We Finally Learned The Lore Behind The 'Aldi' Name - Chowhound

Handout/Getty Images We always assumed that the Aldi name was a German word the chain didn't bother to translate when it arrived in the U.S. — turns out, we were wrong. The German discount grocery chain's moniker is a shortened version of Albrecht Discount (or Albrecht Diskont, in German). That was the store's original name when it was opened by Anna Albrecht in Essen, Germany, in 1913. Grab your bags and your…