where was the first aldi store in the us
Aldi Aldi started to expand internationally in 1967, when Aldi Süd acquired the grocery chain Hofer in Austria;[15] Aldi Nord opened its first stores abroad in the Netherlands in 1973,[16] and other countries followed. In 1976, Aldi opened its first store in the United States in Iowa,[a] and, in 1979, Aldi Nord acquired Trader Joes.[11] After German reunification and the fall of the Iron Curtain, Aldi experienced a rapid expansion. The brothers retired as CEOs in 1993; control of the companies was placed in the hands of private family foundations, the Siepmann Foundation (Aldi Süd) and the Markus Foundation (Aldi Nord, Trader Joe's).[6]