Aldi articulated Lorry delivering products to their Aldi Retail Store at "The Stack Leisure Park" in Dundee, UK
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Dundee Photographics / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
EFJN4GFile size:
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3888 x 2592 px | 32.9 x 21.9 cm | 13 x 8.6 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
5 February 2015Location:
Dundee, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United KingdomMore information:
Aldi is a leading global discount supermarket chain with over 9, 000 stores in over 18 countries, and an estimated turnover of more than €50bn. Based in Germany, the chain was founded by brothers Karl and Theo Albrecht in 1946 when they took over their mother's store in Essen which had been in operation since 1913; it is one of the world's largest privately owned companies. The brothers built up a chain of stores until, by 1960, they owned 300 shops, and split the operation into two separate groups, that later became Aldi Nord, headquartered in Essen; and ALDI Süd, headquartered in Mülheim an der Ruhr. The two operate independently, each within specific areas. In 1962 they introduced the name Aldi (short for Albrecht Diskont). The formal business name is ALDI Einkauf GmbH & Compagnie, oHG. ALDI's German operations 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 Ireland, Great Britain, Hungary, Switzerland, Australia, Austria, and Slovenia (ALDI Süd operates as Hofer within the latter two countries mentioned). Both ALDI Nord and Aldi Süd also operate in the United States; Aldi Nord is owner of the Trader Joe's chain while Aldi Süd operates as Aldi.