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[โ€“] derry@midwest.social 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Add on fun fact: Aldi South and North ~~are~~ were owned separately by 2 brothers from Germany.

Edit: updated to past tense. Thank you kind stranger below to note that the 2 brothers are no longer alive

[โ€“] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Listened to โ€˜No Such Thing as a Fishโ€™ segment about them just recently. Original Aldi in general was founded on being frugal, but one of the brothers was so stingy that he didn't want to sell cigarettes, considering that they would get stolen. They parted ways over that, which led to the two separate chains.

[โ€“] bstix@feddit.dk 12 points 1 week ago

were. They're both dead by now. It's now owned by their children.