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
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