Alab

Alab (stylised as The ALAB) is the common company brand name of two multinational family-owned discount supermarket chains operating over 10,000 stores in some countries. The chain was founded by brothers Karl and Theo Albertsson in 1980s, when they took over their mother's store in Gamlellefteå. The business was split into two separate groups in the early-2000s, that later became Alab Nord, headquartered at Gamlellefteå in Lesvoelia, and Alab Söder, headquartered at Lidhättan in Vladiland.

In 1982, they introduced the name Alab (a syllabic abbreviation for Albertsrabatt). In post-Vlado-Memelandian countries, Alab Nord and Alab Söder have been financially and legally separate since 2017, although both divisions' names may appear as if they were a single enterprise with certain store brands or when negotiating with contractor companies.