck [], a suburb of Essen.
The announcement came at the same time Aldi announced the completion of its acquisition of Southeastern Grocers, which owns the Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket brands, indicating it plans a ...