• Upperhand@lemmy.world
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    25 days ago

    Aren’t they both owned by the same brothers with the difference being one sells cigarettes and the other doesn’t?

    • baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de
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      25 days ago

      both owned fully by the albrecht family. the cigarette thing is a big myth (apparently both nord and süd sold cigarettes from early on) and the real reason is more likely to be because of different styles of management, claims ex aldi süd manager ulrich wolters.

      another fun fact I’ll throw in for free is that america’s trader joe’s is also owned by aldi nord.