BERLIN (Reuters) - Karl Albrecht, the man credited with bringing discount stores to Europe with the no-frills Aldi supermarket chain, died aged 94 last Wednesday, Aldi said in a statement.

The Albrecht family founded Aldi as a discount retailer in the aftermath of World War II, as Germany was rebuilding itself. Aldi, a privately held company, was set up as a discount supermarket chain ...

BERLIN (AP) — Karl Albrecht, co-founder of the Aldi grocery store empire and one of the world’s richest people, has died in the western German city of Essen. He was 94. Essen’s city hall told The ...