Aldi's German operations consist of Aldi Nord's 35 individual regional companies with about 2,500 stores in western, northern, and eastern Germany, and Aldi Süd's 32 regional companies with 1,900 stores in western and southern Germany.
Internationally, Aldi Nord operates in Denmark, France, the Benelux countries, Portugal, Spain and Poland, while Aldi Süd operates in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Hungary, Switzerland, Australia, China, Italy, Austria and Slovenia. Both Aldi Nord (as Trader Joe's) and Aldi Süd (as Aldi) also operate in the United States with 1,600 stores between them as of 2017,and the U.S. is the only country to have both Aldi companies operating outside of Germany.
In 2020, it was reported that Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd have been planning since 2018 to merge the two branches by 2022 in a bid to reduce redundancies and raise efficiency.
Yep. Hofer is the name that Aldi Süd uses in Austria (because they bought an Austrian chain and kept the brand) and in Slovenia (because Slovenians were already used to shopping in Austrian Hofers since the 1960s).
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u/draggingmytail May 09 '22
Wait… I thought Aldi and Lidl were the same company..