[maho]

If memory serves correctly, Aldi Nord was one of the last big supermarket chains in Germany to introduce scanners at the registers (2003?), because their existing system was simply faster: Each item had a three-digit code, and all cashiers knew all codes by heart.

It was a race between me placing items on the conveyor belt and them ringing the items up. Oh the embarrassment when they told me the total as I was placing the last item on the conveyor belt.

[CaptainZapp]

> Aldi Nord was one of the last big supermarket chains in Germany to introduce scanners at the registers (2003?)

Aldi US is owned by Aldi Süd. Aldi Nord Owns Trader Joe's.[0]

They are two distinct entities now which carve out the markets between them.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldi