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Speaker 1: Welcome to How the Money. I'm Joel, I'm Matt, and

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Speaker 1: today we're talking how you can butcher your grocery bill.

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Speaker 1: And this episode is brought to you by butcher Box.

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Speaker 1: Just kidding, that would be way too on the nose.

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Speaker 1: I don't even know what butcher box. Butcher box is.

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Speaker 1: I want to say butcher blox. For some reason, I

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Speaker 1: don't know. I think it's an expensive way to get

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Speaker 1: seat delivered you. Yeah, it's like a meat delivery service. Right.

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Speaker 1: That would actually probably the opposite thing you want to

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Speaker 1: do if you want to save money on stitch fix,

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Speaker 1: where they just automatically send you clothes and you're tempted

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Speaker 1: into keeping it. And again for some people it's it's

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Speaker 1: a wild splurge, but for most folks, that's not how

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Speaker 1: you're going to save the most money doing it right.

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Speaker 1: That's right, And by the way, but we want people

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Speaker 1: to take a cleaver to their monthly gross your budget,

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Speaker 1: especially now people just feel the pain and groceries more so,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna talk about give a bunch of suggestions about

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Speaker 1: how to like relieve that pain today, which cleavers, like

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Speaker 1: Chinese cleavers, are totally in. By the way, have you

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Speaker 1: seen kates over at our house. Oh yeah, it looks fancy.

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Speaker 1: I wouldn't know how to use it though. Let me

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Speaker 1: just use it like a regular chef's knife. But it's

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Speaker 1: just another tool to add to the toolkit, right, It's

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Speaker 1: another tool in the arsenal when it comes to cooking.

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Speaker 1: But this is going to be a great topic because

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Speaker 1: I'll readily admit there are some topics that I know

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Speaker 1: we talk about that we discuss that may not appeal

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Speaker 1: to everyone out there. There are certain things that we

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Speaker 1: discussed that aren't applicable to everybody. That is not the

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Speaker 1: case today. We sometimes talk about real estate investing and

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Speaker 1: some people be like, dude, snooze fest. I don't care,

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Speaker 1: I'm not going to do that, but everybody not going

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Speaker 1: to be well. And we want to encourage folks to

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Speaker 1: listen to those episodes because I still think that there

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Speaker 1: are some little nuggets of information that you are going

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Speaker 1: to be able to glean from those episodes. But this

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Speaker 1: one is going to be a topic that is most

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Speaker 1: definitely applicable to everyone out there for sure. All Right,

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Speaker 1: something else, it's applicable to a lot of people. That

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Speaker 1: a site that I've heard about Matt but I just

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Speaker 1: gave it a test this week because I wanted to know, Okay,

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Speaker 1: is this actually a good way to go about saving

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Speaker 1: money on getting something shipped across the country. So there's

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Speaker 1: an Instagram account I followed. They sell mid century furniture

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Speaker 1: and did you buy a fancy piece of furniture? No,

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Speaker 1: I didn't yet, I'm thinking about it. But I was like,

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Speaker 1: they're in North Carolina, and I was like, I don't know.

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Speaker 1: I'm not gonna go pick this thing up. What's It's

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Speaker 1: just like a barcart. Basically, we have a space that

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Speaker 1: has been sitting empty since we moved in in July,

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Speaker 1: and I've beenactly where you're talking about and looking for

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Speaker 1: some sort of barkart essentially to fill that space, or

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Speaker 1: like a display cabinet. But and I'm looking for something

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Speaker 1: that fits in with the rest of our furniture. And

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Speaker 1: I this, you know, seller on Instagram that I've been

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Speaker 1: following for years posted one and I was like, that's

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Speaker 1: really reasonably priced and it looks good. But I was like,

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Speaker 1: how can I get someone to bring it to me.

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Speaker 1: I'm not going to drive up there wait for too

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Speaker 1: much money. Where in North Carolina? Maybe we can it's

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Speaker 1: a Nashville, which we should. Dude, Okay, I'd be a

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Speaker 1: good Why would you not want to take it? Give

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Speaker 1: up that to Ashville? I guess it's actually getting it.

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Speaker 1: Could you fit it in your vein? Yeah? Yeah, I

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Speaker 1: can totally fit it into So maybe I should do that.

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Speaker 1: Maybe that's maybe we'll take a road trip the best

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Speaker 1: way around it. But I was like, okay, what would

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Speaker 1: it cost to have someone bring it here? And they mentioned, hey,

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Speaker 1: we've got this white Glove service reach out to them.

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Speaker 1: The cost is pretty expensive. It was more than the

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Speaker 1: cost of the item I was looking to buy. I

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Speaker 1: was like, ouch, no way, not interested. Not a deal now.

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Speaker 1: But I looked up there's a website called Shipley, and

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Speaker 1: Shipley is basically putting it out for bids to all

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Speaker 1: the people who are are interested in moving the piece

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Speaker 1: of furniture. First couple of bids were like seven hundred,

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Speaker 1: were in the low two's low two hundred dollars to

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Speaker 1: still haven't pounced. I haven't decided to buy this thing

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Speaker 1: now it's reasonable, So that's kind of cool, and they

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Speaker 1: How do you spell it? Shi Ply Shipley? Yeah. So

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Speaker 1: it's again, not something I've actually used yet except for

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Speaker 1: an attempt to get these bids. But if you're looking

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Speaker 1: even just a couple states Ober, because yeah, you're off

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Speaker 1: the time to go to Ashville or whatever, even though

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Speaker 1: you want to desperately because the beer scene is so good.

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Speaker 1: I think Shipley's kind of a cool site work checking

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Speaker 1: out very cool. Yeah, anytime there is a platform, a

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Speaker 1: All for that, but let's introduce the beer you and

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Speaker 1: I are going to enjoy during this episode. This is

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Speaker 1: a barrel age sour brown ale. That is I believe

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Speaker 1: it's called Darken. That's you know, it's written in the

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Speaker 1: biggest letters I guess on the label. But this is

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Speaker 1: by upland sour Ales. I assume they only make sour beers,

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Speaker 1: but I'm looking forward to enjoying. I don't think we've

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Speaker 1: looking forward to this one. And stick around to the

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Speaker 1: end of the episode because that's when we will share

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Speaker 1: our thoughts on it, for sure. But for now, let's

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Speaker 1: get onto the topic of hand. We're talking abo out

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Speaker 1: how to butcher your grocery Bill and Matt, everybody eats food.

