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this handout image dated 1930 provided by ALDI Einkauf GmbH & Co oHG shows an inside outside view and employees of Karl Albrecht Spiritousen and Lebensmittel shop, at Huestrasse 89 in Essen-Schonnebeck, Germany. The small store in a suburb of Essen was founded by the mother of Karl and Theo Albrecht in 1913. Aldi, which today is among the world’s most successful discount grocery store chains, will soon mark its 100th anniversary and traces its history back to Karl Albrecht, who began selling baked goods in Essen on April 10, 1913 and founded the Aldi name by shortening the phrase Albrecht Discount. His sons Karl Jr. and Theo expanded the chain dramatically, creating 300 stores by 1960 divided between northern and southern Germany, with Aldi Nord and Aldi Sued, respectively. Today the two chains have approximately 4,300 stores nationwide and have also expanded into other countries across Europe and the USA. Aldi Nord operates in the USA under the name Trader Joe’s