Germany. And it's actually two chains, Aldi South and Aldi North and except for Germany any given country only has one of the two chains.
It isn't exactly low-rung. Their store brands and produce tend to be pretty good. As an example they have a store brand Irish butter that is manufactured by Kerrygold. It just has some interesting cost saving strategy. You have to do your own bagging and UPC codes are gigantic and usually wrap at least half the package to speed up scanning.
Is Aldi a US or UK-headquartered grocer?
We don't have them in Canada.
I've only seen Aldi referred to in the US as the lowest-rung bargain grocery option.
Germany. And it's actually two chains, Aldi South and Aldi North and except for Germany any given country only has one of the two chains.
It isn't exactly low-rung. Their store brands and produce tend to be pretty good. As an example they have a store brand Irish butter that is manufactured by Kerrygold. It just has some interesting cost saving strategy. You have to do your own bagging and UPC codes are gigantic and usually wrap at least half the package to speed up scanning.