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# BDS-1000 Dossier — Aldi
**BDS-1000 Reference:** BRS 184 · Tier E (Minimal)
**Dossier version:** V4 (human-vetted scores, fixed)
**Audit cut-off:** 28 June 2026

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> **Key Findings**
>
> - **Economic / Settlements:** Aldi stores in the United Kingdom and Ireland have been
>   documented sourcing Medjool dates and other agricultural produce from Hadiklaim Date
>   Growers' Cooperative and Mehadrin, two Israeli suppliers that operate packing facilities
>   in West Bank settlements; UK stores were found selling this produce without
>   country-of-origin labelling.[^1][^2][^3]
> - **Economic:** As of June 2025, Israeli agricultural exporters publicly reported that
>   Aldi Germany had halted or was actively reducing orders of Israeli produce amid European
>   consumer pressure; this claim originates with affected suppliers and has not been
>   confirmed in Aldi's own communications.[^5]
> - **Political:** Aldi Netherlands reversed a 2013 public statement that it would not stock
>   products from Israeli settlements, calling it "a mistake in the answers provided"; the
>   company has issued no public corporate statement on the Gaza conflict, the ICJ Advisory
>   Opinion (July 2024), or the ICC arrest warrants (November 2024).[^8]
> - **Not found:** No military or digital nexus has been identified; Aldi holds no Israeli
>   defence contracts, operates no stores in Israel or occupied territories, and the Trigo
>   Vision autonomous-checkout pilot (civilian, non-biometric, terminated October 2024) does
>   not meet V-MIL or V-DIG threshold criteria.[^6][^7]

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## Target Profile

| Field | Detail |
|-------|--------|
| **Company Name** | Aldi (Aldi Nord GmbH & Co. oHG / Aldi Süd GmbH & Co. oHG) |
| **Jurisdiction** | Germany |
| **Headquarters** | Aldi Nord: Essen, Germany; Aldi Süd: Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany |
| **Sector** | Grocery retail (discount supermarkets) |
| **Ownership** | Privately held; Albrecht family foundations — Aldi Süd controlled via Siepmann-Stiftung (75%), Oertl-Stiftung, and Elisen-Stiftung; analogous trust structures for Aldi Nord; neither entity is publicly listed |
| **Key Executives / Governance** | Florian Scholbeck (Aldi International Head of Communications, identified in public statements); Jason Hart (former CEO Aldi USA, 2015–2025); no Aldi C-suite or supervisory-board member publicly documented with Israel-related affiliations |
| **Israeli-Nexus Summary** | Settlement agricultural produce sourcing via Hadiklaim and Mehadrin (documented through 2024); terminated autonomous-checkout technology partnership with Israeli company Trigo Vision Ltd (2022–2024) |

**Key Facts:**
- Aldi operates across 18 countries in Europe, North America, Australasia, and Asia; no stores, warehouses, or offices are located in Israel or any Israeli-controlled territory.[^9][^10]
- Aldi Nord is the parent company of Trader Joe's (US), which has been separately targeted by BDS campaigns over its stocking of Israeli products.[^24][^25]
- Neither Aldi Nord nor Aldi Süd publishes audited annual reports accessible to the public; no mandatory securities filings exist, and no primary financial disclosures are available for independent verification.[^9]

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## Executive Summary

Aldi is a privately held German discount grocery group operating through two legally separate
entities — Aldi Nord GmbH & Co. oHG and Aldi Süd GmbH & Co. oHG — both controlled by the
Albrecht family foundations. With more than 12,000 stores across 18 countries, the company is
one of the world's largest grocery retailers.[^9][^10] Aldi has no stores, warehouses, or
offices in Israel or in any Israeli-controlled territory, generates no revenue from Israeli
consumers, and has not entered any contract, investment, or partnership relationship with the
Israeli state, Israeli defence institutions, or Israeli military entities.[^7][^10]

The company's documented Israel nexus is concentrated in two areas. First, in economic
supply-chain integration: Aldi stores — principally in the United Kingdom and Ireland — have
been documented sourcing Medjool dates and other agricultural produce from Hadiklaim Date
Growers' Cooperative and Mehadrin (Tnuport Export L.P.), both of which operate packing
facilities in Israeli settlements in the West Bank.[^1][^2] UK stores were found selling these
products without country-of-origin labelling, an irregularity documented by the Islamic Human
Rights Commission and NGO investigators.[^3][^4] As of June 2025, Israeli agricultural
exporters stated that Aldi Germany had halted or significantly curtailed orders, though those
statements originate with affected suppliers rather than Aldi itself and remain unconfirmed by
any Aldi corporate announcement.[^5]