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Speaker 1: That is what you need to sustain life. You gotta

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Speaker 1: have water, gotta have food, gotta have air, and so

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Speaker 1: air makes me think of the fact that we all

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Speaker 1: have to breathe, right. Well, I didn't really realize this

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Speaker 1: my mind. And then I read this book called Breath,

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Speaker 1: which is aptly titled to Makes Sense by James Nestor,

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Speaker 1: who's a journalist. He like looked into the science of breathing,

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Speaker 1: just this thoroughly fascinating excursion of something that I thought

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Speaker 1: I've heard of that one, apparently, like the conditions of

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Speaker 1: your nose just make it so much better. Like you

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Speaker 1: cheeks they're rosie. Yes, it's it's just kind of makes sense, right, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: there's like a bunch of different like sciency reasons that

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Speaker 1: give me the cliff notes. Well, fewer deeper breaths is

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Speaker 1: This is like the Huberman lap, kind of stuffed into

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Speaker 1: Like you tell me all these things and I will

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Speaker 1: start doing them. Well, you're gonna like this book then

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Speaker 1: the rest of my life. If you have you read it,

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Speaker 1: ID be into it. I think we've talked about it before,

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Speaker 1: which is why I think I know some of these things,

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Speaker 1: don't think i've actually picked up the actual book. Okay,

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Speaker 1: thing is true with groceries. So we've got kind of

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Speaker 1: of ways to improve your grocery store habits to save

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Speaker 1: And literally, like I was saying earlier, like everyone out

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Speaker 1: And also inflation. Inflation has also taken a toll on

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Speaker 1: the more expensive grocery stores like Whole Foods. They're feeling

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Speaker 1: to trim their grocery bill. Go figure, why isn't everybody

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Speaker 1: that nice guy discount. That's one of the things that

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Speaker 1: people kind of instinctively do is they trade down in

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Speaker 1: an environment where costs are rising rapidly, and so Whole Foods,

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Speaker 1: I'm sure of seeing people walk out the door, go

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Speaker 1: so they're saying, hey, guys, can you loader these prices

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Speaker 1: their customers are going to Trader Joe's trader. Joe's customers

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Speaker 1: that you know, the truth is that there's there's a

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Speaker 1: joy that we often associate with food. Right. I can

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Speaker 1: still vividly remember Matt meals that I've had on a trip,

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Speaker 1: or even just like cooking something together with my kids

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Speaker 1: all not just drinking soilent three times a day, like

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Speaker 1: or eight things I cook every time. I don't have

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Speaker 1: this wide arrange, and I'm not always testing out new things,

430
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Speaker 1: although you know that's something I hope to do more

431
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Speaker 1: over time. But there's a lot of things that you're

432
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Speaker 1: doing on the fly and The same thing is true

433
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Speaker 1: when it comes to setting up a realistic budget, which

434
00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:28,520
Speaker 1: is an important part of butchering that grocery bill and

435
00:19:28,560 --> 00:19:31,120
Speaker 1: lowering your grocery costs. There's a learning curve and you're

436
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Speaker 1: likely to get better over time. And so when it

437
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Speaker 1: comes to budgeting, we don't necessarily once you just spend

438
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Speaker 1: what you spent last month. Depends on how thoughtful you

439
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Speaker 1: are about grocery purchases last month, I guess. But it's

440
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Speaker 1: crucial to know how much money you spent on groceries

441
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Speaker 1: in February so that it can at least inform your

442
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Speaker 1: March budget and you can take a realistic approach. Right,

443
00:19:49,520 --> 00:19:51,560
Speaker 1: you can put a line item in your budget for

444
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Speaker 1: groceries that is absurd that you'll never hit. You can say,

445
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Speaker 1: I'm a family is six, We're going to spend two

446
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Speaker 1: hundred and twenty dollars on groceries, and that is just

447
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Speaker 1: setting yourself up for failure. Right, Well, what use is

448
00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:04,280
Speaker 1: that really of coming up with a number that you're

449
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Speaker 1: you're never going to be able to actually meet, or less,

450
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Speaker 1: you just really like the feeling of defeat, right, Yes,

451
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Speaker 1: so we would suggest using previous numbers to help you

452
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Speaker 1: come up with an attainable dollar amount to shoot for,

453
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Speaker 1: But at the same time, you'll probably want to use

454
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Speaker 1: that number and then challenge yourself to improve upon previous

455
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Speaker 1: spending levels two in order to free up more cash

456
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Speaker 1: for other goals that shop got. That's the whole point

457
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Speaker 1: of saving money at the grocery store. So you can

458
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Speaker 1: take extra dollars that you were putting towards feeding your

459
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Speaker 1: family and funnel them towards more exciting, more fun areas. Yeah,

460
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Speaker 1: even feeding your family in the future by investing those dollars. Yeah.

461
00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:39,840
Speaker 1: But so maybe you're thinking, well, I have no clue

462
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Speaker 1: how much I should be spending on groceries. I can

463
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Speaker 1: see what I have spent. But if that is you,

464
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Speaker 1: a decent rule of thumb is to not spend more

465
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Speaker 1: than ten percent of your take home pay on groceries.

466
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Speaker 1: So let's say you make a round one hundred thousand

467
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Speaker 1: dollars a year, So after taxes and withholding you you're

468
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Speaker 1: taking home a little less than seventy five thousand dollars

469
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Speaker 1: depending on your eight but meaning your monthly take home

470
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Speaker 1: pay is around six thousand dollars. So that means it's

471
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Speaker 1: a good goal to try and spend no more than

472
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Speaker 1: six hundred dollars a month on groceries. If you are

473
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Speaker 1: spending more than that, or you know, maybe you are

474
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Speaker 1: spending a little more than you want to, then we

475
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Speaker 1: would recommend to work on reducing that amount. Don't do

476
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Speaker 1: it all at once, but look at doing that over

477
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Speaker 1: like two or three months, instead of just doing it

478
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Speaker 1: instantaneously like you're flipping a light switch now, Because again

479
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Speaker 1: we're trying to be realistic here and we want you

480
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Speaker 1: to implement changes that are going to actually stick. We

481
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Speaker 1: don't want you to feel the sting of defeat yet again.

482
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Speaker 1: So another way to help keep you on track then

483
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Speaker 1: is to split up that monthly budget amount just into

484
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Speaker 1: those equal installments for each trip. So again, if you

485
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Speaker 1: have a six hundred grocery budget per month, so let's

486
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Speaker 1: say you hit up the store once a week, well

487
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Speaker 1: we're talking about one hundred and fifty bucks. One hundred

488
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Speaker 1: and fifty dollars like that is roughly what you should

489
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Speaker 1: be spending each time. And so we're taking that large,

490
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Speaker 1: larger amount six hundred dollars, and we're breaking it down

491
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Speaker 1: it's a smaller, more manageable amounts of money. In particular,

492
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Speaker 1: that are anchored to time, that are anchored to each week,

493
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Speaker 1: because I think for a lot of people, they might

494
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Speaker 1: say six hundred bucks, that's my grocery budget for the month.

495
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Speaker 1: They go at the very beginning of March, they drop

496
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Speaker 1: three fifty because they buy some stuff they wouldn't normally

497
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Speaker 1: otherwise have gotten, and then they find themselves towards the

498
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Speaker 1: end of the month like, holy crap, how am I

499
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Speaker 1: going to keep this under wraps? Because but if you

500
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Speaker 1: think about it as one hundred and fifty dollars per

501
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Speaker 1: trip that you make, you're more likely to actually hit

502
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Speaker 1: the goal that you set. You're more you're more likely

503
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Speaker 1: to keep your spending in check because you've brought it

504
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Speaker 1: down to an even more bite size, more manageable spend amount,

505
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Speaker 1: right right, Yeah, you're pacing yourself. Yeah, okay, And so

506
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Speaker 1: I think meal planning is something else that needs to

507
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Speaker 1: be mentioned, but not I think budgeting is massively helpful,

508
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Speaker 1: and I think that rule of thumb is going to

509
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Speaker 1: help a lot of folks make more sense of their

510
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Speaker 1: grocery budget and at least kind of see cool, what

511
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Speaker 1: are we spending of our take on pay? Oh? Fifteen percent? Okay,

512
00:22:55,119 --> 00:22:57,480
Speaker 1: well we can get it down into ten percent through

513
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Speaker 1: some of the tips and tricks that Matt and Joel

514
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Speaker 1: talked about. But while we're discussing like a weekly strategy,

515
00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:05,159
Speaker 1: it's a good idea to plan your meals in advance too.

