May 22, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Aldi":
Business & Money: 7 May 12
German discount supermarket giant Aldi, which has consistently made its owners the richest men in the country, has been taking government subsidies to train employees, it emerged at the weekend.
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Business & Money: 3 May 12
German discount supermarket Aldi Süd sparked concern among dairy farmers on Wednesday by announcing it was slashing the retail prices of dairy products by up to ten percent.
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Business & Money: 29 Apr 12
Employees of Aldi Süd secretly filmed female customers – especially those wearing short skirts and revealing tops – and traded the videos among themselves, according to allegations published in Der Spiegel.
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Business & Money: 13 Apr 12
Germany's number two drug store chain, Rossmann, should look before it leaps into the gap left by the demise of rival Schlecker, German retail analysts have warned, saying the domestic market is nearly saturated.
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Business & Money: 12 Apr 12
Supermarket giant Rewe has pulled its "100% biodegradable" bags from shops after an environment organisation called them a "particularly cheeky case of consumer deception."
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National: 29 Mar 12
Germans should think carefully about where they shop, as a consumer watchdog revealed that customers could paying up to 50 percent more, for less food - depending where they buy.
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National: 19 Mar 12
Ten years into the German recycling law which put deposits on drinks containers that cannot be used again, the share of drinks sold in re-usable containers has actually gone down.
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Lifestyle: 8 Mar 12
This Week's Highlights: English theatre in Frankfurt and Munich, an architecture tour in Cologne, and an art auction in Berlin.
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Business & Money: 17 Feb 12
The Müller Brot bakery chain in Bavaria has declared bankruptcy, two weeks after production was halted following the discovery of maggots in its flour and mouse droppings in its factory.
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Society: 30 Jan 12
A shopping trolley immersed in white sugar, 2,000 vacuum-packed sausages littering the floor and thousands of slices of bread forming little houses are all part of a modern art display exploring Germany's discount shopping culture.
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Analysis & Opinion: 20 Jan 12
The food industry gathering in Berlin for the annual Green Week convention says conditions for farm animals can be improved – but the products would be more expensive. Would you pay more for humanely produced food? Have your say.
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Society: 16 Jan 12
Germany has seen a tenfold jump in the number of women who hunt over the last 15 years, according to the German Hunting Association, heralding the fall of another male bastion. AFP's Kate Millar reports.
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Society: 9 Jan 12
Three children die each day in Germany from accidents, violence and suicide, according to new figures released Monday which show that the dangers increase as adulthood approaches.
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Politics: 2 Dec 11
Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday that Germany will push for a 'fiscal union' to impose tough budgetary discipline on the debt-ravaged eurozone as European nations move towards greater integration.
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Society: 9 Nov 11
Discount supermarket Aldi-Süd has agreed to stop calling its sausages handmade after a bitter dispute with traditional butchers who said its marketing was misleading.
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Business & Money: 10 Oct 11
The best business to get into in Germany seems to be discount supermarkets - the owners of Aldi, Lidl and Kaufland again top the list of the country’s richest people.
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Business & Money: 7 Oct 11
It may seem that low cost supermarkets are ubiquitous in Germany – and there are 16,000 of them scattered around the country – but shoppers here are generally confident of the quality of their groceries.
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Science & Technology: 2 Sep 11
The IFA consumer electronics fair, which opened to the public in Berlin on Friday, is shaping up as a battleground for tablet computer makers to attack the Apple iPad's dominant market position.
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National: 5 Aug 11
Animal rights activists are racing to try to find an escaped cow before hunters do - after Bavarian authorities issued an order to get her dead or alive.
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National: 30 Jul 11
Germany's deadly E. coli crisis in May and June hit sales at the country's big discount grocery chains the hardest, according to a new study. Organic food shops actually benefited from the outbreak at first.
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National: 4 Jul 11
Germany’s armed forces has officially ended conscription, heralding a new era for the now all-volunteer Bundeswehr.
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Business & Money: 1 Jun 11
Germany is now second only to the United States when it comes to "super rich" households worth more than $100 million, according to a study published this week.
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Business & Money: 1 Jun 11
The Chinese computer giant Lenovo announced Wednesday it was planning to take over German electronics firm Medion – best known for making low-budget PCs for supermarket chain Aldi – for about €629 million.
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Lifestyle: 26 May 11
This week’s highlights: Contemporary design in Berlin, classic cars in Hamburg, and a night of music in Munich.
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National: 26 May 11
Cucumbers from Spain have been identified as a source of the deadly E. coli outbreak gripping Germany, health officials announced Thursday.
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Society: 16 May 11
A German man scooped the title of world's best beard on Sunday after impressing competition hosts in Norway with his facial hair featuring a moose and a Norwegian flag.
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Society: 4 Mar 11
Maximilian and Sophie were Germany’s most popular baby names in 2010, according to an annual list published by the Association for German Language (GfdS) this week, which also revealed unusual names rejected by officials.