Second, in technology partnership: Aldi Nord deployed the autonomous-checkout system of
Israeli company Trigo Vision Ltd at a pilot store in Utrecht, Netherlands (July 2022–October
2024).[^15][^16] Trigo is a civilian retail-technology company headquartered in Tel Aviv whose
founders are alumni of IDF intelligence and technology units (Sayeret Matkal, Talpiot
programme); the retail system itself is purpose-built for cashierless checkout and inventory
management, does not employ facial recognition or biometrics, and carries no documented
military application.[^15][^16][^18] The Utrecht store closed in October 2024, with Aldi citing
high investment costs.[^6] A November 2022 "strategic partnership" announcement was preceded
by a reported but undisclosed equity investment by Aldi Nord in Trigo; the quantum and current
status of any equity stake remain unconfirmed through any primary financial disclosure.[^16][^17]

What the audits do not support: there is no documented military contracting, weapons supply,
or defence-logistics relationship between any Aldi entity and the Israeli state. There is no
digital-infrastructure or surveillance nexus beyond the terminated civilian retail pilot. A
viral allegation that Aldi pledged to donate store revenue to Israel was publicly denied by
Aldi and is categorised as a hoax by the originating source.[^7] Aldi does not appear in the
UN OHCHR Settlement Business Database (314 entities, updated September 2025), the UN Special
Rapporteur Report A/HRC/59/23 (July 2025), or the AFSC Investigate database in a military or
digital-technology capacity.[^7][^11][^12][^13]

The resulting BDS-1000 V4 scores reflect this profile: V-ECON drives the BRS at 2.78
(settlement-linked agricultural sourcing at documented multi-market scale), with V-POL
contributing 0.84 (the settlement-produce stocking record and the 2013 policy reversal).
V-MIL and V-DIG both score 0.00. The BRS composite is **184**, placing Aldi in
**Tier E (Minimal)**.

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## Timeline of Relevant Events

| Date | Event |
|------|-------|
| July 2013 | Aldi Netherlands (Aldi Nord subsidiary) informs Dutch research firm Profundo it will not stock products from Israeli settlements; reverses position within days, spokesperson Laetitia Gruwel calling the original statement "a mistake in the answers provided" and confirming Aldi "does not boycott products from the occupied territories"[^8] |
| June 2018 | Who Profits publishes *Made in Israel* report identifying Aldi as a retailer of settlement-produced dates via Hadiklaim supply chains in the Netherlands[^19] |
| July 2022 | Aldi Nord and Trigo Vision open the Netherlands' first AI-powered frictionless supermarket at Utrecht (370 m², ceiling cameras, no biometrics)[^15] |
| November 2022 | Aldi Nord announces "strategic partnership" with Trigo Vision for joint AI/vision development beyond checkout; Retail Optimiser reports the partnership was "preceded by an investment" by Aldi Nord in Trigo, amount undisclosed[^16][^17] |
| February 2023 | Aldi Nord and Trigo jointly receive RETA Award for Best AI & Robotics Application[^16] |
| March–April 2024 | UK social media and IHRC document Aldi stores selling Mehadrin Medjool dates in Arabic-language Ramadan packaging without country-of-origin labelling; IHRC files formal complaint[^3][^4] |
| October 2024 | Aldi Nord closes Utrecht "ALDI Shop & Go" Trigo-powered store, citing high investment costs; Aldi International Head of Communications Florian Scholbeck: *"It was a fun experiment and we learned a lot. But the investments are very big"*; plans to test at Eindhoven location remain unconfirmed[^6] |
| October–December 2024 | International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP) sends formal notices to Aldi and other UK supermarkets advising directors of potential criminal liability for stocking settlement produce, naming Mehadrin, Hadiklaim, and four other suppliers[^21] |
| June 2025 | Israeli agricultural exporters Ofer Levin and Yaniv Yablonka (Yapro) report to Ynet News that Aldi Germany has halted or is actively reducing Israeli agricultural orders; Aldi has not publicly confirmed this[^5] |
| July 2025 | UN Special Rapporteur Report A/HRC/59/23 (*From Economy of Occupation to Economy of Genocide*) published; Aldi is not among approximately 60 named companies[^12][^13] |

