Karl Albrecht 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. In 1994, Karl Albrecht removed himself from the daily operations of
GB (supermarket) and Wallonia were sold to an independent franchise together with Champion supermarkets, which became re-branded, as "Carrefour Market-Groupe Mestdagh". As of May 2013, there are 58 GB supermarkets left in Belgium, 28 Champion stores in Wallonia, and 431 GB stores have already become Carrefour Market. GB Group had several different supermarket stores: GB (supermarket) GB ("Grand Bazar") was a Belgian supermarket chain, until 2000 owned by the GIB Group when it was taken over by the Carrefour Group. In 1958 the first Super GB is created and opened. In 1961 the first GB hypermarkets are created under the name of