When did Aldi become a grocery store?

Aldi started to expand internationally in 1967, when Aldi Süd acquired the grocery chain Hofer in Austria; Aldi Nord opened its first stores abroad in the Netherlands in 1973, and other countries followed. In 1976, Aldi Süd opened its first store in the United States in Iowa, [a] and, in 1979, Aldi Nord acquired Trader Joe's.

Where did Aldi come from?

Aldi Einkauf GmbH & Co. oHG via Getty Images Aldi's origins date back to 1913, when Karl Albrecht Sr., a former coal miner, started trading in baked goods. The next year, his wife, Anna Albrecht, set up a small store in Essen, western Germany, once a major industrial hub. In 1919, they bought a new property nearby and expanded the store.

Is Aldi still a supermarket?

Just a few decades after they opened, Aldi had grown from a discount store on a German streetcorner to be one of the largest supermarket chains in the world.