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## Corporate Overview

Aldi comprises two privately held, legally separate German entities — Aldi Nord GmbH & Co. oHG
(Essen) and Aldi Süd GmbH & Co. oHG (Mülheim an der Ruhr) — tracing their common origin to
the Albrecht family grocery business established in 1913 and formally divided in 1961.[^9]
Both operate through Albrecht family foundations: Aldi Süd through the Siepmann-Stiftung
(75% economic interest), Oertl-Stiftung, and Elisen-Stiftung; Aldi Nord through analogous
trust structures.[^14] Neither entity is publicly listed; no audited annual reports are
accessible externally.[^9]

Combined, the two groups operate in 18 countries across Western Europe, North America,
Australasia, and China, with no store presence in Israel, the Middle East, or any
Israeli-controlled territory.[^9][^10] Aldi Nord owns Trader Joe's as a wholly-owned US
subsidiary. Aldi Süd acquired Southeastern Grocers (Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket,
approximately 400 US stores) in 2023–2024.[^29]

No Aldi entity holds Israeli-state preferred-enterprise tax status, Israeli corporate
registration, or Israeli real estate.[^10] No franchise or joint-venture relationship with
any Israeli retailer has been identified. The documented Israel nexus operates at the level of
supply-chain sourcing (settlement agricultural products reaching Aldi stores in Europe) and a
now-terminated commercial technology partnership (Trigo Vision, 2022–2024). The Albrecht
family foundations are not documented as directing funds to FIDF, JNF/KKL, or settlement
advocacy organisations.[^14]

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## Domain Summaries

### V-MIL: Military

#### Mechanism of Involvement

No mechanism of military involvement has been identified. Aldi holds no contracts with the
Israeli Ministry of Defence, Israel Defence Forces, Israel Prison Service, or Israel Border
Police, and does not appear in any Israeli or international defence procurement registry,
exhibition catalogue (DSEI, Eurosatory, DVIR), or government tendering record.[^7]

The only finding bearing on this domain is a reported FIDF employee matching-gift question.
*Truthout* (December 2024) reported Aldi among US employers participating in the Friends of
the IDF corporate matching-gift programme, through which employee donations to FIDF — a US
501(c)(3) that channels welfare and educational funding to Israeli soldiers under a memorandum
of understanding with the Israeli Ministry of Defence — are matched at 1:1 up to US$1,000 per
employee per year.[^22] This claim has not been confirmed through a primary Aldi corporate
benefits document, a direct FIDF employer-matching registry record, or an IRS Form 990; the
*Truthout* report is a secondary source and must be treated as **unverified**.[^22] No
corporate-level Aldi donation to FIDF — as distinct from employee-initiated individual matched
gifts — has been identified.

The Trigo Vision partnership involves founders with IDF biographies: Michael Gabay (CEO)
served in Sayeret Matkal and the IDF intelligence corps (approximately 2005–2016); Daniel
Gabay (CTO) served in an IDF elite technology unit specialising in data science; both are
identified as Talpiot programme alumni. These are prior biographical matters. No evidence has
been identified that the Trigo retail checkout system carries any military application, that
Trigo holds defence contracts with any government, or that the Aldi-deployed system served any
purpose beyond retail checkout and inventory management.[^15][^16][^18]

#### Counter-Arguments and Evidence Limits

Aldi's position in this domain is strongly exculpatory. Aldi issued an explicit corporate
denial of the viral allegation that it pledged store revenue to Israel, and the originating
source categorises the claim as "[Boycott – Hoax News]."[^7] No NGO report, UN body,
investigative outlet, or procurement registry has identified any Aldi entity in a military
supply chain. Aldi is absent from the PAX *Companies Arming Israel and Their Financiers*
report (June 2024), the UN OHCHR Settlement Business Database, the UN Special Rapporteur
A/HRC/59/23 annex, and the AFSC Investigate database.[^7][^11][^12][^13] The FIDF
matching-gift allegation is a secondary-source claim without primary confirmation. The V-MIL
score of **0.00** reflects the absence of verified evidence meeting threshold.

