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The rise of Aldi: two decades that changed supermarket shopping in Australia – ABC News
Since opening its first Australian stores on January 25, 2001, Aldi has profoundly influenced the supermarket landscape, write Gary Mortimer and Louise Grimmer.
Twenty years ago, on January 25, 2001, a virtually unknown German supermarket chain quietly opened its first stores in Australia.
The two stores one in Sydney’s inner-west suburb of Marrickville, the other in the outer south-west, near Bankstown Airport were small, about a quarter the size of a mainstream supermarket. Each stocked just 900 products, 90 per cent of which were unknown brands.
Shoppers had to bring and pack their own bags themselves. To use a trolley required a “gold coin”. They didn’t…
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