Originally Posted by Anael
Originally Posted by nhnative
Wow I didn't know Aldi's were in Europe.
ALDI Einkauf GmbH & Co. oHG, doing business as About this sound ALDI (help·info), short for "Albrecht Discount", is a discount supermarket chain based in Germany. The chain is made up of two separate groups, ALDI Nord (North - operating as ALDI MARKT), headquartered in Essen,[2] and ALDI Süd (South - operating as Aldi Süd), headquartered in Mülheim an der Ruhr,[3] which operate independently from each other within specific market boundaries. The individual groups were originally owned and managed by brothers Karl Albrecht and Theo Albrecht; Karl has since retired and is Germany's richest man. Theo was Germany's second richest man until his death in July 2010. Aldi's German operations currently consist of Aldi Nord's 35 individual regional companies with about 2,500 stores in western, northern, and eastern Germany, and Aldi Süd's 31 regional companies with 1,600 stores in western and southern Germany. Internationally, Aldi Nord operates in Denmark, France, the Benelux countries, the Iberian peninsula and Poland, while Aldi Süd operates in countries including Ireland, the United Kingdom, Hungary, Greece, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia (operating as Hofer in Austria and Slovenia) and Australia. In the United States; Aldi Nord is the parent company of the Trader Joe's niche food stores, while Aldi Süd operates the main Aldi stores in the country.
Yes the Aldi has been in Germany for years. The German Aldi is much better though(I think) than the American Aldi. The produce is much fresher for one thing. It took awhile for the Americans to get the concept of putting a quarter in the cart to get it out. It was funny almost to see people trying to deal with it.
I love Trader Joes, the only problem is that you get use to one item and it seems like they take it away or change the brand. Other than that both stores are just great,