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		Semaphor on Jan 9, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Aldi: Culture and Operations of a Hard Discounter ... For the lazy (and from memory): there's Aldi South and North in Germany (original brothers kinda divided Germany). North bought Trader Joe's ages ago. Aldi South came too the US as Aldi. Iirc North is mostly Europe only as Aldi. From what I've heard, Aldi South is slightly fancier, but I've never been in one.

anotheruser13 on Jan 9, 2024 [–]

The split between Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd came about when the brothers had a difference of opinion over selling cigarettes.

AlbertCory on Jan 9, 2024 | [–]

I don't think TJ's sells cigarettes, FWIW. But from what I've heard, they're hands-off with TJ anyway.

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