Aldi
The topic of this blog came up because today Mike and I needed some groceries. But Dani has the car, so we had to walk to Aldi, when we usually shop at Kaufland.
Aldi has hardly any brand names (they don't even carry Coca-Cola), so I was surprised when I came across this bag of Trader Joe's Walnuts.
I became interested in how a brand like Trader Joe's would show up in a discount market in Germany, so I did a little "lazy" research on Wikipedia.
Aldi (which is short for Albrecht Discount) was started by two German brothers, Karl and Theo Albrecht. It has split into two groups, Aldi Nord (North) and Aldi Süd (South).
These two brothers are retired, but they are two of the wealthiest men in the world and the wealthiest in Germany.
Trader Joe's is a specialty grocery store headquartered in Monrovia, California. They are known for carrying gourmet, organic, imported, and unusual foods.
In 1978 Trader Joe's was bought by a family trust set up by the Albrecht brothers.
So....mystery solved.
And I have heard that there are Aldi stores in the U.S., but I have never been to one. I read online that they operate similiarly to the stores in Germany, meaning that they charge for bags and require a coin to rent a cart. Have any of you been to an Aldi store in the U.S.? You can take this chance to try out my new website feature: blog comments!
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