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Aldi Nord to Leave Denmark, Selling 114 Stores to Rema 1000
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE3.8 years agoAldi Danmark's release stamped 9.12.2022 17:41:59 CET: 'ALDI har besluttet at trække sig fra det danske marked og indgået en aftale med REMA 1000'.[1]Aldi announced it will quit Denmark after 45 years, selling 114 of its 188 Danish stores and three logistics centres to Norway's Rema 1000 and closing or selling the rest during 2023.0.78Last Aldi Stores in Denmark Close After 46 Years
SCHEDULED75% CONFIDENCE2.8 years agoAldi Danmark, 30 October 2023: 'Sidste åbningsdag er senest torsdag den 30. november. Butikkerne kan dog lukke tidligere, hvis der bliver udsolgt før.'[1]Aldi's final 15 Danish stores, on Funen and in southern Jutland, closed by 30 November 2023 after a closing-down sale, ending the discounter's 46 years in Denmark and handing the shops and staff to Rema 1000.0.74Aldi France Completes Its Purchase of 545 Leader Price Stores
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE5.8 years agoCasino's release 'Paris, le 30 novembre 2020': 'Le groupe Casino[1][4] a finalisé la cession à ALDI France'; 648 million euros 'perçus ce jour'.Aldi France closed its purchase of 545 Leader Price stores, 2 Casino supermarkets and 3 warehouses from Casino for EUR 717 million, the biggest expansion in its history, with the stores converted to Aldi through 2021.€717M0.65Bundeskartellamt Fines Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd Over Haribo Price Fixing
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE11.3 years agoThe Bundeskartellamt[1][2][3] release is headed "Pressemitteilungen 18.06.2015" and says the fine notices have been issued ("Bußgeldbescheide ... erlassen").Germany's cartel office closed most of its resale-price-maintenance case with EUR 151.6 million in settled fines on seven retailers and four brand makers, Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd among them for two Haribo shelf-price rises.0.65Aldi Closes Its Best Distribution Centre and Office, Cutting 150 Jobs
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE5.3 years agoRetailTrends[1], published Thursday 3 June 2021, says the employees "zijn woensdag op de hoogte gebracht", which is Wednesday 2 June 2021.Aldi Nederland told about 150 office staff, warehouse workers and drivers in Best that their distribution centre, judged not future-proof, would close at the end of 2021, with its stores moving to Culemborg, Roermond and Roosendaal.0.64Aldi Nord Opens Its New Store No. 1 in Essen-Schonnebeck
CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE5.8 years agoThe release says Aldi Nord[2] "eröffnet am 10. Dezember 2020" the direct successor of its historic store No. 1.Aldi Nord moved its historic store No. 1 out of the Albrecht family's original shop on Huestraße into a new building on Saatbruchstraße, built to its updated store concept.0.64Lars Kürten Takes Over as Head of Aldi Nord Germany
CONFIRMED86% CONFIDENCE176 days agoThe report says "Aldi Nord bekommt zum 1. April einen neuen Chef für das Deutschland-Geschäft", announced 25 February 2026.[1]Lars Kürten, previously deputy CEO of Aldi France, took charge of Aldi Nord's German business from Felix Rottmann, who stays on the group executive board.0.63Aldi Nord to Shut Its Rinteln and Salzgitter Regional Depots
CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCE2.6 years agoAldi Nord's[3] own release (archived) is dated 02.02.2024 and says the Rinteln and Salzgitter regional companies "werden zum Jahreswechsel 2024/2025 geschlossen".Aldi Nord said it would close two regional companies, with their warehouses and offices, at the 2024/25 year end and hand their 146 stores to neighbouring regions; the admin and logistics staff lose their workplaces.0.63Nicolás de Lope Succeeds Torsten Hufnagel as CEO of Aldi Nord
CONFIRMED86% CONFIDENCE266 days agoThe announcement says "Ab dem 1. Januar 2026 übernimmt Gruppenvorstandsmitglied Nicolás de Lope die Aufgaben des CEO von Torsten Hufnagel".[1]Group board member Nicolás de Lope took over as CEO of Aldi Nord from Torsten Hufnagel, who left after 28 years for personal reasons; Germany chief Felix Rottmann moved up to the group board.0.62Aldi Belgium Staff Walk Out Over Plans for Sunday Opening
CONFIRMED83% CONFIDENCE154 days agoLa DH, published 23 April 2026, says the announcement was made to staff "ce jeudi" and that two stores had already walked out; VRT[4] the next day says "De staking is gisteren begonnen".Staff shut dozens of Aldi stores across Belgium, about 60 by the next day, after managers told them the chain was exploring Sunday opening to keep up with Lidl and other rivals.0.62Aldi Pays EUR 350,000 Over Fake Discounts in Nine Seine-Saint-Denis Stores
ESTIMATED65% CONFIDENCE125 days agoThe DGCCRF notice is undated; the Internet Archive's[3] first capture of it is from 22 May 2026, and econostrum[1] reported it on 26 May, so the pin takes the latest date the notice was certainly public.France's consumer-fraud inspectors found nine Aldi stores in Seine-Saint-Denis inflating reference prices and running "promotions" for an average of 288 days; Aldi's Dammartin buying centre accepted a EUR 350,000 settlement fine.€350K0.62Aldi Nord Opens Its New Headquarters Campus in Essen-Kray
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE4.5 years agoThe release of 9 March 2022 says "Heute Vormittag wurde der neue ALDI Campus in Essen-Kray eröffnet".[1]Aldi Nord officially opened a 100,000-square-metre headquarters campus on Eckenbergstraße in Essen-Kray after almost three years of construction, with room for up to 2,000 staff.0.62