#### Named Entities and Evidence Map

| Entity | Role | Evidence Status |
|--------|------|-----------------|
| Trigo Vision Ltd (Tel Aviv) | Civilian retail-technology vendor (2022–2024) | Confirmed commercial; terminated Oct 2024; no military nexus identified |
| FIDF (US 501(c)(3)) | Reported employee matching-gift recipient | Secondary source (*Truthout*) only; unverified at primary level |
| IDF (Gabay founders' prior service) | Founders' biographical background | Historical only; no current operational link to Aldi |

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### V-DIG: Digital

#### Mechanism of Involvement

No digital-infrastructure, surveillance, or AI-for-military nexus has been identified. The
sole Israeli-technology relationship in Aldi's documented footprint is the Trigo Vision
checkout pilot (Utrecht, July 2022–October 2024), which used ceiling-mounted cameras and AI
object-recognition algorithms for cashierless retail. Aldi Nord explicitly confirmed the
system did not employ facial recognition, eye scans, fingerprint scans, or any other biometric
identifiers.[^15][^18] No evidence has been identified that the Trigo technology was deployed
for loss-prevention surveillance, population monitoring, or any application beyond retail
automation.

Aldi US deployed Grabango (a US-domiciled company) for checkout-free technology at its
Aurora, Illinois store (2024); Aldi UK deployed AiFi (also not Israeli-origin) for its
Shop&Go format in Greenwich, London.[^28] No other Israeli-origin enterprise software, cloud
service, cybersecurity product, or surveillance platform has been identified in any Aldi
technology stack. Aldi does not participate in Project Nimbus or hold data-centre
infrastructure in Israel.[^10] Aldi does not appear in the UN Special Rapporteur A/HRC/59/23
named-company annex, which targets digital-infrastructure and cloud-service actors.[^12][^13]

#### Counter-Arguments and Evidence Limits

The Trigo partnership was a civilian retail automation project with explicit non-biometric
design, deployed in a consumer-facing grocery environment, and terminated in October 2024 for
stated commercial reasons. No offensive-cyber capability, intelligence-sector contract,
state-surveillance application, or biometric data-processing relationship has been identified.
The V-DIG score of **0.00** reflects that the terminated retail pilot does not meet threshold
criteria for digital-infrastructure, surveillance, or AI-for-military harm assessment.

#### Named Entities and Evidence Map

| Entity | Role | Evidence Status |
|--------|------|-----------------|
| Trigo Vision Ltd (Tel Aviv) | Civilian checkout-automation vendor | Confirmed 2022–2024; terminated Oct 2024; V-DIG threshold criteria not met |

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### V-ECON: Economic

#### Mechanism of Involvement

Aldi's documented economic nexus with Israel/Palestine operates primarily through agricultural
supply chains. Two settlement-linked suppliers have been positively identified across multiple
independent sources.

**Hadiklaim Date Growers' Cooperative** is an Israeli agricultural exporter documented as a
private-label supplier to European supermarket chains including Aldi.[^1][^30] Hadiklaim
operates a packing house at Beit Ha'Arava (Megilot Dead Sea Regional Council, West Bank
settlement) and at settlements Gilgal, Yafit, and Tomer, and markets brands including Jordan
River and King Solomon.[^1][^30] The Who Profits *Made in Israel* report (June 2018)
identifies Aldi as a Hadiklaim retail outlet in the Netherlands.[^19]

**Mehadrin (Tnuport Export L.P.)** is a second documented direct supplier: NGO records and
civil-society documentation confirm Mehadrin Medjool dates sold at Aldi stores in the UK and
Ireland.[^2][^3][^4] Mehadrin operates packing facilities in West Bank settlements including
Beka'ot, Messua, Tomer, Na'aran, and Netiv Hagdud, and in the Golan Heights (Ramot).[^2]
The Islamic Human Rights Commission documented Aldi stores selling Mehadrin Medjool dates in
Arabic-language Ramadan packaging without country-of-origin identification; barcode scans
confirmed Israeli origin.[^3][^4] UK stores were separately documented in March 2024 labelling
the same product as "Product of South Africa" rather than Israel.[^3]

On the technology side, Aldi Nord was a commercial client of Trigo Vision for the Utrecht
pilot (2022–2024).[^15][^16] The V-ECON audit characterises Aldi Nord as a commercial client;
however, Retail Optimiser reported that the November 2022 strategic partnership was "preceded
by an investment by Aldi Nord in Trigo, the amount of which the partners are not disclosing."
[^17] Aldi Nord does not appear as a named investor in any of Trigo's publicly disclosed
funding rounds (the October 2022 Series C of US$100 million was led by Temasek and 83North).
This undisclosed equity claim is **unresolved** through primary financial disclosure and is
carried here as such.

