And that’s why the Aldi families regularly rank highest in Germany’s most-filthy-rich-seriously-do-you-even-know-how-much-money-you-have list. The owners of Aldi Australia are currently the third or fourth richest families with a total of 27B of personal wealth.
Source (German): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_reichsten_Deutschen_(Manager_Magazin)#Liste_2025
Isn’t the ownership of Lidl so complex that nobody really knows where the money ends up in?
It has to reach the pockets of Dieter Schwarz somehow, otherwise he wouldn’t be on top of the linked list.
We’re talking about Aldi.
Yes we are. And Lidl is a similar massive German juggernaut, with a very confusing ownership structure.
go, visit Heilbronn!
One of the other Australian Supermarkets, Coles, uses Palantir’s systems of facial recognition to keep a database of what shoppers buy. Which is creepy.
Coles says explicitly that they do not use facial recognition.
Bunnings and Kmart on the other hand did up until 2022, and then backed off after complaints and bad press.
Coles does employ Palantir systems though, which is gross.
Well I’ll say I fucking love Aldi in the US.
Yeah I grew up with it then moved to an area without it and shopping is so much more stressful. Love the mostly one way aisle architecture and that there aren’t a lot of decisions to be made per item.
Want rice? Here’s the one brand we have. Protein powder? Here it is. Milk? Just this one. Thank you for shopping and don’t forget your quarter!
Exactly!
… because they are slightly less greedy than the main Woolworths/Coles duopoly.
Aldi are doing god’s work, I only wish they could establish in New Zealand, but apparently our Foodstuffs/Woolworths duopoly is even harder to crack into.
Tax free probably too.
Love the Australian tax system
If you read the article, that 900m is after the tax was paid.