516
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Speaker 1: You know, pick a time each week where you're gonna

517
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Speaker 1: spend I don't know, like thirty minutes or so thinking

518
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Speaker 1: about the meals for the week, for the family or

519
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Speaker 1: for you as an individual, and what they're going to be.

520
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Speaker 1: You know, knowing what you're going to be eating helps

521
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Speaker 1: you make a grocery list, and sticking to the list

522
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Speaker 1: is one of the best ways to make sure you

523
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Speaker 1: don't overdo it and spend too much at the store.

524
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Speaker 1: So yeah, consider making extra two, I'd say, but only

525
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Speaker 1: if you're actually going to eat it. Matt is the

526
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Speaker 1: leftover king. I don't know anyone who left love leftovers

527
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Speaker 1: more than Matt. I don't know if I love them

528
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Speaker 1: because I know they saved me money and so I

529
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Speaker 1: you know, like when you have something that's associated with

530
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Speaker 1: something else that you like, you like that thing, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you like it even more of that one exactly. It's

532
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Speaker 1: sort of like we're talking about cooking earlier, Like if

533
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Speaker 1: you can trick yourself into doing something that will ultimately

534
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Speaker 1: save you money. Well, it's like win win. Yeah. I

535
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Speaker 1: don't know if I like actually like leftovers because I've

536
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Speaker 1: convinced myself that they taste better because I know that

537
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Speaker 1: I'm saving myself money, or if actually the flavors melt

538
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Speaker 1: together and better. Yeah, after being in the fridge for

539
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Speaker 1: an as things that you know where that's the case.

540
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Speaker 1: Obviously not some things like French fries, but other things

541
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Speaker 1: like a lasagna. I left over French fries is just

542
00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:10,120
Speaker 1: the worst, the worst. Yeah, But I think like meal

543
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Speaker 1: plans and planning for leftovers and then planning how to

544
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Speaker 1: use and eat those leftovers is smart. And a lot

545
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Speaker 1: of people will like make everything on a Sunday and

546
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Speaker 1: then they'll put it in the freezer. They'll freeze breakfast

547
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Speaker 1: literally at like breakfast burritos or something like that, pull

548
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Speaker 1: them out every single morning, heat them up, and then

549
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Speaker 1: it's like boom. I don't even have to think about it,

550
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Speaker 1: already made it. And I also know that I'm not

551
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Speaker 1: going to be stopping to get fast food on the

552
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Speaker 1: way to work because I planned my meals and I

553
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Speaker 1: had it ready in advance, so I think meal planning

554
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Speaker 1: makes a lot of sense, but you just also have

555
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Speaker 1: to like have a plan to eat the stuff that

556
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Speaker 1: you're making too, if you're making extra that's right man. Yeah,

557
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Speaker 1: So that's enough about planning, right, Let's get more tactical

558
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Speaker 1: with it. Listen, envision that you're there in the grocery store.

559
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Speaker 1: What about sales? I'd like you're about to say. So,

560
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Speaker 1: I was just thinking. You said, envision you're in the

561
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Speaker 1: grocery store, and I was like, what if there was

562
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Speaker 1: like a metaverse app where you could put yourself in

563
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Speaker 1: an aldi. I mean, that's ideal. I'd consider going of

564
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Speaker 1: the metaverse for that. I've not been interested in the

565
00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:07,399
Speaker 1: metaverse until I just thought of that pot. So let's

566
00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:09,040
Speaker 1: but for real, though, if if you are at the

567
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Speaker 1: grocery story, do you see a sale, do you take

568
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Speaker 1: advantage of that sale or not? Well, I like the

569
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Speaker 1: idea of making a little bit of wiggle room for

570
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Speaker 1: some incredibly discounted food within your budget. So, for instance,

571
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Speaker 1: getting that pork shoulder when it's been marked down to

572
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Speaker 1: a dollar per pound that is when you pounce sounds

573
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Speaker 1: like a recent example out of You're like that something

574
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Speaker 1: I did recently bought two of those jokers, smoked them both.

575
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Speaker 1: Even though it wasn't necessarily planning on buying one that day,

576
00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:38,000
Speaker 1: the price necessitated it. But just make sure that you

577
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Speaker 1: aren't using a big time sale like a manager special

578
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Speaker 1: to justify a purchase that you shouldn't make. Well, in

579
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Speaker 1: this case, it sounds like the parkness it forced your

580
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Speaker 1: hand on this, right, I had no choice? Yeah, No,

581
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Speaker 1: Like you definitely don't want to make a purchase that

582
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Speaker 1: fits that that doesn't fit within how it is that

583
00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:57,920
Speaker 1: you approach your groceries, right, Like it needs to fit

584
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Speaker 1: within your your general grocery buying. Yeah. I mean, I

585
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Speaker 1: think a lot of people might walk through the grocery

586
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Speaker 1: shore and then they walk through the chip bio and

587
00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:06,840
Speaker 1: they're like, thirty cents off to ritos. Okay, I guess

588
00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:09,040
Speaker 1: I'll sale, I'll toss it in. And there's a lot

589
00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:11,560
Speaker 1: of like fake sales that go on in a lot

590
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Speaker 1: of retailers, right, and so it's just as if they're

591
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Speaker 1: cool range or not. It repeat. His joke is like,

592
00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:20,080
Speaker 1: oh yeah, that electric the electric tingle, It's like sticking

593
00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:21,840
Speaker 1: your tongue to a nine volt battery. It's so good,

594
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Speaker 1: which is true. How do you resist? Cool range to

595
00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:27,120
Speaker 1: ritos are delightful, but they're also really expensive, and they're

596
00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:29,080
Speaker 1: and they're terrible, and they're terrible for you, and they're

597
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Speaker 1: the kind of thing that's gonna, you know, bust your

598
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Speaker 1: grocery budget. And it's not it's you know, if you

599
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Speaker 1: like the nine bolt battery tingle of a cool range

600
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Speaker 1: torito from time to time, but put it on your

601
00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:39,120
Speaker 1: list once a month or something like that, that's fine,

602
00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:42,160
Speaker 1: Like you deserve you treat yourself every now and again.

603
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Speaker 1: But I think a lot of people are prone to

604
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Speaker 1: do it in the moment just because there's a minor

605
00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:48,879
Speaker 1: discount or minor sale. But when you're talking like a

606
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Speaker 1: dollar pound for part shoulder, that's that's different. Now, that's

607
00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:53,879
Speaker 1: like that's a lot of meals from you know, one

608
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Speaker 1: one one by right there. Totally. Yeah, even if it

609
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Speaker 1: wasn't on the list, I think it makes sense to

610
00:26:57,920 --> 00:26:59,960
Speaker 1: hop on it. Well, sure, And that's a basic proach

611
00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:02,160
Speaker 1: that you can then incorporate into other meals. And again,

612
00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:03,959
Speaker 1: some folks don't cook this way, but if you know

613
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Speaker 1: that you've got a couple containers of pulled pork in

614
00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:09,959
Speaker 1: your fridge, the ability to then use that. Oh all right,

615
00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:12,600
Speaker 1: let's make some barbecue sandwiches. Oh okay, let's let's make

616
00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:15,359
Speaker 1: some fried rice O Tuesday. Let's take that meat and

617
00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:18,240
Speaker 1: incorporate it into a pazzole. That's literally something. These are

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00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:21,440
Speaker 1: all meals that I've our family made last week. And

619
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Speaker 1: so when something like that comes along and it's got

620
00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:27,359
Speaker 1: legs right that you can then apply to other meals.

