Death of Berthold Albrecht announced

Sunnyisland

German billionaire Berthold Albrecht, heir to the Aldi supermarket chain and one of Germany's richest men, has died aged 58, his family has announced.
Together with his brother Theo Jr, Albrecht's fortune was estimated at €13.7bn, according to Forbes.
That placed them at 32 in the list of Forbes billionaires and second for Germany.
"Berthold was a fighter, and full of hope to the end," his wife, Babette, wrote in a full-page notice published in several German newspapers.
The notice from the notoriously reclusive family said that the funeral had taken place in November, but it did not give further details of the circumstances of his death.
Berthold was the son of Aldi co-founder Theo Albrecht, who died at the age of 88 in July 2010.
After the Second World War, Theo and his brother Karl turned the small grocery store their mother operated in Essen into one of the nation's largest food retail chains, with a focus on a limited range of goods at bargain prices.
Aldi was split into two divisions covering north and south Germany in 1960. Theo took the north and Karl the south.
Karl, aged 92, is classified by Forbes as the richest man in Germany with a fortune of €19.6bn.
The Aldi empire, which has estimated worldwide annual turnover of about €50bn, also owns the Trader Joe's grocery chain in the United States.
In Europe it competes with the likes of Tesco, Carrefour and Metro.
Berthold worked on the board of directors at Aldi North.


May he rest in peace and his God bless him.

Best username ever

realies wrote: »

German billionaire Berthold Albrecht, heir to the Aldi supermarket chain and one of Germany's richest men, has died aged 58, his family has announced.
Together with his brother Theo Jr, Albrecht's fortune was estimated at €13.7bn, according to Forbes.
That placed them at 32 in the list of Forbes billionaires and second for Germany.
"Berthold was a fighter, and full of hope to the end," his wife, Babette, wrote in a full-page notice published in several German newspapers.
The notice from the notoriously reclusive family said that the funeral had taken place in November, but it did not give further details of the circumstances of his death.
Berthold was the son of Aldi co-founder Theo Albrecht, who died at the age of 88 in July 2010.
After the Second World War, Theo and his brother Karl turned the small grocery store their mother operated in Essen into one of the nation's largest food retail chains, with a focus on a limited range of goods at bargain prices.
Aldi was split into two divisions covering north and south Germany in 1960. Theo took the north and Karl the south.
Karl, aged 92, is classified by Forbes as the richest man in Germany with a fortune of €19.6bn.
The Aldi empire, which has estimated worldwide annual turnover of about €50bn, also owns the Trader Joe's grocery chain in the United States.
In Europe it competes with the likes of Tesco, Carrefour and Metro.
Berthold worked on the board of directors at Aldi North.


May he rest in peace and his God bless him.

Fair play to this man. Every other big supermarket chain is inefficient. In aldi the person that stacks the shelves is the same person that works on the tills and cleans the shop, which turns into savings for you.

krudler

Best username ever wrote: »

Fair play to this man. Every other big supermarket chain is inefficient. In aldi the person that stacks the shelves is the same person that works on the tills and cleans the shop, which turns into savings for you.

Don't Aldi and Lidl have appalling standards of employee treatment? or did have at least.

msg11

Best username ever wrote: »

Fair play to this man. Every other big supermarket chain is inefficient. In aldi the person that stacks the shelves is the same person that works on the tills and cleans the shop, which turns into savings for you.

They have that in Tesco to, I work on the floor do the till was even doing the trolleys the other day.

RIP, died quite young I must say.

smash

The amount of morbid death threads in AH is ridiculous at this stage. Most people have never even heard of this guy.

Sunnyisland

smash wrote: »

The amount of morbid death threads in AH is ridiculous at this stage. Most people have never even heard of this guy.

Never heard of him myself untill now, But its nice to put a Person and some history of Aldi to the name.

LiamMc

Was never able to finish any of his books.

kneemos

krudler wrote: »

Don't Aldi and Lidl have appalling standards of employee treatment? or did have at least.

The managers would be better off in a Siberian coal mine according to what I've read on here.

Spiritual

LiamMc wrote: »

Was never able to finish any of his books.

I can't even pronounce his name.

RIP anyway.

mikom

What specials will they have at his funeral?

3ndahalfof6

A lot of hand wringing going on at the moment.

msg11

smash wrote: »

The amount of morbid death threads in AH is ridiculous at this stage. Most people have never even heard of this guy.

He is quite important to be honest, if Aldi or Lidl didn't enter the Irish market other supermarkets wouldn't have been forced to get there act together. Just cause you don't hear about people doesn't make them any less important than some celeb you heard of.

