Theo Albrecht the United States. Aldi and Trader Joe's, while owned by the brothers, have separate and distinct ownership and operations. Theo Albrecht and his brother Karl revolutionized the German grocery market with a low-cost business model. They had developed the supermarket as an outgrowth of their mother's small grocery store, which she had opened in 1913, in Essen, after Theo’s father had developed emphysema as a miner. Theodor learned the grocery business from his mother, in order to escape the fate of his father in the mines. He and his brother Karl developed Albrecht Diskont, one of Europe’s largest chains of
Bingo (supermarket) Bingo (supermarket) Bingo ("full name: Bingo export-import Tuzla d.o.o.") is a Bosnian supermarket chain with headquarters in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bingo was established in 1993 by Bosnian businessman Senad Džambić with headquarters in Tuzla. In 2014, Bingo became the biggest domestic retail company in Bosnia and Herzegovina by acquiring companies Interex BiH and Tuš Trade BiH. Turnover in 2014 was higher than 500 million BAM. In 2015, Bingo had 175 stores open in Bosnia and Herzegovina and more than 5,500 employees. In 2017, Bingo became the largest supermarket chain in Bosnia and Herzegovina after split of Konzum and Mercator