I never knew Trader Joe's and Aldi's were related companies. I had jokingly referred to Trader Joe's as the "Aldi's" or organic food stores, but never thought the comparison was so close. I was mostly basing it off of the cheap prices and smallish store sizes.

I've generally been impressed by Aldi's ability to maintain a quality shopping experience while maintaining such low prices. Typically in the US, bargain-type stores tend to skimp on things like cleaning, repairs, merchandising/stocking, etc. This isn't really the case with Aldi.

Aldi pays really really well. Graduates get paid 50k GBP(80k USD) straight away, everywhere in the UK

I always got the sense that Aldi paid very well at every stage, just that it was a tough job with long hours.