Sunnyisland

Nothing got to do with this thread what so ever but The Commercial Court has been told that a settlement has been reached between Aldi and Tesco after the German chain sued its supermarket competitor over inaccurate price comparisons. Aldi says it will forward the €150,000 settlement to the St Vincent de Paul charity.
Legal costs were also awarded to Aldi.


http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/1207/tesco-aldi-price.html

3ndahalfof6

I will be expecting to see stories of Montgomery Burns trying to get in on the act.

keith16

smash wrote: »

The amount of morbid death threads in AH is ridiculous at this stage. Most people have never even heard of this guy.

I was getting ready to be embarrassed that some great academic mind or practitioner of the arts had passed away whom to my shame I never heard of.

Then I read he is the Aldi dude....

Well stop the fucking lights.

kneemos

keith16 wrote: »

I was getting ready to be embarrassed that some great academic mind or practitioner of the arts had passed away whom to my shame I never heard of.

Then I read he is the Aldi dude....

Well stop the fucking lights.

They've saved an awful lot of people a lot of money in fairness to them,plus they're a thorn in the side of the Irish supermarket cartel which ain't no bad thing.

The Aussie

krudler wrote: »

Don't Aldi and Lidl have appalling standards of employee treatment? or did have at least.

Does not and will not affect me, in 2 different Aldi stores their scummy staff double scanned items only for me to find out afterwards at home, so I won't shop there again, their scummy staff would have pocketed their ill gotten gains so their treatment is of no concern to me, scum...

LiamMc

msg11 wrote: »

He is quite important to be honest, if Aldi or Lidl didn't enter the Irish market other supermarkets wouldn't have been forced to get there act together. Just cause you don't hear about people doesn't make them any less important than some celeb you heard of.

kneemos wrote: »

They've saved an awful lot of people a lot of money in fairness to them,plus they're a thorn in the side of the Irish supermarket cartel which ain't no bad thing.

In Alsi and Lidl first began opening branches in Ireland, many potential shoppers were very slow and resisted shopping in both the Aldi and Lidl stores. In Dublin, some people identified that only minority groups shopped at Aldi and Lidl.
Has this changed?

smash

LiamMc wrote: »

NIn Alsi and Lidl first began opening branches in Ireland, many potential shoppers were very slow and resisted shopping in both the Aldi and Lidl stores. In Dublin, some people identified that only minority groups shopped at Aldi and Lidl.
Has this changed?

Not that I'm aware of. I only know one person who buys food in lidl and Aldi. I tried to shop there before but the food just looked cheap and crappy.

kneemos

LiamMc wrote: »

In Alsi and Lidl first began opening branches in Ireland, many potential shoppers were very slow and resisted shopping in both the Aldi and Lidl stores. In Dublin, some people identified that only minority groups shopped at Aldi and Lidl.
Has this changed?

There's a lot of people who wouldn't be seen in it I'm sure,but I think there is a good cross section of people there.

dd972

thought it was Bernard Sumner of New Order for a sec, still bad that's someone's died though

Aidric

smash wrote: »

I tried to shop there before but the food just looked cheap and crappy.

Tesco & Dunnes must love customers like you.

Stained Class

dd972 wrote: »

thought it was Bernard Sumner of New Order for a sec, still bad that's someone's died though

Thought that myself for a sec.:D

On topic I do about 80% of my shopping there. Great value.

smash

Aidric wrote: »

Tesco & Dunnes must love customers like you.

I buy my meat in the butchers, all other products in tesco who actually match Aldi pricing but stock good brands. Check it out.

Aidric

smash wrote: »

I buy my meat in the butchers, all other products in tesco who actually match Aldi pricing but stock good brands. Check it out.

Obviously you wouldn't be familiar with the brands stocked in Aldi. How do you know whether they are any good or not if you haven't tried them?

smash

Aidric wrote: »

Obviously you wouldn't be familiar with the brands stocked in Aldi. How do you know whether they are any good or not if you haven't tried them?

Like I said just 6 posts above yours "I tried to shop there before but the food just looked cheap and crappy."

kneemos

smash wrote: »

Like I said just 6 posts above yours "I tried to shop there before but the food just looked cheap and crappy."

A lot of it is cheap and crappy.A lot of people are selective in what they purchase in Aldi.

9959

smash wrote: »

Like I said just 6 posts above yours "I tried to shop there before but the food just looked cheap and crappy."

"Amongst the highly placed
It is considered low to talk about food
The fact is: they have
Already eaten

The lowly must leave this earth
Without having tasted
Any good meat"


Bertolt Brecht

mike65

The Irish are spectacularly snobbish about brands and are duly fleeced!

