Aldi is America's fastest-growing grocer, with nearly as many stores as Kroger. Here's how the German chain became a retail giant.

Sat, 03/09/2024 - 04:43

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• After WWII, Anna Albrecht gave her small store in Germany to her two sons.
• They turned it into a chain, split it into two companies, and named it Aldi, short for Albrecht Diskont.
• Aldi now has more than 12,000 stores and is growing rapidly in the US. Here's how it got there.

Aldi's history includes a kidnapping, stringent cost-cutting measures, and an argument over cigarettes

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