What two brothers created a global supermarket chain that also produces it's own German bitters alcoholic drink?
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St. Vitus (drink) St. Vitus is a German Bitters, which contains 44% ABV. It is sold in bottles containing 2 cl. each. It is Aldi's private label equivalent to the more expensive Underberg. St. Vitus are bought in packages containing four bottles (commonly referred to as a "battery") each and retails for 0.99 € (1.06 USD) in Germany and 2,70 USD / 2,1 € in Denmark.
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Aldi Aldi (stylized as ALDI) is the common brand of two leading global discount supermarket chains with over 10,000 stores in 18 countries, and an estimated combined turnover of more than €50 billion. Based in Germany, the chain was founded by brothers Karl and Theo Albrecht in 1946 when they took over their mother's store in Essen, which had been in operation since 1913.
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Unilever Unilever ( ) is a Dutch-British transnational consumer goods company co-headquartered in Rotterdam, Netherlands and London, United Kingdom. Its products include food, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products. It is the world's largest consumer goods company measured by 2012 revenue, and is also the world's largest producer of food spreads, such as margarine. It is Europe’s 7th-most valuable company. Unilever is one of the oldest multinational companies; its products are available in around 190 countries.
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Hallenstein Brothers Hallenstein Brothers, more commonly referred to as Hallensteins, is a New Zealand based men's fashion, street and lifestyle retailer. The company has its roots in a department store founded in 1873 by Bendix Hallenstein.
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Danube company Danube Company Limited is a supermarket and hypermarket chain in Saudi Arabia. It opened in 1987, and has operations in the cities of Jeddah, Riyadh, Medina and Mecca in Saudi Arabia. It is owned and operated by the Bindawood Group of Companies.
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Henri Nestlé Henri Nestlé (born Heinrich Nestle; August 10, 1814 – July 7, 1890) was a German-born Swiss confectioner and the founder of Nestlé, the world's largest food and beverage company, as well as one of the main creators of condensed milk.
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Sainsbury family The Sainsbury family (also Lord Sainsbury and family and incorrectly the Sainsbury's family) founded Sainsbury's, the UK's second-largest supermarket chain. Today, the family has many interests, including business, politics, philanthropy, arts, and sciences.
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Chiswick Bitter Chiswick Bitter is a lower-strength ale produced by London's oldest family brewer, Fuller's. The beer takes its name from the area of London where Fuller's has been based since 1845.
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Stollwerck Stollwerck GmbH is a German chocolate manufacturer. It was founded in 1839 and expanded internationally in Europe and America, becoming the second largest producer of chocolate in the United States by 1900. Since 2011 it has belonged to Belgian firm Baronie Group.
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Guinness Guinness ( ) is an Irish dry stout that originated in the brewery of Arthur Guinness (1725–1803) at St. James's Gate brewery in the capital city of Dublin, Ireland. Guinness, produced by the Diageo beverages company, is one of the most successful beer brands worldwide. It is brewed in almost 50 countries and is available in over 120. Annual sales total of Guinness in 2011 was 850 e6litre .
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Curt Engelhorn Curt Rudolf Glover Engelhorn (25 May 1926 – 13 October 2016) was a German billionaire heir and businessman, the great-grandson of Friedrich Engelhorn, the founder of the chemical company BASF.
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Edeka The Edeka Group is the largest German supermarket corporation, currently holding a market share of 26%. Founded in 1898, it consists today of several cooperatives of independent supermarkets all operating under the umbrella organisation "Edeka Zentrale AG & Co KG", with headquarters in Hamburg. There are approximately 4,100 stores with the Edeka nameplate that range from small corner stores to hypermarkets. On November 16, 2007, Edeka reached an agreement with Tengelmann (known for A&P in the US) to purchase a 70% majority stake in Tengelmann's Plus discounter store division.
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The Spierig Brothers Identical twin brothers Peter Spierig and Michael Spierig ( ; born 29 April 1976), known together professionally as The Spierig Brothers, are German-born Australian film directors, producers and screenwriters.
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Mare Rosso Mare Rosso is made by The Coca-Cola Company in Spain. It is a non-alcoholic soft drink with a "Bitter Herb" flavor. It was developed as a competing drink to PepsiCo's "Bitter Kas."
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Froiz Distribuciones Froiz, S.A. is a Spanish supermarket chain based in Poio, Galicia. It operates in the Spanish regions of Galicia, Castile and León, Castilla-La Mancha, Madrid and in Northern Portugal. The company was founded in Pontevedra in 1970 by Magín Alfredo Froiz and remains a family-run business.
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Murree Brewery Murree Brewery (Urdu: مری‎ ; ) is a Pakistani multinational manufacturer of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. It is Pakistan's largest and oldest producer of alcoholic product's, in 2015, it produced 10 million litres of beer, along with hundreds of tons of single malt whisky, vodka and brandy.
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Parmalat Parmalat SpA is a multinational Italian dairy and food corporation. Having become the leading global company in the production of long-life milk using the ultra-high-temperature (UHT) process, the company collapsed in 2003 with a €14 billion ($20bn; £13bn) hole in its accounts in what remains Europe's biggest bankruptcy. Since 2011, it is a subsidiary of French group Lactalis. Today, Parmalat is a company with a global presence, having operations in Europe, the United States, Canada, Australia, China, and South Africa.
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Wurzelpeter Wurzelpeter is an assertive bitter hailing from Germany, originally developed by Berlin-based pharmacist Paul Pöschke in 1875 as strengthening potion including secret ingredients, mostly picked from the German forest.
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Brother and Sister "Brother and Sister" is a well-known European fairy tale which was, among others, written down by the Brothers Grimm in their collection of "Children's and Household Tales (Grimm's Fairy Tales)". It is alternatively known as "Little Sister and Little Brother" or (in the Grimm's version) ""Brüderchen und Schwesterchen"".
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Føtex føtex is a Danish chain of supermarkets. The business was established in 1960 as the first supermarket in Denmark and later gave rise to the Dansk Supermarked Gruppen (Danish Supermarket Group).
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Bericap Bericap GmbH und Co KG (a.k.a. Bericap Holding GmbH) is a privately owned German company producing closures for beverage containers and other purposes. It operates from 18 plants globally and has approximately 2,000 employees and is one of the 5 largest beverage closure manufacturing companies in the world.
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Media Markt Media Markt is a German multinational chain of stores selling consumer electronics with numerous branches throughout Europe and Asia. It is Europe's largest retailer of consumer electronics, and the second largest in the world after American retailer Best Buy.