Aldi Aldi Aldi (stylised as ALDI) is the common brand of two German family owned discount supermarket chains with over 10,000 stores in 20 countries, and an estimated combined turnover of more than €50 billion. Based in Germany, the chain was founded by brothers Karl and Theo Albrecht in 1946 when they took over their mother's store in Essen, which had been in operation since 1913. The business was split into two separate groups in 1960, that later became Aldi Nord, headquartered in Essen, and Aldi Süd, headquartered in Mülheim. In 1962, they introduced the name Aldi (a syllabic abbreviation for
Billa (supermarket) 2017 will be rebranded into Carrefour Market. Rewe Group operates 130 stores 'Billa' in Russia (including 93 in Moscow). The company opened its first supermarket in Russia in 2004 and has since then expanded to cover Moscow and few cities around Moscow. Billa (supermarket) BILLA () is an Austrian supermarket chain that operates throughout Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe. The company, which was founded by Karl Wlaschek in 1953, is currently owned by Germany's REWE Group. The chain's name is derived from a contraction of "BILliger LAden", German for 'cheap shop' Billa operates stores in these 6 European countries: Billa