Lidl and Aldi are grocery stores with similar names, origins, and vibes, but the two are not the same thing, nor are both owned by the same parent company ...

Within just 14 years, the company had already split into Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd — reportedly over a very minor disagreement between brothers Karl and Theo Albrecht, who had inherited the store ...

In 1961, the brothers decided to split the company into Aldi Nord and Aldi Sud and with that split Karl obtained the rights to the Aldi brand in the U.S, while Theo went on to create the Trader ...

When the two ran into a dispute over whether or not to sell cigarettes, the company was split into two parts, Aldi Nord ...

Then, Aldi Nord technically purchased Trader Joe's in the late '70s. However, Aldi Nord only operates in Europe, with stores ...