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Speaker 1: That's something you want to pounce off. Yeah, okay. So

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Speaker 1: one other thing I think they can help when you

623
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Speaker 1: are buying something like a pork shoulder, which just because

624
00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:37,680
Speaker 1: it's on discount, is if you have a deep freezer,

625
00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:40,199
Speaker 1: and that's yeah. Like, one of the biggest problems when

626
00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:42,160
Speaker 1: you're when you're stocking up or something like that because

627
00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:46,199
Speaker 1: of a sale is when groceries are are perishable. That

628
00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:48,040
Speaker 1: can make it more difficult to do that, right. So,

629
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Speaker 1: non perishable is buying extra cans of something that you

630
00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:52,760
Speaker 1: know you're going to use because it's on sale. Oh hey,

631
00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:54,840
Speaker 1: soup is half price, boom, let me get a couple

632
00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:58,760
Speaker 1: of extra those. That's fine. But when you're talking about

633
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Speaker 1: things that are parish, it's harder to justify that. But

634
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Speaker 1: I think a deep freezer can make that more justifiable

635
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Speaker 1: because you then you haven't wasted money. I completely wasted money.

636
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Speaker 1: I'm buying the thing and not using which would be

637
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Speaker 1: the absolute worst. There's nothing that gets get under my skin.

638
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Speaker 1: Is like an ingredient that we haven't used, in particular

639
00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:19,480
Speaker 1: live vegetables, right Like, you got that produce and sometimes

640
00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:21,240
Speaker 1: it starts getting slimy and you have to freak and

641
00:28:21,280 --> 00:28:23,919
Speaker 1: toss it. I hate that. There's nothing that strikes out

642
00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:26,639
Speaker 1: my heart more than taking food that we've purchased with

643
00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:29,000
Speaker 1: our own money and we just didn't have a chance,

644
00:28:29,119 --> 00:28:32,119
Speaker 1: or we chose not to use that vegetable and something

645
00:28:32,119 --> 00:28:33,800
Speaker 1: and I got to toss in the trash. Well, eating

646
00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:35,840
Speaker 1: and not wasting what you buy is one of the

647
00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:38,840
Speaker 1: biggest biggest ways to save money too, because such a

648
00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:42,160
Speaker 1: huge percentage of our grocery bill goes to stuff that

649
00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:43,960
Speaker 1: we throw in the trash, which is a crying shame.

650
00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:45,400
Speaker 1: So we do have to get better at at that.

651
00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:47,880
Speaker 1: But I think the like the freezer. A lot of

652
00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:49,560
Speaker 1: us think that's where we just put the ice cream

653
00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:51,920
Speaker 1: or something like that. But depending on the size of

654
00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:54,440
Speaker 1: your family, how you shop, what you eat, and the

655
00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:56,120
Speaker 1: amount of space in your house. You know, getting a

656
00:28:56,160 --> 00:28:59,400
Speaker 1: deep freezer might pay off in the long run. For example, Matt,

657
00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:02,400
Speaker 1: my my father in law, he buys like half a

658
00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:06,080
Speaker 1: cow at a time. Yeah, and so it's chopped up

659
00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:08,840
Speaker 1: into all these different ways. But the price per pound

660
00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:11,080
Speaker 1: is I want to say, he said, like three dollars

661
00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:13,120
Speaker 1: a pound, which is insane because that's what you pay

662
00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:15,920
Speaker 1: just for ground beef. And he's getting steaks and roasts

663
00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:18,240
Speaker 1: and stuff like that out of it. The yeah, but

664
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Speaker 1: he had to buy the whole rack of ribis sure. Well, sure,

665
00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:23,320
Speaker 1: but he had to buy a deep freeze in order

666
00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:26,040
Speaker 1: to make that makes sense. And so for some folks,

667
00:29:26,520 --> 00:29:28,960
Speaker 1: spending money on a deep freeze can actually pay off

668
00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:30,440
Speaker 1: in the long runs. Or you're making a case for

669
00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:33,800
Speaker 1: me wanting a deep freeze right now. But let's talk

670
00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:37,960
Speaker 1: about coupons, and generally speaking, Joel, you and I were

671
00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:41,560
Speaker 1: both in agreement that coupons are overrated. The typical family,

672
00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:45,080
Speaker 1: they save somewhere between five to nine dollars a week

673
00:29:45,320 --> 00:29:47,840
Speaker 1: using coupons, and depending on how much you're spending on

674
00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:51,280
Speaker 1: groceries every week, this could be chump change or it

675
00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:54,160
Speaker 1: could actually be a meaningful amount of money. But just

676
00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:57,600
Speaker 1: make sure that you're thinking about the overall ROI before

677
00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:00,800
Speaker 1: you go coupon crazy. Right, Like, it's possible to be

678
00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:04,120
Speaker 1: penny wise and pound foolish here just by hunting and

679
00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:08,240
Speaker 1: clipping actual physical coupons when the savings that they'll net

680
00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:11,600
Speaker 1: you they may not necessarily be worth the time Kuponi.

681
00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:13,560
Speaker 1: It might make sense for some folks out there, but

682
00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:17,480
Speaker 1: others should probably spend that time focused on more important

683
00:30:17,520 --> 00:30:19,600
Speaker 1: aspects of their money. Some stores out there that you know,

684
00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:22,600
Speaker 1: they've got apps that make it easy. Certainly make sure

685
00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:24,640
Speaker 1: that you're a part of their loyalty program, give them

686
00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:27,880
Speaker 1: that phone number if they've got that program, if they've

687
00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:30,000
Speaker 1: got that as an option. And also check out the

688
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Speaker 1: site flip dot com. That's flipp dot com, but they

689
00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:37,480
Speaker 1: it's a it's a site, man. I love aggregate sites

690
00:30:37,560 --> 00:30:40,120
Speaker 1: that bring together all bits of information that you would

691
00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:43,440
Speaker 1: normally have to kind of go scouring for. But they

692
00:30:43,480 --> 00:30:46,760
Speaker 1: combine all the different circulars that the different grocery stores have,

693
00:30:46,840 --> 00:30:49,160
Speaker 1: so you can see what is going to be marked down,

694
00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:50,680
Speaker 1: what's going to be on clearance, what's going to be

695
00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:52,920
Speaker 1: on sale. It's easy to kind of plot your plan

696
00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:55,000
Speaker 1: of attack for where you're going to go shopping that

697
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Speaker 1: week based on sale flyers by looking at Flip as

698
00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:02,280
Speaker 1: opposed to waiting for this Sunday actual print section to

699
00:31:02,320 --> 00:31:04,600
Speaker 1: come out. Flips really cool to makes it easy. Well,

700
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Speaker 1: and Matt, I don't really I'm with you. I'm against

701
00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:11,360
Speaker 1: cuponing as well. I use coupons when they're easy, and Kroger.