As of June 2025, Israeli agricultural exporters reported to Ynet News that Aldi Germany had
halted or was reducing Israeli agricultural orders. Ofer Levin stated Aldi "decided to stop
selling Israeli goods on its shelves"; Yapro CEO Yaniv Yablonka stated Aldi had "been doing
everything possible to avoid buying from us" for six weeks.[^5] These statements originate
with affected suppliers; no Aldi corporate policy confirmation has been identified.[^5]

No documented acquisitions, data centres, manufacturing facilities, logistics hubs, or real
estate holdings within Israel or occupied territories have been identified. Aldi generates no
revenue from Israeli market operations and makes no direct economic contribution to the Israeli
domestic economy through employment or infrastructure.[^10]

#### Counter-Arguments and Evidence Limits

Aldi operates no stores, warehouses, or offices in Israel or any occupied territory.[^9][^10]
The company is not listed in the UN OHCHR Settlement Business Database.[^7][^11] The June
2025 supplier statements — if accurate — suggest Aldi is actively reducing settlement-produce
exposure, which would be a mitigating factor; however, those statements are not confirmed by
Aldi, and no corporate policy announcement or sourcing-policy document has been published.
No specific contract terms, volume figures, or duration data for the historical sourcing
relationships are in the public domain. The V-ECON score of **2.78** reflects confirmed
sourcing relationships with named settlement suppliers across documented multi-country
distribution, moderated by the absence of direct Israeli market operations.

#### Named Entities and Evidence Map

| Entity | Settlement link | Evidence status |
|--------|----------------|-----------------|
| Hadiklaim Date Growers' Cooperative | Beit Ha'Arava, Gilgal, Yafit, Tomer (West Bank) | Confirmed supplier; Who Profits database; NGO reports[^1][^19] |
| Mehadrin (Tnuport Export L.P.) | Beka'ot, Messua, Tomer, Na'aran, Netiv Hagdud (West Bank); Ramot (Golan) | Confirmed supplier; IHRC formal complaint; civil-society documentation[^2][^3][^4] |
| Trigo Vision Ltd | Headquartered Tel Aviv; no settlement operations | Commercial client; undisclosed equity investment reported but unconfirmed[^16][^17] |

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### V-POL: Political

#### Mechanism of Involvement

Aldi's political-domain nexus is characterised primarily by documented absences and one
substantive historical episode. The company has issued no public corporate statement on the
October 2023 Hamas attack, the subsequent Israeli military campaign in Gaza, the ICJ Advisory
Opinion (July 2024), or the ICC arrest warrants (November 2024).[^23] Aldi Süd demonstrated
institutional capacity and willingness to issue geopolitical statements elsewhere — committing
€5 million to Ukraine humanitarian relief (March 2022) and €500,000 to Turkey/Syria
earthquake relief (2023) — making the absence of any Israel-Gaza communication a documented
policy choice rather than institutional incapacity.[^23]

The most substantive political record is the 2013 Netherlands episode. Aldi Netherlands
informed Dutch research firm Profundo it would not stock products from Israeli settlements in
the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Golan Heights; within days, spokesperson Laetitia Gruwel
retracted the statement in a letter to CIDI, calling it "a false representation of reality"
caused by "a mistake in the answers provided" and stating Aldi "does not boycott products from
the occupied territories."[^8]

Civil society pressure has been documented at organised scale. The Palestine Solidarity
Campaign ran a petition with 17,997 signatories demanding Aldi and six other UK supermarkets
stop stocking Israeli produce, referencing the ICJ Advisory Opinion.[^20] The International
Centre of Justice for Palestinians sent formal notices to Aldi in October and December 2024
advising directors of potential criminal liability for stocking settlement products, naming
Mehadrin, Hadiklaim, and four other suppliers.[^21] No evidence has been identified that Aldi
responded to either action with a policy announcement.

