Feuding billionaire Aldi heirs put long-running dispute to rest

The split originated when brothers Theo and Karl Albrecht took over their parents’ grocery store after World War II.

They split in 1960 in a dispute over whether to sell cigarettes, drawing a line through Germany that created Aldi Nord and Aldi Sued. Picture: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg

One of Germany’s longest-running family feuds has finally been put to rest.

The heirs of Theo Albrecht, who helped build the Aldi supermarket empire with cut-price groceries and an array of specials from plants to pyjamas, have agreed to reorganise the Aldi Nord group under one holding foundation, according to a statement late on Monday.