702
00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:13,000
Speaker 1: When I go to Kroger for some of the things

703
00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:14,960
Speaker 1: that I can't get it all to your costco, I

704
00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:17,840
Speaker 1: use Kroger cupons because the digital coupons are pretty simple

705
00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:20,840
Speaker 1: and they send actual cuponds and stuff that I typically

706
00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:24,160
Speaker 1: buy directly to my house. It's literally based on things

707
00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:25,760
Speaker 1: that I bought in the past, and they say, here's

708
00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:28,719
Speaker 1: sixty percent off a thing of spinach because you buy

709
00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:32,120
Speaker 1: spinach here sometimes, so that kind of stuff is I'll

710
00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:34,400
Speaker 1: use those coupons when it's low hanging fruit. But I'm

711
00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:36,720
Speaker 1: not like searching the internet for cupons because I think

712
00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:38,800
Speaker 1: for most people that's a waste of time. Kroger's They've

713
00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:41,640
Speaker 1: actually got a pretty decent app as well that you

714
00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:43,200
Speaker 1: can keep on your phone. Yeah, so I think it's

715
00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:45,960
Speaker 1: helpful to ye have that app for the stores that

716
00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:48,200
Speaker 1: you're most loyal to. I have the Legal app on

717
00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:50,640
Speaker 1: my phone as well because sometimes I get discounts there.

718
00:31:50,920 --> 00:31:53,480
Speaker 1: And speaking of Leetle, I think where you shop, it's

719
00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:55,680
Speaker 1: probably one of the biggest difference makers when it comes

720
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Speaker 1: to butchering your grocery budget. And Leedle and Aldi we

721
00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:00,960
Speaker 1: talked about them all time because they're two of the

722
00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:05,200
Speaker 1: best nationwide discount grocery chains that you can shop at.

723
00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:09,440
Speaker 1: Trader Joe's are a lovely, slightly more expensive alternative, but

724
00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:11,760
Speaker 1: like if you have one of those three close to you,

725
00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:14,440
Speaker 1: you're going to save money by going there. And these

726
00:32:14,440 --> 00:32:16,280
Speaker 1: stores they don't even have to play the coupon game.

727
00:32:16,320 --> 00:32:18,480
Speaker 1: They don't really get into it at all, largely because

728
00:32:18,480 --> 00:32:21,880
Speaker 1: their prices are so incredibly low already. But just changing

729
00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:25,000
Speaker 1: this one part of the grocery equation in your life,

730
00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:27,240
Speaker 1: you could claw back a huge percentage of your grocery

731
00:32:27,240 --> 00:32:30,920
Speaker 1: budget seemingly overnight. And even when you compare a list

732
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Speaker 1: of basic items between Aldi and Walmart, Walmart, which prides

733
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Speaker 1: themselves on low prices, they're known for low prices. If

734
00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:40,320
Speaker 1: you compare Walmart to Aldi, Aldi wins by a landslide.

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00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:43,160
Speaker 1: Even still, yeah, even still, even though Walmart is cheaper

736
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Speaker 1: than a lot of the alternatives. All they's cheaper than them,

737
00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:47,280
Speaker 1: And it wouldn't be outrageous to see something like a

738
00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:49,959
Speaker 1: twenty percent reduction and what you're spending each month just

739
00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:52,280
Speaker 1: by doing this one thing. And if you're shopping at

740
00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:55,280
Speaker 1: Whole Foods, you're going to see an even bigger discount

741
00:32:55,400 --> 00:32:57,320
Speaker 1: in what you're spending if you moved to Aldi, Yes, right,

742
00:32:57,440 --> 00:33:00,560
Speaker 1: but simultaneously there might be some items that you can't

743
00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:02,480
Speaker 1: get at Aldi that you would you know that you

744
00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:05,720
Speaker 1: might have to go to Walmart. Four But you mentioned

745
00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:09,200
Speaker 1: twenty percent, dude. Back when we before the Aldi near

746
00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:11,960
Speaker 1: us had opened up, we were doing like the majority

747
00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:14,760
Speaker 1: of our grocery shopping at Kroger. And once we started

748
00:33:14,800 --> 00:33:18,280
Speaker 1: shopping at Aldi, literally overnight, we saw a thirty percent

749
00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:22,000
Speaker 1: reduction in our grocery budgets. Like it literally felt like

750
00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:24,960
Speaker 1: magic because we weren't even necessarily trying to reduce how

751
00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:27,240
Speaker 1: much we were spending. We just switched where it was

752
00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:30,600
Speaker 1: that we were shopping. We saw a massive decline. That's

753
00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:33,000
Speaker 1: like it really is like the easiest thing to do.

754
00:33:33,040 --> 00:33:35,200
Speaker 1: There's all these little ways. It really eat around the edges.

755
00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:37,080
Speaker 1: It's the easy button. But that's the easy button to

756
00:33:37,080 --> 00:33:39,040
Speaker 1: save the because it is. But we were kind of

757
00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:42,360
Speaker 1: talking about Walmart and how they certainly have more options

758
00:33:42,440 --> 00:33:45,400
Speaker 1: than Aldi. The trade offs of stores like letal like

759
00:33:45,560 --> 00:33:48,080
Speaker 1: Aldi are that you're going to have fewer options and

760
00:33:48,120 --> 00:33:50,400
Speaker 1: so ins. Instead of their being like eighty two ketchup

761
00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:51,880
Speaker 1: bottles that you can you can pick from, you're going

762
00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:54,200
Speaker 1: to only have like one, maybe two if you're lucky,

763
00:33:54,560 --> 00:33:56,440
Speaker 1: And we actually kind of see this as a plus.

764
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Speaker 1: But also, your grocery trips are going to be shorter

765
00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:01,000
Speaker 1: just because of the food print of these stores are

766
00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:03,000
Speaker 1: going to be smaller, and you're not gonna have to

767
00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:05,719
Speaker 1: spend as much time comparing the unit prices between all

768
00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:08,000
Speaker 1: those different varieties of this you know, exact same thing.

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Speaker 1: And you know, we get that this is not for

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00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:13,560
Speaker 1: everyone out there, but if you haven't tried some of

771
00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:17,680
Speaker 1: the discount grocery stores like Aldi, like Leedle, and you

772
00:34:17,719 --> 00:34:20,120
Speaker 1: are looking to trim your grocery budget, then you have

773
00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:22,600
Speaker 1: got to at least give us one a shot. Yeah,

774
00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:24,560
Speaker 1: So not only are you gonna save money at those

775
00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:27,200
Speaker 1: discount grocers, but also you're gonna spend less time, which

776
00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:30,120
Speaker 1: sounds nice too. And plagues out In reality, man, my

777
00:34:30,160 --> 00:34:33,600
Speaker 1: trips to Leedle are quicker, although in all these the

778
00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:36,520
Speaker 1: little parts for the kids and so I did take

779
00:34:36,520 --> 00:34:38,960
Speaker 1: a little longer. Letals are bigger, dude, like leaders are

780
00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:42,040
Speaker 1: twice as I bet on average. If there's any sort

781
00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:45,120
Speaker 1: of research out there, the size of still much smaller

782
00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:47,759
Speaker 1: than Kroger, way smaller than Costco. But I mean I

783
00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:50,040
Speaker 1: used to pride myself and being able to literally get

784
00:34:50,080 --> 00:34:52,080
Speaker 1: in and out of an Aldi with a thing of

785
00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:54,920
Speaker 1: milk and eggs in like ninety secs because they're just

786
00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:56,799
Speaker 1: they're so quick at the register and it's so easy

787
00:34:56,840 --> 00:34:58,360
Speaker 1: to get back there to the cool they really are.

