Question: are aldi & trader joe's related?
Answer: In the United States, Aldi Süd founded the first American Aldi store in Iowa in 1976 and now owns all U.S. Aldi locations. ... In 1979, meanwhile, Aldi Nord purchased the U.S. operations of Trader Joe's, which had been founded in California in 1958. Trader Joe's operates as a separate division of the parent.