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Sounds like what Trader Joes does. Although, slightly better I guess. https://www.businessinsider.com/trader-joes-sales-strategy-2014-10 https://www.businessins

Sounds like what Trader Joes does. Although, slightly better I guess. https://www.businessinsider.com/trader-joes-sales-strategy-2014-10 https://www.businessinsider.com/trader-joes-sales-strategy-2... Less products, cheaper, better service etc.

anoncake 8y ago
Aldi does what Aldi does?
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crankylinuxuser 8y ago
Trader Joe's is Aldi North (Nord). Aldi is Aldi South (Sud). Same company, just split between 2 brothers.
- mdhen 8y ago
  Totally different companies now. They do have an agreement to not compete in most countries though. The only countries both are present are Germany and the United States.
  - baddox 8y ago
    Interesting. Aren’t such deals usually banned as anticompetitive?
    - halter73 8y ago
      I would think so, but if the non-compete deal was made as part voluntarily splitting up the company, I could understand the argument that there's no net harm to the consumer. In my experience in the US, grocery stores have way more competition than stores in most other retail sectors. It's also one of the few retail sectors in the US where regional brands tend to outcompete the national brands. I'm not sure the main cause of that, but I'd be interested to find out.
    - peteretep 8y ago
      > Aren’t such deals usually banned as anticompetitive? I wonder who would bring the suit if they're divvying up the world country by country. Who has jurisdiction? The EU? Giving this marginally more thought, maybe the agreement is simply on use of the shared brand name, and that's what the agreement covers? I note both are active in the US, but under different names. That might just be enough to keep regulators happy.
    - sjwright 8y ago
      Only if the deal had any chance of hurting consumers, which it does not. Customers in Europe have many supermarket chains to pick from, including a near-perfect clone of Aldi called Lidl. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lidl https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lidl Besides, why should the Government force a company to open stores where they have chosen not to?
- yardie 8y ago
  That may have been the agreement in the past. But in South Florida they are opening stores all over. What they don’t do is directly compete with each other. You’ll find an Aldi’s near Walmart or Target but never a Trader Joe’s.
  - benjaminjackman 8y ago
    Never say never, they are literally in the same building here: https://i.imgur.com/lz7evie.jpg https://i.imgur.com/lz7evie.jpg
- analog31 8y ago
  There are both in my town.
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lkrubner 8y ago
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anoncake 8y ago

Aldi does what Aldi does?

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crankylinuxuser 8y ago

Trader Joe's is Aldi North (Nord). Aldi is Aldi South (Sud). Same company, just split between 2 brothers.

mdhen 8y ago
Totally different companies now. They do have an agreement to not compete in most countries though. The only countries both are present are Germany and the United States.
- baddox 8y ago
  Interesting. Aren’t such deals usually banned as anticompetitive?
  - halter73 8y ago
    I would think so, but if the non-compete deal was made as part voluntarily splitting up the company, I could understand the argument that there's no net harm to the consumer. In my experience in the US, grocery stores have way more competition than stores in most other retail sectors. It's also one of the few retail sectors in the US where regional brands tend to outcompete the national brands. I'm not sure the main cause of that, but I'd be interested to find out.
  - peteretep 8y ago
    > Aren’t such deals usually banned as anticompetitive? I wonder who would bring the suit if they're divvying up the world country by country. Who has jurisdiction? The EU? Giving this marginally more thought, maybe the agreement is simply on use of the shared brand name, and that's what the agreement covers? I note both are active in the US, but under different names. That might just be enough to keep regulators happy.
  - sjwright 8y ago
    Only if the deal had any chance of hurting consumers, which it does not. Customers in Europe have many supermarket chains to pick from, including a near-perfect clone of Aldi called Lidl. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lidl https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lidl Besides, why should the Government force a company to open stores where they have chosen not to?
yardie 8y ago
That may have been the agreement in the past. But in South Florida they are opening stores all over. What they don’t do is directly compete with each other. You’ll find an Aldi’s near Walmart or Target but never a Trader Joe’s.
- benjaminjackman 8y ago
  Never say never, they are literally in the same building here: https://i.imgur.com/lz7evie.jpg https://i.imgur.com/lz7evie.jpg
analog31 8y ago
There are both in my town.

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lkrubner 8y ago

Your comment is an identity function.