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Old 07-17-2019, 04:01 AM
 
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the family yes, but 2 different brothers. I certainly know the history behind them more than Aldi's, both my following them on several websites and living so close the them as a child and as a young adult. I think you are getting a little technical comparing now to originally. But regardless, they are not the same store. All one has to do is shop a both to know that. Their products for the most part are very different. Aldi's is a discount grocery store and Trader Joes is a specialty store similar to Fresh Market
Trader Joes's just does what Aldi and Lidl do, they have their own labels and produce, rather than buying in well known brands and sell things cheaper as a result, and both Aldi groups and Lidl sell a good deal of fresh produce.

Why Trader Joe's is so cheap - Business Insider

The two Aldi's operate in different parts of Europe, along with Lidli and have been expanding in the US and globally.
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Old 07-17-2019, 01:45 PM
 
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Trader Joes's just does what Aldi and Lidl do, they have their own labels and produce, rather than buying in well known brands and sell things cheaper as a result, and both Aldi groups and Lidl sell a good deal of fresh produce.

Why Trader Joe's is so cheap - Business Insider

The two Aldi's operate in different parts of Europe, along with Lidli and have been expanding in the US and globally.
If you look at Aldi Nord websites, sometimes you find items, including meat, on their sale flyers, that are labeled Trader Joe's. They're imported from the US.

Currently, Aldi Sued is on a giant expansion/remodeling spree in the US. They stated that their aim is to be the 3rd largest grocery chain in the US. At the onset, they had 1600 stores.

Trader Joe's has been expanding, but because of the family problems in Germany with Aldi Nord they've already lost some potential locations in the MidAtlantic to Lidl.
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Old 07-17-2019, 03:08 PM
 
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Trader Joes is actually Aldi, it's not called Aldi because, there are actually two different Aldi companies,

The two companies are Aldi Nord and Aldi Sud, or North and South, this is due to the fact that back in the 1960s, when owners Theo and Karl Albrecht couldn't agree on whether or not they were going to allow their stores to sell cigarettes, so they split the company in to two.

Aldi Sud owns the rights to the Aldi name in the US, so Aldi Nord uses the Trader Joes name.

Aldi - Wikipedia

There is also a third similar European chain called Lidl, and they are currently opening their first stores in the US.

Lidl - Wikipedia
Aside from Albert Heijn, Lidl and Aldi were our favorite shops in the Netherlands. We just went to our new Aldi in LA, for the first time hoping to see similar items...nope. Lidl was actually my favorite for quality and price, (Albert Heijn can be pricey) so I hope it isn't going to be as much of a dud as Aldi was. We found a few German items (like the Moser Roth chocolates) but most of the store is just unbranded locally sourced merchandise.
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Old 07-17-2019, 03:53 PM
 
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Aside from Albert Heijn, Lidl and Aldi were our favorite shops in the Netherlands. We just went to our new Aldi in LA, for the first time hoping to see similar items...nope. Lidl was actually my favorite for quality and price, (Albert Heijn can be pricey) so I hope it isn't going to be as much of a dud as Aldi was. We found a few German items (like the Moser Roth chocolates) but most of the store is just unbranded locally sourced merchandise.
Aldi US stocks mostly US foods. Some is put up by the big name brands with an Aldi label. Some is put up by the same places that produce store brand items for regular supermarket chains.

Some European items are brought in as weekly specials. The best weekly specials tend to come in from fall to spring.
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Old 07-17-2019, 09:59 PM
 
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Aldi US stocks mostly US foods. Some is put up by the big name brands with an Aldi label. Some is put up by the same places that produce store brand items for regular supermarket chains.

Some European items are brought in as weekly specials. The best weekly specials tend to come in from fall to spring.
Makes perfect sense - I'll keep that in mind! If I could transport a Dutch Aldi to Southern California I'd be tickled pink, but understandably this isn't possible without some form of teleportation. If I could just get some kaiser rolls from Bavaria, hoo lordy.
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Old 07-17-2019, 10:27 PM
 
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Makes perfect sense - I'll keep that in mind! If I could transport a Dutch Aldi to Southern California I'd be tickled pink, but understandably this isn't possible without some form of teleportation. If I could just get some kaiser rolls from Bavaria, hoo lordy.
My favorite pasta sauce shows up in the fall at Aldi. Look for pumpkin chipotle. Yeah, it sounds disgusting, but it isn't.

Come to think of it, I don't know if Aldi in the Netherlands is Aldi Nord or Aldi Sued.

At Christmastime Aldi, Trader Joe's, and Lidl import German stollen like there's no tomorrow.
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Old 07-18-2019, 02:50 AM
 
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Aside from Albert Heijn, Lidl and Aldi were our favorite shops in the Netherlands. We just went to our new Aldi in LA, for the first time hoping to see similar items...nope. Lidl was actually my favorite for quality and price, (Albert Heijn can be pricey) so I hope it isn't going to be as much of a dud as Aldi was. We found a few German items (like the Moser Roth chocolates) but most of the store is just unbranded locally sourced merchandise.


ALDI Süd has shops all over the UK, as doies Lidl, however cross the channel in to France and it's mainly ALDI Nord.
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Old 07-18-2019, 09:01 AM
 
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Aldi US stocks mostly US foods. Some is put up by the big name brands with an Aldi label. Some is put up by the same places that produce store brand items for regular supermarket chains.

Some European items are brought in as weekly specials. The best weekly specials tend to come in from fall to spring.
exactly, you can even almost tell what company actually supplied the product by looking at the labels; example: soups, most likely Campbell's.
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Old 07-18-2019, 09:22 AM
 
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exactly, you can even almost tell what company actually supplied the product by looking at the labels; example: soups, most likely Campbell's.
There's the Campbells soups and the Progresso soups.
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Old 07-18-2019, 10:10 AM
 
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ALDI Süd has shops all over the UK, as doies Lidl, however cross the channel in to France and it's mainly ALDI Nord.
The US and Germany are the only countries with both Aldis. Strangely enough, I was in Aldi in Bitburg, in Germany, and it was an Aldi Sued. While I could be wrong, I believe that the US is the only country where the Aldis compete with each other.
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