788
00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:00,160
Speaker 1: I will say that all the people are working, all

789
00:35:00,239 --> 00:35:02,279
Speaker 1: are incredible. They know what I want. They have fewer people,

790
00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:03,759
Speaker 1: they get out of there as fast as possible, but

791
00:35:03,920 --> 00:35:06,279
Speaker 1: they pay them more and they like they crush it

792
00:35:06,360 --> 00:35:08,520
Speaker 1: so well. Okay, something else though on that front, like

793
00:35:08,560 --> 00:35:10,520
Speaker 1: it's not just a major discount, so you can check

794
00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:13,520
Speaker 1: out there are also like smaller independent discount stores and

795
00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:16,680
Speaker 1: you can find one near you at a site like

796
00:35:16,880 --> 00:35:20,600
Speaker 1: buy Salvage food dot com and Matt there's one thirty

797
00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:23,000
Speaker 1: minutes from us. I haven't been there yet because it's

798
00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:25,480
Speaker 1: thirty minutes from us. It's not four minutes away like

799
00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:28,160
Speaker 1: the grocery store I typically go to, but it's it's

800
00:35:28,200 --> 00:35:30,680
Speaker 1: one that I want to go to because they're they're

801
00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:34,520
Speaker 1: selling kind of salvage dented, secondhand food items, but it's

802
00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:36,480
Speaker 1: still good food and they're selling it for a whole

803
00:35:36,520 --> 00:35:38,880
Speaker 1: lot less. And yeah, so we'll put a link to

804
00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:40,320
Speaker 1: that one in the show notes. But it's one that

805
00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:43,000
Speaker 1: you can totally check, like check out find if there's

806
00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:45,120
Speaker 1: one within five or ten minutes of you. It might

807
00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:46,520
Speaker 1: save you a ton of money by going to one

808
00:35:46,520 --> 00:35:50,520
Speaker 1: of these stores that's not doesn't have a nationally recognized name,

809
00:35:51,040 --> 00:35:53,040
Speaker 1: but you can you know they've got great prices that

810
00:35:53,080 --> 00:35:56,000
Speaker 1: are gonna save you money. Misfit Market is kind of

811
00:35:56,080 --> 00:35:59,480
Speaker 1: the modern version of these independent discount stores as well.

812
00:36:00,239 --> 00:36:02,200
Speaker 1: You know that you would find on that by Salvage website.

813
00:36:02,320 --> 00:36:04,640
Speaker 1: They've got lots of organic items as well. I just

814
00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:06,879
Speaker 1: signed up. I'm gonna give this one a chance. I've

815
00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:09,720
Speaker 1: I've never given it ago yet, but like it's basically

816
00:36:10,840 --> 00:36:13,960
Speaker 1: giving you access to nice foods and a discount that

817
00:36:14,040 --> 00:36:16,600
Speaker 1: they will shift directly to your door. Very cool, and

818
00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:19,680
Speaker 1: if you are not interested in the mega discounters or

819
00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:22,040
Speaker 1: in trying a new service like that. Don't forget about

820
00:36:22,239 --> 00:36:24,200
Speaker 1: one of the easiest ways to save at the grocery store,

821
00:36:24,239 --> 00:36:27,799
Speaker 1: which is buying store brands. Name brand items are going

822
00:36:27,840 --> 00:36:30,000
Speaker 1: to crush your grocery bild most of the time. Trader

823
00:36:30,080 --> 00:36:31,680
Speaker 1: Joe's and Costco they have some of the best store

824
00:36:31,719 --> 00:36:34,200
Speaker 1: brands in my opinion. I feel like Trader Joe's in particularly,

825
00:36:34,200 --> 00:36:36,560
Speaker 1: they've got they've got certain items that have a cult

826
00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:39,839
Speaker 1: light follow. Yeah, although did you do we talk about

827
00:36:39,880 --> 00:36:43,320
Speaker 1: the lead and cadmium and Dart chocolate, we haven't some

828
00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:45,839
Speaker 1: of the Trader Joe's dark chocolates are on the list

829
00:36:45,880 --> 00:36:48,440
Speaker 1: of like high Well, it's a lot of the dark chocolates, right,

830
00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:50,919
Speaker 1: it is, But maybe we'll link to that story as well.

831
00:36:51,680 --> 00:36:53,480
Speaker 1: But there are some certainly some ones out there that

832
00:36:53,520 --> 00:36:56,040
Speaker 1: are a little bit safer if you like to eat

833
00:36:56,040 --> 00:36:58,120
Speaker 1: a little bit of Dart chocolate every day. It's funny

834
00:36:58,120 --> 00:36:59,759
Speaker 1: because you talk about how like there's certain things like

835
00:36:59,840 --> 00:37:02,120
Speaker 1: dark chocolate that are good for your health. They got

836
00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:04,080
Speaker 1: those flavonoids and all that kind of action going on,

837
00:37:04,239 --> 00:37:06,360
Speaker 1: But you can't. You never want to overdo it in

838
00:37:06,560 --> 00:37:09,239
Speaker 1: any one area before it like turns around and like bites.

839
00:37:09,239 --> 00:37:11,360
Speaker 1: You know, by the way, flavonoids totally sounds like a

840
00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:14,160
Speaker 1: word you just made up. Maybe I did. I'm pretty

841
00:37:14,200 --> 00:37:17,440
Speaker 1: sure that's a real word. But we're talking about name

842
00:37:17,480 --> 00:37:20,839
Speaker 1: brands and data from Consumer Reports they say that store

843
00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:25,000
Speaker 1: brands cost between five and seventy two percent less than

844
00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:28,799
Speaker 1: their name brand counterparts. And actually when Consumer Reports, when

845
00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:31,480
Speaker 1: they ran a taste test, they found that seventy six

846
00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:34,759
Speaker 1: percent of store brand products tasted just as good as

847
00:37:34,840 --> 00:37:37,520
Speaker 1: the name brand. So we wanted to mention that because

848
00:37:37,640 --> 00:37:41,400
Speaker 1: maybe you're you're being name brand loyal for no reason.

849
00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:43,640
Speaker 1: And while we're talking about some of these different stores

850
00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:45,719
Speaker 1: as well, I want to give Costco a little more

851
00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:48,520
Speaker 1: love since, in particular for our family, there are latest

852
00:37:48,640 --> 00:37:52,000
Speaker 1: store that is certainly getting more of our dollars. But

853
00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:55,440
Speaker 1: the ability to buy bulk is huge. And when you're

854
00:37:55,560 --> 00:37:58,120
Speaker 1: used to buying small packs of stuff at some stores,

855
00:37:58,160 --> 00:37:59,520
Speaker 1: but then you can go to a store like Costco

856
00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:02,480
Speaker 1: and buy a massive, double or triple pack of something,

857
00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:06,320
Speaker 1: there is serious savings involved there, whether it's chicken thighs

858
00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:09,920
Speaker 1: or whether it's like a giant thing of rice, or

859
00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:13,120
Speaker 1: giant thing of oil. But what's key, and this kind

860
00:38:13,120 --> 00:38:15,319
Speaker 1: of speaks to like the waist side of things. What's

861
00:38:15,360 --> 00:38:17,319
Speaker 1: key is to when you get home to break those

862
00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:19,399
Speaker 1: things down. And so if we're talking like we're talking

863
00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:21,480
Speaker 1: about chicken thighs, like literally take them out of the

864
00:38:21,520 --> 00:38:23,719
Speaker 1: packaging and just go ahead and package of those into

865
00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:26,480
Speaker 1: like ziplock bags of portion sizes that you know that

866
00:38:26,520 --> 00:38:28,840
Speaker 1: you will typically cook with same thing with like oil,

867
00:38:28,880 --> 00:38:30,840
Speaker 1: because like at Costco they got like that, I don't know,

868
00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:32,640
Speaker 1: it's like a gallon and a half container thing of

