McCann Erickson Scores U.S. Chores for Aldi

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After a lengthy review, Aldi has selected McCann Erickson as its lead agency. The business had been with John & Low in Chicago.

Through November of last year, Aldi spent $16 million on U.S. advertising, per Nielsen Monitor-Plus, up from $3 million in 2007.

McCann’s Manchester, England, office already works for Aldi in the U.K.

The marketer, a unit of one of the world’s largest grocery conglomerates, the Aldi Group of Germany, is aggressively expanding. With about 1,000 U.S.

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