<P> The Aldi group operates over 8,000 stores worldwide . Aldi Nord is responsible for its stores in Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Poland, Spain, Denmark, and Portugal, and also operates the Trader Joe's markets in the United States . Aldi Süd's responsibilities are in the United States (operating under the Aldi name), Austria, Slovenia and Italy (as Hofer), Great Britain, Ireland, Australia, and Switzerland . Aldi Süd's first Switzerland store opened in 2005, while it has operated in Hungary since 2007 . Aldi Süd had invested an estimated € 800m ($1 bn; £ 670m) in Greece from November 2008 until pulling out on 31 December 2010 . </P> <P> While Aldi Nord has renamed its Dutch and Belgian subsidiaries Combi and Lansa to the Aldi Markt / Aldi Marché brand, Aldi Süd tries to maintain a regional appearance, branding its stores Aldi Süd in Germany, Aldi Suisse in Switzerland, and Hofer in Austria and Slovenia . </P> <P> Aldi launched in Great Britain, on 5 April 1990, when it opened its first store there in Stechford, Birmingham, using the wholly owned English registered company of Aldi Stores Limited and Aldi sales in Britain grew consistently . In October 2013, Aldi opened the 300th store in Great Britain . By 2017 Aldi had over 600 stores there, and was opening them at a rate of more than one a week with the aim of having a thousand stores by 2022 . </P> <P> It was still a small player in Great Britain, with a grocery share of less than 3.6%, but its importance, along with that of continental no - frills competitor Lidl was growing, with half of shoppers in Great Britain visiting Lidl or Aldi over Christmas that year . Aldi opened stores in affluent locations, including Knutsford and Bury St Edmunds . </P>

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