Ghandee

smash wrote: »

I buy my meat in the butchers, all other products in tesco who actually match Aldi pricing but stock good brands. Check it out.

Can you give me an example of these price comparisons, and what brands your comparing please.

ziggyman17

we get about 90% of our food shopping in aldi, the other 10% we get in tescos..

smash

Ghandee wrote: »

Can you give me an example of these price comparisons, and what brands your comparing please.

No, go to tesco yourself. They have all price comparrissons on the items.

Sunnyisland

smash wrote: »

No, go to tesco yourself. They have all price comparrissons on the items.

The discount retailer alleged that Tesco had failed to compare like with like, had not stated the correct sale price of relevant Aldi products and had failed to compare the relevant quantities.
Aldi had used the example of a bag of mint humbugs.
It claimed that Tesco had compared prices between the two stores stating the weight of both bags was 250g. Aldi said, in fact, the weight of the Tesco bag was 200g.
Other examples included wine, meat and bread products.

Ah yes every little helps


http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/1207/tesco-aldi-price.html

Ghandee

smash wrote: »

No, go to tesco yourself. They have all price comparrissons on the items.

So you won't back up your claim, and admit your talking crap?

smash

Ghandee wrote: »

So you won't back up your claim, and admit your talking crap?

Because I'm not talking crap and I'm not currently in tesco looking at prices. Grow up a bit.

Kat1170

realies wrote: »

Nothing got to do with this thread what so ever but The Commercial Court has been told that a settlement has been reached between Aldi and Tesco after the German chain sued its supermarket competitor over inaccurate price comparisons. Aldi says it will forward the €150,000 settlement to the St Vincent de Paul charity.
Legal costs were also awarded to Aldi.


http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/1207/tesco-aldi-price.html

smash wrote: »

I buy my meat in the butchers, all other products in tesco who actually match Aldi pricing but stock good brands. Check it out.

So you just ignore things that don't suit you :rolleyes::rolleyes:

smash

Kat1170 wrote: »

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So you just ignore things that don't suit you :rolleyes::rolleyes:

What?

Corruptedmorals

The Aussie wrote: »

Does not and will not affect me, in 2 different Aldi stores their scummy staff double scanned items only for me to find out afterwards at home, so I won't shop there again, their scummy staff would have pocketed their ill gotten gains so their treatment is of no concern to me, scum...

Where is the gain? A total was given and you paid for it. The till will balance. No gain. Cashiers are human too and will make mistakes, though it would be more normal to notice that before subtotal. But in aldi and lidl they have to scan extremely fast, so of course stuff like that will happen. All checkouts and tills have unbelievable cameras above them, you would have to be beyond thick to attempt some short changing scam in a supermarket, or any shop really.

Kat1170

smash wrote: »

What?

Tesco don't price match Aldi ...... to the tune of a €150,000 fine handed down by the Commercial Court, follow the link above, simples

Madam_X

The Aussie wrote: »

Does not and will not affect me, in 2 different Aldi stores their scummy staff double scanned items only for me to find out afterwards at home, so I won't shop there again, their scummy staff would have pocketed their ill gotten gains so their treatment is of no concern to me, scum...

No they wouldn't have pocketed it. The tills would have been out and the money would have been accounted for. It was more than likely a mistake because of the way they're expected to flake through the scanning at a crazy speed. They most likely were not out to get you.

kumate_champ07

Tesco are sneaky cúnts

kneemos

Don't know about Tesco but Dunnes own brands are complete rubbish.

alchemist33

smash wrote: »

Like I said just 6 posts above yours "I tried to shop there before but the food just looked cheap and crappy."

Generally speaking, tasting food is a better way to gauge quality.

Lando Griffin

What other grocery store can the wife bring too you end up lost with the trolly drooling over a 111 piece drill bit set for 14.99 or an air compressor and accessories.

Fair play to the lad but you cant bring a trailor of cash with you.:mad:

Aidric

smash wrote: »

I buy my meat in the butchers, all other products in tesco who actually match Aldi pricing but stock good brands. Check it out.

No offence but you seemed to have missed my point completely. I generally find that taste is a better barometer of food quality over packaging. But hey, maybe that's just me.

Stained Class

Lando Griffin wrote: »

What other grocery store can the wife bring too you end up lost with the trolly drooling over a 111 piece drill bit set for 14.99 or an air compressor and accessories.

Fair play to the lad but you cant bring a trailor of cash with you.:mad:

I know.

Tis a bastid place like that. I find myself trying to invent jobs for the cheap & sometimes obscure tools they have on offer.