BERLIN (Reuters) - Karl Albrecht, the man credited with bringing discount stores to Europe with the no-frills Aldi supermarket chain, died aged 94 last Wednesday, Aldi said in a statement.

The Albrecht family founded Aldi as a discount retailer in the aftermath of World War II, as Germany was rebuilding itself. Aldi, a privately held company, was set up as a discount supermarket chain ...

ALDI grocery store empire co-founder and one of the world's richest men, Karl Albrecht, has died aged 94. ESSEN'S city hall said that Albrecht was buried on Monday in a family plot in a small ceremony ...