869
00:38:32,680 --> 00:38:34,480
Speaker 1: olive oil. And you think, how the heck am I

870
00:38:34,480 --> 00:38:36,879
Speaker 1: supposed to cook with that? Well, you don't. You take

871
00:38:36,920 --> 00:38:39,680
Speaker 1: that home and fill up your little small oil bottle

872
00:38:39,719 --> 00:38:41,279
Speaker 1: that you keep next to your stove, and you're gonna

873
00:38:41,280 --> 00:38:43,279
Speaker 1: fry up some eggs. There are things like you buy

874
00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:45,279
Speaker 1: a bulk in order to save, but then you break

875
00:38:45,320 --> 00:38:47,759
Speaker 1: it down in order to actually use those things and

876
00:38:48,080 --> 00:38:50,040
Speaker 1: not let them go to waste. Ye no, I like that,

877
00:38:50,160 --> 00:38:53,359
Speaker 1: all right, Matt. We've got more grocery store saving tips

878
00:38:53,400 --> 00:38:55,960
Speaker 1: that we want to get to, including like apps they

879
00:38:55,960 --> 00:38:57,799
Speaker 1: can help be saved. We'll talk about that. And there

880
00:38:57,800 --> 00:38:59,200
Speaker 1: are a couple others will get to as well. We'll

881
00:38:59,239 --> 00:39:10,359
Speaker 1: get to those right for this all right, we are

882
00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:12,440
Speaker 1: still talking about some of the different ways that you

883
00:39:12,480 --> 00:39:15,120
Speaker 1: can butcher your grocery bill. Joel, do you do you

884
00:39:15,160 --> 00:39:17,000
Speaker 1: think that folks are getting hungry as we're sitting here

885
00:39:17,120 --> 00:39:19,879
Speaker 1: talking about all the different kind of money. They probably

886
00:39:19,920 --> 00:39:22,000
Speaker 1: want to taste your like pork and panatas or whatever

887
00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:25,839
Speaker 1: it was that you were making fizzole. It's like Mexican soup.

888
00:39:26,600 --> 00:39:28,400
Speaker 1: But let's kind of tackle some I guess some of

889
00:39:28,480 --> 00:39:32,240
Speaker 1: these more actionable practical tips that we've got for folks

890
00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:35,000
Speaker 1: in order to reduce the grocery bild, and one of

891
00:39:35,040 --> 00:39:38,400
Speaker 1: those is to avoid processed foods. The old maximum of

892
00:39:38,440 --> 00:39:40,799
Speaker 1: shopping around the periphery of the grocery store is pretty

893
00:39:40,800 --> 00:39:43,319
Speaker 1: accurate because that is where you're gonna find fruits and veggies.

894
00:39:43,360 --> 00:39:45,200
Speaker 1: That's what we're gonna find the meat and the eggs,

895
00:39:45,560 --> 00:39:47,440
Speaker 1: the milk. Right, Like, what we're talking about here is

896
00:39:47,520 --> 00:39:52,120
Speaker 1: real foods as opposed to potato chips, the cookies, candy,

897
00:39:52,600 --> 00:39:55,919
Speaker 1: pre prepared foods. And I'm saying those totinos pizzas aren't

898
00:39:55,920 --> 00:39:58,680
Speaker 1: good for me, Matt. They don't count, man, And those

899
00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:00,319
Speaker 1: often aren't going to be as good for you right

900
00:40:00,440 --> 00:40:02,399
Speaker 1: or as feeling, and so we want to encourage folks

901
00:40:02,480 --> 00:40:06,640
Speaker 1: to eat real foods whenever you can. You are your

902
00:40:06,680 --> 00:40:09,279
Speaker 1: own person, so you can eat whatever you want. We're

903
00:40:09,320 --> 00:40:13,920
Speaker 1: not your mom. But by eating eating these whole real foods,

904
00:40:14,239 --> 00:40:15,680
Speaker 1: it's going to be better for you. It's gonna help

905
00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:18,080
Speaker 1: your waistline, it'll help your like what you're spending on

906
00:40:18,160 --> 00:40:22,360
Speaker 1: groceries as well, not just processed foods, but the ability

907
00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:25,319
Speaker 1: to avoid processed drinks as well. I think that's an

908
00:40:25,400 --> 00:40:26,920
Speaker 1: area where a lot of folks can say of like

909
00:40:27,200 --> 00:40:31,279
Speaker 1: juices and spending money on coke sunny d These are

910
00:40:31,520 --> 00:40:34,359
Speaker 1: I mean, for one, they're empty calories, but too like man,

911
00:40:34,440 --> 00:40:37,640
Speaker 1: those things, these things are loaded with sugar, and you

912
00:40:37,680 --> 00:40:40,280
Speaker 1: don't necessarily need to be spending your money on that. Again,

913
00:40:40,440 --> 00:40:42,960
Speaker 1: you are you're You're an adult. You do what you

914
00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:44,400
Speaker 1: want to do. And I know this is coming from

915
00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:46,600
Speaker 1: the dude who likes They always hear me talking about

916
00:40:46,640 --> 00:40:48,279
Speaker 1: how my beer, Oh I should have had a little

917
00:40:48,280 --> 00:40:50,439
Speaker 1: more sugar. Yeah, I get it, like I like things

918
00:40:50,480 --> 00:40:52,279
Speaker 1: to be a little bit sweet, but I'm owning it,

919
00:40:52,400 --> 00:40:54,920
Speaker 1: you know, Like craft beer, it's my craft beer equivalent. Right,

920
00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:58,759
Speaker 1: I'm willing to spend money that isn't necessarily helping my

921
00:40:58,840 --> 00:41:01,319
Speaker 1: health because I really enjoy ways. If you really love

922
00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:04,000
Speaker 1: sunny dijol, you buy that sunny d but don't think

923
00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:07,480
Speaker 1: you're necessarily buying groceries with it. I'm sure. Yeah, yeah,

924
00:41:07,560 --> 00:41:09,920
Speaker 1: those are the kind of expenditures you're right, that are.

925
00:41:10,320 --> 00:41:12,920
Speaker 1: It's you're getting calories, but you're not necessarily getting the

926
00:41:12,960 --> 00:41:15,160
Speaker 1: good kind, getting the feeling stuff exactly. Well. On that note,

927
00:41:15,200 --> 00:41:17,600
Speaker 1: like should people buy organics, I think that's another question

928
00:41:17,640 --> 00:41:21,080
Speaker 1: that people have because organics are certainly more expensive, and

929
00:41:21,160 --> 00:41:23,200
Speaker 1: different folks have different priorities on this front too, So

930
00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:26,000
Speaker 1: we're not trying to be uber prescriptive here, but the

931
00:41:26,239 --> 00:41:29,719
Speaker 1: price gap between organics and non it often depends on

932
00:41:29,840 --> 00:41:32,879
Speaker 1: this specific item, right, Because organic eggs, they're not much

933
00:41:32,960 --> 00:41:36,360
Speaker 1: more than regular ones at costco organic milk, it feels

934
00:41:36,400 --> 00:41:38,640
Speaker 1: like it's like twice as expensive, if not more, it's

935
00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:40,600
Speaker 1: a bit more. So, Yeah, it depends on what your

936
00:41:40,640 --> 00:41:42,759
Speaker 1: priorities are, and you might say, yeah, cool, I'm like me,

937
00:41:43,239 --> 00:41:46,200
Speaker 1: I don't mind spending a dollar more for the organic eggs,

938
00:41:46,239 --> 00:41:48,440
Speaker 1: but I'm not going to spend six dollars more for

939
00:41:48,800 --> 00:41:51,360
Speaker 1: the organic milk, and so yeah, this is another example

940
00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:53,520
Speaker 1: of how where you shop play such a massive role

941
00:41:53,560 --> 00:41:56,360
Speaker 1: in how much you spend because Walmart is the largest

942
00:41:56,480 --> 00:41:59,200
Speaker 1: organic retailer in existence, and their prices are going to

943
00:41:59,200 --> 00:42:01,760
Speaker 1: be much more afford then a whole Foods, for example.

