Aldi's is the estranged brother of Trader Joe's. The abbreviated history is that Aldi's and Trader Joe's were owned by German brother's who fell out over whether or not to sell cigarettes. One headed the chain that became Aldi's and the other chain became Trader Joe's. While Trader Joe's has great prices, Aldi will beat them and just about everyone else's prices every time. You can still signs of that German heritage all over Aldi's like in their German line of products called Deutsche Kuche, which offers offers beer, chocolate, roasted coffee, and uncured Bavarian bratwurst. If you want to save money on groceries Aldi's is a great way to do it. In order to bring you those low prices Aldi's has instituted some cost cutting measures. If you want a cart you will need to bring a quarter and to get your money back you need to return your cart from the parking lot back to the store saving employees from having to collect the carts. You will also have to bring your own bags or pay for theirs. Lines will most likely be long because they keep their staff to a bare bones minimum. Best of all is the check out. To get people through the line more quickly they will literally throw your groceries into the cart they keep chained at the check out. You will frantically try to grab your items out but will never be fast enough. I used to just carry groceries around the store in bags I brought but getting my own cart has made the checkout process a lot smoother so now I always keep a quarter hanging in an Aldi's keychain made for that purpose attached to my purse. I shop at Aldi's at least once a week. Unfortunately the locations by me have become run down. I stopped going to one because every cart was broken. I have started trying different locations when I am out and about and this week it was this store on Federal Highway in Pompano. I love this store. It feels so large and open. it was well stocked except they were out of carrots which was weird but I found everything else I needed. This shopping trip they had two of my favorites back in stock, the coconut crusted flounder and the macadamia crusted flounder. They are healthy and perfect for a quick week night dinner. I also discovered a bourbon glazed frozen carrot blend. I also picked up a Valentine's Day candle which was a quarter of the cost of the ones at Bath and Body Works. I am still on the hunt for the lime cilantro marinated chicken everyone is raving about in the Aldi Facebook group. They only had the southwest flavor here. I always have to have a case of their citrus green tea and their zesty pub pretzels are the perfect snack. I didn't even have to wait in line at this Aldi's which was a real time saver. I love my staples and discovering new products. Most of all I love saving money! read more