Trader Joe's (Aldi Nord's US subsidiary) has been targeted by a CodePink petition
(approximately 15,000 signatures) demanding removal of Israeli products; Trader Joe's has not
publicly responded.[^24][^25] Cambridge PSC documents Aldi as "not a BDS target" but notes it
"does sell Israeli produce and settlement goods," citing Mehadrin dates.[^20]

No lobbying by any Aldi entity on Israel-Palestine, anti-BDS legislation, or Middle East
policy has been identified in US federal LDA filings (Aldi's first US federal lobbying
disclosure, filed May 2026, covers food safety and labelling only) or OpenSecrets
records.[^26][^27] No Aldi corporate donations to FIDF, JNF/KKL, or settlement advocacy
organisations have been identified through any corporate or foundation disclosure. No Aldi
executive or Albrecht family foundation trustee has been identified with a board seat,
advisory role, or documented personal philanthropy directed toward Israeli geopolitical
advocacy bodies.[^14]

#### Counter-Arguments and Evidence Limits

The absence of corporate statements on the Gaza conflict is not evidence of support; Aldi's
documented posture is non-engagement on this issue. The company does not appear in the UN
OHCHR Settlement Business Database, the UN Special Rapporteur A/HRC/59/23 named-company
list, or any lobbying or political-financing record relating to Israel-Palestine.[^7][^11][^12]
No executive-level affiliations with pro-Israel advocacy bodies have been identified. The
Albrecht family foundations are not documented as contributors to FIDF, JNF/KKL, or
settlement NGOs.[^14] The V-POL score of **0.84** reflects the 2013 settlement-statement
reversal and the documented continuation of settlement-produce stocking through 2024, in the
absence of any amplifying lobbying, advocacy, or political financing conduct.

#### Named Entities and Evidence Map

| Entity | Role | Evidence status |
|--------|------|-----------------|
| Hadiklaim / Mehadrin | Named settlement suppliers in ICJP formal notices to Aldi | Confirmed; ICJP notices Oct–Dec 2024[^21] |
| Trader Joe's (Aldi Nord subsidiary) | BDS campaign target over Israeli produce; no response confirmed | Confirmed subsidiary; targeted by CodePink[^24][^25] |
| FIDF (US 501(c)(3)) | Reported matching-gift recipient (employee-level) | Secondary source only; unverified at primary level |

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## BDS-1000 Score (V4)

| Domain | I | M | P | V-Domain Score |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| V-MIL | 0.50 | 0.30 | 0.50 | **0.00** |
| V-DIG | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | **0.00** |
| V-ECON | 5.50 | 4.50 | 5.50 | **2.78** |
| V-POL | 3.00 | 2.50 | 5.50 | **0.84** |

- **V_MAX**: 2.78    **Sum_OTHERS**: 0.84
- **BRS Score**: **184**    **Tier**: **E (Minimal)**

The BRS 184 / Tier E result is driven entirely by V-ECON (domain score 2.78), which reflects
Aldi's confirmed sourcing relationships with settlement-linked agricultural suppliers
(Hadiklaim and Mehadrin) distributed across multiple European markets, combined with
documented labelling irregularities. The V-ECON Impact score of 5.50 registers settlement-
integrated supply-chain participation as a meaningful economic vector; Magnitude of 4.50
reflects multi-country distribution and documented product irregularities; Proximity of 5.50
reflects confirmed, direct commercial relationships with named settlement-operation companies.
V-POL contributes 0.84 as a secondary vector via the 2013 policy reversal and the continued
stocking record through 2024. V-MIL and V-DIG score 0.00 because no evidence meets threshold
in either domain. All scores are scale-free (Impact = activity type, Magnitude = scale and
reach, Proximity = directness of nexus to harm), evidence-only, and human-vetted final.