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Business & Money: 17 Jan 11
Discount supermarket chains like Aldi and Lidl should enter the petrol business to increase competition and reduce gasoline prices for German drivers, Economy Minister Rainer Brüderle said Monday.
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National: 14 Dec 10
A 77-year-old pensioner shot and killed one of five masked intruders in his Lower Saxony home, police said on Tuesday. The other four burglars remain on the loose.
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Society: 15 Nov 10
In a centuries-old ritual that signals chilly weather is officially on the way, Hamburg’s Alster swans were rounded up from the open water on Monday and transported to their winter quarters where they will be held until spring.
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Business & Money: 12 Oct 10
The founder of bargain-basement supermarket chain Aldi, Karl Albrecht, topped a list of Germany's richest people published Tuesday, with assets valued at €17.1 billion ($23.6 billion).
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Society: 4 Aug 10
The armoured Mercedes belonging to late billionaire Theo Albrecht has gone on sale just a week-and-a-half after his death, offering a special glimpse into the reclusive lifestyle of the co-founder of discount grocery chain Aldi.
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Business & Money: 28 Jul 10
Theo Albrecht, the billionaire co-founder of budget supermarket empire Aldi, last seen in public after his release from kidnap nearly 40 years ago, has died at age 88, the firm said Wednesday.
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Society: 25 Mar 10
Is Germany’s emblematic dog breed, the dachshund, dying out? With breeding statistics showing steady decline, The Local's Kristen Allen gets ankle-deep in wiggling wiener dogs at a champion show to investigate.
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Business & Money: 11 Mar 10
Karl Albrecht, the founder of discount supermarket chain Aldi, remains Germany’s richest person, according to Forbes magazine rankings published on Thursday.
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Business & Money: 24 Feb 10
Faced with trying economic times, Germans chose homegrown classics when picking the brands they trusted the most in a new survey.
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Society: 25 Jan 10
Is the German penchant for cheap eats threatening more than the country's miserly gullets? AFP's Frederic Happe reports on how the trend towards budget victuals is affecting food producers.
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National: 14 Jan 10
Despite criticism from farmers who say they are barely scraping by, German discount grocery chains Aldi and Penny Markt on Thursday announced further markdowns in an ongoing price war.
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Society: 23 Dec 09
Two Hamburg men have died in a homemade sauna after apparently being poisoned by a carbon monoxide leak, police said Tuesday.
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Lifestyle: 4 Nov 09
Daily life in Germany’s formerly communist eastern half has changed dramatically in the 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. David Sharp turns back the clock in Eisenhüttenstadt.
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National: 1 Nov 09
Helmut Kohl, George Bush, and Mikhail Gorbachev hailed their excellent relations in Berlin on Saturday evening, 20 years after the Cold War leaders watched over the Wall's fall.
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Business & Money: 7 Oct 09
Germany's worst post-war recession has cut the ranks of the country's billionaires to 99 and the fortunes of those still making the grade have plummeted dramatically, according to a survey released this week.
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Business & Money: 1 Oct 09
Discount grocery chain Aldi has decided to raise its price for butter, giving hope to struggling German dairy farmers ahead of their meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel, foodstuffs magazine Lebensmittelzeitung reported on Wednesday.
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Society: 7 Sep 09
Bavarian police said on Monday they had confiscated a valuable painting likely stolen by the Nazis after it turned up on an antiques appraisal TV show.
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Society: 3 Sep 09
Munich police are calling for witnesses to reveal the owner of valuable 17th-century painting stolen by the Nazis that recently turned up on an antique appraisal television show.
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Business & Money: 24 Aug 09
German discount supermarket Aldi recently opened its 1,000th store in the United States, as American shoppers fall on hard economic times.
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Business & Money: 6 Aug 09
Perhaps heralding improving prospects for Germany's export-led economy in the second half of the year, industrial orders surged in June.
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Business & Money: 2 Aug 09
Discount supermarkets, until now hailed as the winners of the financial crisis, have reached the limits of how far they can grow, according to figures in Der Spiegel magazine.
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Lifestyle: 6 Jul 09
Exberliner, Berlin's leading English-language magazine, this month sends you out to bridge the gap between amateur and artist, take a visit to Neverland (not the ranch) and travel around the city balancing on a two-wheeled gizmo.
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National: 5 Jul 09
Discount grocers across Germany are girding up for a price war and planning to slash prices on sausage and milk products by as much as 10 percent later this year, Welt am Sonntag reported Sunday.
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National: 5 Jul 09
An 18-year-old inmate of a juvenile home in Saxony was repeatedly tortured by other inmates and eventually committed suicide. Prosecutors have charged two inmates with attempted murder the magazine Focus reported Sunday.
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National: 15 May 09
Ringing cowbells and shouting slogans, German dairy farmers are staging a hunger strike next to Chancellor Angela Merkel's offices demanding that she take action fight falling milk prices.
