Theo Albrecht Theo Albrecht Theodor Paul "Theo" Albrecht (; 28 March 1922 – 24 July 2010) was a German entrepreneur, who in 2010 was ranked by Forbes as the 31st richest person in the world, with a net worth of $16.7 billion. He owned and was the CEO of the Aldi Nord discount supermarket chain. In the US he owned the Trader Joe's specialty grocery store chain. His brother Karl Albrecht owned the Aldi Süd discount supermarket chain. The two chains originally were a single family enterprise until a friendly division of assets in 1960. Aldi Süd operates the Aldi groceries in
Sims Supermarket Sims Supermarket Sims Supermarket is a chain of independent supermarkets across the western suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. Sims Supermarket stores are located in Footscray and Werribee. The Sims stores are owned and operated by the Sims family and were formerly known as SSW, or Self Service Wholesalers. Stores were previously located in Altona North, Deer Park, Glenroy, Lalor, Melton, North Melbourne, Pascoe Vale South, Sunshine, Hoppers Crossing, Thomastown, Yarraville and Geelong West. Sims IGA stores were located in Lilydale and North Blackburn but were turned into IGAs. The one in Lilydale suffered foot traffic problems and was turned into a