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Aldi-Mart is a retail store in the animated series Queen of the Willis. It is portrayed as the stereotypical American big box store chain, in the vein of real-world corporate chain stores such as Wal-Mart, or Kmart. The name itself is a play on "Aldi" (as in Aldi Food Stores).

In addition to regular staple items the store also sells auto supplies, guns, hardware, and (briefly) gifts (except gift cards.) As depicted in the Season 2 movie "RAGStory", the presence of the Quillsville Aldi-Mart has a disastrous effect on local small businesses. The Aldi-Mart employees (who were and are still depicted as unhelpful, ignorant teenagers) held positions of authority over former local merchants, who began working at the very store that ran them out of business. The Aldi-Mart tends to hire young uneducated people and then will quickly shift them around which leads to more confusion for the sales associate and customers.

The Aldi-Mart corporate spokesperson is former Hoosier Millionaire Host Mark Patrick. The Aldi-Mart jingle, as heard in a television advertisement in an early episode, says "Aldi-Mart, where you'll always find low prices for the rest of your life."