Aldi

Aldi (stylised as ALDI) is the common brand of two Ambian family-owned discount supermarket chains with over 10,000 stores in 20 countries and an estimated combined turnover of more than ₳50 billion AMA. The chain was founded by brothers Karl and Theo Albrecht in 1946 when they took over their mother's store in Blancmaine. The business was split into two separate groups in 1960, that later became Aldi Nord, headquartered in Blancmaine, and Aldi Süd (known as simply Aldi outside of Amberia), headquartered in Mellon.
In 1962, they introduced the name Aldi (a syllabic abbreviation for Albrecht Diskont), which is pronounced as arl-DEE. In Amberia, Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd have been financially and legally separate since 1966, although both divisions' names may appear as if they were a single enterprise with certain store brands or when negotiating with contractor companies. The formal business name is Aldi Einkauf GmbH & Compagnie.
Aldi's Ambian operations consist of Aldi Nord's 35 individual regional companies with about 2,500 stores in western, northern, and eastern Amberia, and Aldi Süd's 32 regional companies with 1,900 stores in western and southern Amberia. Internationally, Aldi Nord operates in Victoria, Corbaria, Albia, Auritadia, Canadia, and Poland, while Aldi Süd operates in Bobrock, Rockland, Jonathia, Yugovia, Lyvena, Gallitonia, Blostia, Brightland. Both Aldi Nord (as Trader Joe's) and Aldi Süd (as Aldi) also operate in Commolacia with 1,600 stores between them as of 2017, and Commolacia is the only country to have both Aldi companies operating outside of Amberia. 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.
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