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## Methodology Note

- **Evidence-only basis:** All claims derive exclusively from the four domain audits (V-MIL,
  V-DIG, V-ECON, V-POL). Where audits returned "No public evidence identified," that phrase
  is preserved and no inference is drawn. Soft, unverified, or secondary-source claims —
  including the FIDF matching-gift participation and the undisclosed Trigo equity stake — are
  explicitly flagged and are not hardened into findings.
- **Scale-free scoring:** I (Impact) scores the type of activity; M (Magnitude) scores scale,
  reach, and documented volume; P (Proximity) scores the directness of the nexus between
  Aldi's conduct and harm in Israel/Palestine. Scores are independent of company revenue or
  market capitalisation.
- **Temporal rule — exited operations mitigated:** The Trigo Vision partnership is recorded
  as historical. The Utrecht pilot store closed October 2024; the relationship appears in
  evidence maps but is not extrapolated as an ongoing nexus for scoring purposes.
- **Entity attribution — no transitive guilt:** Aldi is not scored for the independent
  conduct of Trigo Vision, Hadiklaim, or Mehadrin as separate legal entities. It is scored
  only for its own documented commercial relationships with those entities and the character
  of those relationships.
- **Settlement dual-count:** Settlement-produce sourcing (Hadiklaim, Mehadrin) informs both
  V-ECON (economic integration with settlement supply chains) and V-POL (continued stocking
  after documented civil-society and legal notice), consistent with BDS-1000 methodology
  where settlement operations may register across applicable domains.
- **"No public evidence identified"** is used where audits conducted active checks and found
  nothing; it does not imply evidence is absent from the universe — only from the sources and
  methods applied in these audits.

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## End Notes

[^1]: https://www.whoprofits.org/companies/company/4105
[^2]: https://www.whoprofits.org/companies/company/4108
[^3]: https://www.ihrc.org.uk/letter-to-aldi-re-sale-of-unmarked-israeli-dates
[^4]: https://www.ihrc.org.uk/aldi-challenged-to-come-clean-over-medjool-dates
[^5]: https://www.ynetnews.com/business/article/ryc11nok4ee
[^6]: https://retailtechinnovationhub.com/home/2024/10/1/lots-of-fun-but-extremely-expensive-aldi-shutters-trigo-powered-shop-and-go-store-in-dutch-city-of-utrecht
[^7]: https://www.ohchr.org/en/business/bhr-database
[^8]: https://www.jta.org/2013/07/23/global/german-supermarket-giant-says-settlement-boycott-policy-was-mistake
[^9]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldi
[^10]: https://sustainability.aldisouthgroup.com/about-aldi/company-profile
[^11]: https://www.opensanctions.org/datasets/ps_ohchr_settlement
[^12]: https://www.ohchr.org/en/documents/country-reports/ahrc5923-economy-occupation-economy-genocide-report-special-rapporteur
[^13]: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/1/un-report-lists-companies-complicit-in-israels-genocide-who-are-they
[^14]: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siepmann-Stiftung
[^15]: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220718005758/en/Trigo-ALDI-Nord-Open-Netherlandss-First-AI-Powered-Frictionless-Supermarket
[^16]: https://retailtechinnovationhub.com/home/2022/11/23/aldi-nord-digitises-discount-retail-as-it-enters-strategic-partnership-with-trigo
[^17]: https://retail-optimiser.de/en/aldi-nord-tests-store-without-checkout-with-trigo
[^18]: https://www.grocerydive.com/news/aldi-to-test-frictionless-checkout-tech-in-the-netherlands/607610
[^19]: https://www.whoprofits.org/writable/uploads/old/uploads/2018/06/old/made_in_israel_web_final.pdf
[^20]: https://palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/supermarkets
[^21]: https://www.icjpalestine.com/2024/12/13/as-supermarkets-gear-up-for-christmas-windfall-icjp-calls-on-the-government-to-review-supermarkets-complicity-in-illegal-israeli-settlement-trade
[^22]: https://doublethedonation.com/matching-gifts/aldi-us
[^23]: https://sustainability.aldisouthgroup.com/stories/aldis-humanitarian-relief-for-ukraine
[^24]: https://www.codepink.org/traderjoes
[^25]: https://www.jns.org/antisemitism/battle-over-bamba-trader-joes-targeted-by-bds-buycott
[^26]: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/aldi-sud/lobbying?id=D000109774
[^27]: https://legis1.com/news/aldi-food-safety-lobbying-hires-buchanan
[^28]: https://www.grocerydive.com/news/aldi-grabango-frictionless-checkout-aurora-illinois-retail-grocery-supermarket/706442
[^29]: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/aldi-to-acquire-winn-dixie-and-harveys-supermarket-to-continue-growth-in-the-southeast-301902141.html
[^30]: https://www.hadiklaim.com/about-us

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