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Originally Posted by JD10367
IIRC Trader Joe’s and U.S. Aldi are owned by the two quarreling sons of the European Aldi company.
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What started the quarrel? One brother wanted to sell cigarettes in their stores and the other didn't. That split it into two entities of Aldi, each run by a brother. The brother that's over the US operation bought Trader Joe's in the early 1980's and has done well with that. I doubt either brother is involved in day-to-day operations since they have to be very old now, if they're even alive.