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Society: 25 Apr 09
A test by professional coffee tasters tried 31 kinds of coffee and gave brands from discounters Lidl and Aldi top marks, Bild reported Saturday.
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Society: 20 Mar 09
A supermarket worker in southern Germany was stunned to discover 28 kilogrammes (62 pounds) of cocaine while unpacking crates of bananas, police reported on Friday.
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Sport: 19 Feb 09
Brazil midfielder Diego gave Werder Bremen a UEFA Cup lifeline with a late equaliser on Wednesday to seal a 1-1 draw against AC Milan in the Round of 32 first-leg clash.
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Business & Money: 13 Jan 09
German discount grocer Aldi plans to open at least 75 stores in the United States soon, hoping to draw traditional Wal-Mart shoppers to even cheaper deals during the recession, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
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Business & Money: 11 Jan 09
Food discount giant Edeka, whose merger with the Plus stores has been approved, plans to create 8,000 new jobs this year as the global financial crisis sends more people to cheaper shops, its CEO says.
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Lifestyle: 7 Jan 09
Exberliner, Berlin's leading English-language magazine, this month picks the best places to strip burlesque style, get your very own personal shopping guide or speak your mind before an audience.
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Lifestyle: 25 Dec 08
This Week's Highlights: Henrik Ibsen in Berlin, Icelandic music in Frankfurt, and a salsa Silvester in Hamburg.
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Analysis & Opinion: 5 Nov 08
German newspaper editorials in The Local’s media roundup are heralding Barack Obama’s convincing election victory as a historic event with global implications.
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Sport: 21 Oct 08
Berlin’s professional basketball team Alba Berlin is reportedly looking to lure German NBA star Dirk Nowitzki away from Dallas.
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National: 25 Sep 08
Every fourth German butter product is “impure,” according to test results released by consumer advocacy group Stiftung Warentest on Thursday.
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National: 23 Sep 08
Transparency International (TI) has urged the German government to make a deeper commitment to fighting global corruption after releasing its global ratings in Berlin on Tuesday.
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Business & Money: 11 Sep 08
Deutsche Bank has managed to acquire a large stake in rival Postbank, news agency DPA reported on Thursday, heralding a new wave of consolidation in Germany’s banking sector.
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Business & Money: 22 Aug 08
German discount supermarket change Lidl is planning to open its first stores in Switzerland next year, according to free Swiss newspaper .ch.
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National: 21 Aug 08
German police believe a family of four from Pullach near Munich was on the Spanair flight that crashed in Madrid on Wednesday killing at least 153 people.
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Business & Money: 10 Aug 08
Deutsche Post has announced plans to cooperate with supermarket discounter Aldi to increase the number of its “Packstation” automated post offices.
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Analysis & Opinion: 16 Jul 08
Germans might be known as a nation of tightwads, but there’s more to the country’s thriftiness, writes Roger Boyes, the Berlin correspondent for British daily The Times.
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Society: 15 Jul 08
Elsterwerda police had to secure their station for two hours after an elderly man who found a World War II-era grenade laid it in their yard in an Aldi discount grocery store bag on Monday afternoon.
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Science & Technology: 2 Jul 08
Discount grocer Aldi will begin selling a bargain mini notebook computer for €399 across the country on Thursday, unleashing a potential buying frenzy amongst notoriously frugal German shoppers.
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Lifestyle: 16 Jun 08
What is the capital of North Rhine-Westphalia? Why was Willy Brandt kneeling before a memorial in Poland in 1970? You'd better know the answers if you want to become a German citizen.
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National: 10 Jun 08
German milk prices are likely to fall again despite recent delivery strikes by dairy farmers to force retailers and creameries to pay more for their product, according to industry experts.
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Analysis & Opinion: 19 May 08
Germany and Europe certainly won’t be sad to see US President Bush leave next year, but Obama, McCain or maybe even Clinton will still have their work cut out for them, writes Steve Kettmann.
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Lifestyle: 15 May 08
This Week's Highlights: Young artists strut their stuff in Berlin, Dortmund, and Frankfurt, while heavyweights Nick Cave and Einstürzende Neubauten take the stage.
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Society: 27 Apr 08
Food price increases are likely to make discounters withdraw their popular organic ranges, German experts say.
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National: 23 Apr 08
German dairy farmers are threatening to halt milk deliveries to protest against rapidly sinking dairy prices, a dairy association official said on Wednesday.
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Society: 7 Apr 08
German worker’s union Verdi has charged discount grocery chain Aldi with breaking the German works council constitution act, the Monday edition of daily Süddeutschen Zeitung reported on Monday.
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Sport: 1 Apr 08
In Tuesday's Champions League quarter-final, Germany's Schalke 04, a team which hasn't come this far for five decades, hopes to beat favourite Barcelona.
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National: 23 Feb 08
A meat packing company near Munich has recalled almost 70,000 packages of meatballs after customers found glass shards in the product.
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