[Digory]

Clever, but the guesses aren't useful, because "the middle" is rarely the most efficient place to get goods off trucks and rail. I know the TJs in Kansas are stocked from a Kansas Aldi distribution center, near rail and highways.

A better start might be mapping known Aldi warehouses.

https://careers.aldi.us/employment/olathe-warehouse-jobs/61/...

[Spooky23]

The corridors are similar Western NY -> DC corridor is probably served by a facility in Pennsylvania. New England to Albany to Connecticut is probably near Worcester, MA.

I know that for McDonalds and Aldi, Albany, NY is “Boston” and Utica west is “Pennsylvania”. It’s all about the transport corridors and modes.

[kabes]

That would mean that Aldi Nord and Aldi Sud share warehouses?

[indigodaddy]

It seems fairly unlikely doesn’t it? I was under the impression they had a fairly intense, and not so friendly, rivalry.

[elloworld1221]

Afaik, they have been working for the last few years on cooperation, since the original brothers are now out of the picture.

[ahartmetz]

Yup - e.g. and IIRC, Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd are unifying their store brands in Germany.

[Freak_NL]

A necessity in order to stay competitive against Lidl (comparable customer segment). ALDI took quite a punch by Lidl in the Netherlands (these were all of the ALDI Nord concern, but were not labelled as such), and depended on inertia (being the first and most well-established discount grocer) for too long.

[indigodaddy]

Ah ok, thanks, it’s been a few years since I’ve kept up..