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          • Mr_WorldlyWiseman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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            19 hours ago

            Actually a fun fact there, they’re both owned by different Aldis.

            [Aldi] was split into two separate groups in 1960 that later became Aldi Nord (initially Northern West Germany), headquartered in Essen, and Aldi Süd (initially Southern West Germany), headquartered in neighbouring Mülheim

            The brothers split the company in 1960, reportedly over a dispute about whether they should sell cigarettes. Karl believed they would attract shoplifters, while his brother, Theo, did not. This led to Theo running Aldi Nord and Karl running Aldi Süd.[22]

            in 1976, Aldi Süd opened its first store in the United States in Iowa,[a][29][30] and, in 1979, Aldi Nord acquired Trader Joe’s.[19]

            https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldi

            • Ziglin (it/they)@lemmy.world
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              15 hours ago

              How is Aldi owned by a different Aldi? To me that would only make sense if the comment in the thread above had specified which Aldi they were referring to.

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                14 hours ago

                Aldi in North America is owned by a different parent company than Trader Joes. Both parent companies are named Aldi. The context of the original question was essentially asking “Aren’t Aldi (US) and Trader Joes owned by the same company?” to which Mr Worldly Wiseman responded with a correct no. No further specification needed because you can simply look to the broader context the question was asked in.

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            18 hours ago

            Then it’s an extra asshole move not to let cashiers at Trader Joe’s sit because they already know the benefits of that from the Aldi chain

      • LousyCornMuffins@lemmy.world
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        2 days ago

        we have a store called winco that has a bulk section. they’re pretty decent. it’s regional. I also like HEB, but i don’t live where they are.