the first aldi store in uk was located at stechford, birmingham.
the first aldi store in uk was located at stechford, birmingham.
where was the first aldi store in uk?
stechford , birmingham
aldi launched in great britain, on 5 april 1990, when it opened its first store there in stechford, birmingham, using the wholly owned english registered company of aldi stores limited and aldi sales in britain grew consistently. in october 2013, aldi opened the 300th store in great britain. by 2017 aldi had over 600 stores there, and was opening them at a rate of more than one a week with the aim of having a thousand stores by 2022.
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karl and theo albrecht were born and raised in a catholic family in modest circumstances in essen, germany. their father, karl sr, was employed as a miner and later as a baker's assistant. their mother anna, née siepmann, had a small grocery store in the workers' quarter of , a suburb of essen. theo completed an apprenticeship in his mother's store, while karl worked in a delicatessen shop. karl served in the wehrmacht during world war ii and was wounded on the eastern front. after the war, the brothers jointly took over their mother's business and founded albrecht kg. they separated that company in 1961 into aldi nord, covering the part of germany north of the ruhr under theo albrecht, and aldi süd under karl. the first aldi (short for albrecht discount) was opened in 1962.
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