German Engineering.

Here is your weird factoid of the day.

The only place in the world where Aldi Nord and Aldi Sud compete against each other is the United States.  In their native Germany, Nord has the northern half (and Trader Joe's products because it owns Trader Joe's in the US) and Sud has the southern half.  This was after a spat between Albrechts over selling cigarettes in the store.

Palm Springs has an Aldi.  Cathedral City has a Trader Joe's.  I think you would come out even on a grocery run.

There is, however, one big difference.  Aldi makes its suppliers engineer the box in such a way that it does double duty as shelving.  I find it to be German Engineering at its finest, and it fascinates me as much as the time Mercedes - Benz rolled out the 1981 S Class models with a power seat controller shaped like a car seat.