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Came here to say this. The origin of Sabian is a neat story. It also makes me thing of the Dassler brothers and Adidas / Puma: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dassler_brothers_feud



I was about to comment this so instead I'll comment that Aldi (Trader Joes) and Lidl also arose out of a familial dispute over whether or not to sell alcohol.


Don’t forget the Russian and Turkish Baths in the east village (NYC) - my favorite instance of a familial dispute resulting in a business splitting. Now it is two businesses occupying the same physical location, but different temporal locations: when you get a pass it’s only valid for certain days of the week depending on which brother’s business you purchased it for.


I think you mean Aldi Nord and Aldi Sud, _reportedly_ split over a dispute about selling cigarettes. Lidl is not related.




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