Aldi Origins   I think there should be some noting of Aldis disingenuous attempts to sort of mislead Americans and perhaps other nationalities about the origins of the company The following is right out of the Hstory section of their US web site  The ALDI way of shopping has been continuously honed and refined since our first store opened in Southeastern Iowa in  Committed to bringing food to customers at the lowest prices possible our early stores set up shop in small spaces and introduced shoppers to the selectassortment concept carrying only  select brand products Compared with other supermarkets our stores seemed tiny But ALDI found a niche with Americans hungry for real value and the chain grew rapidlyhttpaldiusushtmlcompanyENUHTMLhtmWTzsrcmain It really ought to say our first US location wouldnt you think