33 Facts About Aldi

Aldi is the common company brand name of two German multinational family-owned discount supermarket chains operating over 10,000 stores in 20 countries.

The business was split into two separate groups in 1960, that later became Aldi Nord, headquartered in Essen, and Aldi Sud, headquartered in Mulheim.

Internationally, Aldi Nord operates in Denmark, France, the Benelux countries, Portugal, Spain and Poland, while Aldi Sud operates in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Hungary, Switzerland, Australia, China, Italy, Austria and Slovenia.

In 1976, Aldi Sud opened its first store in the United States in Iowa, and, in 1979, Aldi Nord acquired Trader Joe's.

Aldi Nord is responsible for its stores in Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Poland, Spain, Denmark, and Portugal, and operates the Trader Joe's markets in the United States.

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Aldi Sud had invested an estimated €800m in Greece from November 2008 until pulling out on 31 December 2010.

Aldi launched in Great Britain, on 5 April 1990, when it opened its first store there in Stechford, Birmingham, using the wholly owned English registered company of Aldi Stores Limited.

In September 2022 it was confirmed that Aldi had overtaken Morrisons to become Britain's 4th largest supermarket with a 9.

Aldi opened its first store in Sydney in 2001, and has grown rapidly since, maintaining a 12.

Aldi opened 26 new stores in 2018, but Aldi Australia CEO Tom Daunt predicted that "store growth would be slower in the future".

Aldi did not expect to open stores in the near future as of 2019.

Aldi Sud opened its first 10 stores in Italy on 1 March 2018.

Aldi stated that "the emphasis is on fresh produce and ready meals".

In February 2021, Aldi said that it is planning to open 100 new stores in 2021, in the United States.

In March 2021, Aldi announced plans to expand to Lithuania and open 15 stores within a year.

On 9 August 2018, Aldi announced plans to expand its product selection by offering more organic, fresh and easy-to-prepare meals.

Aldi aims to expand to about 2,500 stores in the United States by 2022.

On 18 September 2018, Aldi announced its intent to offer grocery delivery in the United States.

Aldi began testing grocery delivery in 2017 in select cities such as Atlanta, Georgia, and Chicago, Illinois.

On 4 March 2020, Aldi announced that all its suppliers must utilize recyclable, reusable, or compostable packaging by 2025.

Aldi stores are noted as examples of so-called no-frills stores that often display a variety of items at discount prices, specializing in staple items, such as food, beverages, toilet paper, sanitary articles, and other inexpensive household items.

In March 2019, Aldi Sud launched a smaller format store in the UK called Aldi Local, with first store in Balham, southern London.

In 2021, Aldi UK opened its first cashierless store in Greenwich.

Aldi Suisse became one of the first companies to accept the Apple Pay contactless payment system on 7 July 2016.

Aldi has a policy in Germany of not advertising, apart from a weekly newsletter of special prices called "Aldi informs" that is distributed in stores and by direct mail and often printed in local newspapers.

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In February 2015, Aldi narrowly lost to Waitrose for the title of Supermarket of the Year 2015.

In February 2017, Aldi overtook the Co-op to become the United Kingdom's fifth largest supermarket chain.

In Ireland, Aldi has been accused of a "lack of corporate responsibility" to their farmer suppliers by the Irish Farmers' Association.

Aldi was named 2018 "Retailer of the Year" by Supermarket News.

In 2021, Aldi was named the most sustainable grocery chain in the United States by Brightly.

Aldi has a mobile virtual network operator in Germany and the Netherlands, called Aldi Talk, known as "MEDIONmobile".

Until March 2016, Aldi had an alcohol website serving the east coast of Australia.

In November 2019, Aldi announced same-day beer and wine delivery via a partnership with Instacart.