Aldi Owners Holding Talks About Possible Merger, WiWo Reports

The families behind parts of Germany’s Aldi empire of discount supermarkets have held talks about a possible merger, WirtschaftsWoche reported on Saturday.

The discussions between the Heister family, which owns Aldi Sued, and two strands of the Albrecht family, which owns Aldi Nord, have been going on for several weeks, the magazine said, citing people close to the families it didn’t identify. A proposal under which the two companies would combine under a joint holding company with shares evenly divided between the families’ trusts is among scenarios being discussed, according to the magazine.

While a merger was initially targeted by ...