Aldi, a brutally efficient grocery chain, is upending America's supermarkets
Nice thread.<p>Want to add that the founders of ALDI, Theo and Karl Albrecht managed to stay secretive throughout their lives (especially after Theo was kidnapped in the 70s). They managed to have almost zero photos or video recordings of them in public, despite both appearing on the world's top 10 richest people list quite a few times (they were the richest people in Germany anyway). They were like phantoms.<p>Also, Theo Albrecht loved collecting typewriters. Just sayin', as we are on HN.