German discount grocery chain Aldi North is planning to spend more than €5bn to revamp its stores around the world, which would be its biggest investment project ever, German weekly Bild am Sonntag has reported, citing company sources.

This dad did all he could to dissuade his four children from getting a dog but in the end all he managed was to minimise his responsibilities and duties.

Karl Albrecht, the reclusive German businessman who became one the world’s wealthiest people after co-founding the Aldi discount supermarket chain in the 1960s, has died. He was 94.