944
00:42:02,040 --> 00:42:03,960
Speaker 1: But you know, we can all make different trade offs

945
00:42:03,960 --> 00:42:05,800
Speaker 1: at different stages of our lives as we have different

946
00:42:05,840 --> 00:42:09,040
Speaker 1: amounts of disposable income specifically to spend on food. And

947
00:42:09,320 --> 00:42:12,000
Speaker 1: for some you might prioritize cost over everything else, so

948
00:42:12,080 --> 00:42:14,000
Speaker 1: you might say no to organic at every turn. But

949
00:42:14,360 --> 00:42:16,840
Speaker 1: there are ways to buy affordable organic products too. I

950
00:42:16,880 --> 00:42:18,880
Speaker 1: think that deserves to be mentioned. And there are a

951
00:42:18,880 --> 00:42:21,320
Speaker 1: lot of people who just prioritize that strongly for like

952
00:42:21,480 --> 00:42:23,080
Speaker 1: everything they buy. And there are other people who say,

953
00:42:23,200 --> 00:42:24,920
Speaker 1: I'm gonna pick and choose the organics I want to

954
00:42:24,920 --> 00:42:26,759
Speaker 1: bring into my life. But I think it's possible to

955
00:42:26,840 --> 00:42:30,799
Speaker 1: do the organic thing without completely breaking your budget. That's right, Yeah,

956
00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:33,680
Speaker 1: Costco that's where you buy your organic toilet paper, only

957
00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:36,759
Speaker 1: the finale for your tush. Another tip is we would

958
00:42:36,760 --> 00:42:39,479
Speaker 1: recommend for folks to use the right credit card. We've

959
00:42:39,560 --> 00:42:42,359
Speaker 1: recently talked about this, but the American Express Blue Cash

960
00:42:42,480 --> 00:42:45,719
Speaker 1: Preferred will snag you six percent cash back at the

961
00:42:45,760 --> 00:42:48,520
Speaker 1: grocery store on up to six thousand dollars of expenses

962
00:42:48,560 --> 00:42:51,560
Speaker 1: a year. And man, speaking of all d again, when

963
00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:54,040
Speaker 1: they started taking credit cards a few years back, the

964
00:42:54,200 --> 00:42:58,359
Speaker 1: choir of angels we're singing it might still remember that day.

965
00:42:58,440 --> 00:43:00,560
Speaker 1: It was such a big stinking deal because, like, that's

966
00:43:00,560 --> 00:43:02,920
Speaker 1: an extra six percent I'm saving on all groceries from

967
00:43:02,960 --> 00:43:04,560
Speaker 1: here on out. It was the only place I was

968
00:43:04,640 --> 00:43:07,080
Speaker 1: using my stupid debit card. Yes, every single it was

969
00:43:07,120 --> 00:43:09,040
Speaker 1: like literally the only place I used a debit card too.

970
00:43:09,160 --> 00:43:10,759
Speaker 1: I don't think I've pulled that thing out ever since.

971
00:43:12,160 --> 00:43:14,000
Speaker 1: But being able to shop with this card is going

972
00:43:14,040 --> 00:43:17,400
Speaker 1: to mean that they're already low prices. If you use

973
00:43:17,480 --> 00:43:19,880
Speaker 1: that card, they're going to get six percent better overnight,

974
00:43:19,960 --> 00:43:22,719
Speaker 1: like instantly. But of course, only use this card or

975
00:43:22,840 --> 00:43:25,160
Speaker 1: any credit card, like we discussed last week, if you

976
00:43:25,239 --> 00:43:28,239
Speaker 1: can pay that bill off on time and in full

977
00:43:28,320 --> 00:43:30,880
Speaker 1: every month. But if we're talking about easy ways to

978
00:43:31,040 --> 00:43:34,160
Speaker 1: save more money on groceries, this is certainly one of them.

979
00:43:34,680 --> 00:43:36,920
Speaker 1: And you can get the annual fee wave for the

980
00:43:36,960 --> 00:43:39,479
Speaker 1: first year right now. In addition to that, two hundred

981
00:43:39,480 --> 00:43:41,719
Speaker 1: and fifty dollars sign up Bonus will make sure to

982
00:43:41,960 --> 00:43:45,160
Speaker 1: link to that card in the show notes for this episode,

983
00:43:45,280 --> 00:43:48,160
Speaker 1: for sure. That's the one that both of us use weekly,

984
00:43:48,360 --> 00:43:50,680
Speaker 1: for sure. Yeah, and okay, so what about apps that

985
00:43:50,880 --> 00:43:53,160
Speaker 1: help you save two And we've talked about the actual

986
00:43:53,200 --> 00:43:56,319
Speaker 1: proprietary apps that the grocery stores have themselves. Almost every

987
00:43:56,320 --> 00:43:58,760
Speaker 1: grocery store has their own app, and you can download

988
00:43:58,800 --> 00:44:00,879
Speaker 1: that and find ways to save there, which I think

989
00:44:00,960 --> 00:44:03,600
Speaker 1: is good. When you buy into their ecosystem, they offer

990
00:44:03,680 --> 00:44:07,000
Speaker 1: you extra perks, and that's great. You should totally do that.

991
00:44:07,080 --> 00:44:08,799
Speaker 1: But there are other third party apps that are worth

992
00:44:08,880 --> 00:44:12,279
Speaker 1: considering too. Flash Food is a new one, at least

993
00:44:12,320 --> 00:44:14,760
Speaker 1: one that I hadn't heard of until recently, that offers

994
00:44:14,960 --> 00:44:17,520
Speaker 1: significant discounts, at least in some parts of the country

995
00:44:17,840 --> 00:44:20,400
Speaker 1: for buying items from grocery stores that are just about

996
00:44:20,440 --> 00:44:22,920
Speaker 1: to expire. So that's kind of cool. You're kind of

997
00:44:23,320 --> 00:44:25,560
Speaker 1: preventing something from going into the landfill, and you're getting

998
00:44:25,560 --> 00:44:28,040
Speaker 1: a sweet discount at the same time. I like that one.

999
00:44:28,160 --> 00:44:30,440
Speaker 1: I look to see if it was available here near

1000
00:44:30,480 --> 00:44:34,040
Speaker 1: where we live. Matt sadly no, but maybe soon, maybe soon.

1001
00:44:34,320 --> 00:44:37,240
Speaker 1: But Ibota is probably one of the best known apps

1002
00:44:37,320 --> 00:44:39,840
Speaker 1: that will earn you cash back for taking a picture

1003
00:44:39,920 --> 00:44:41,640
Speaker 1: of your receipt after you check out. You gotta jump

1004
00:44:41,680 --> 00:44:43,560
Speaker 1: through a couple of hoops. But these can be kind

1005
00:44:43,600 --> 00:44:45,640
Speaker 1: of like, you know, the coupons we talked about earlier.

1006
00:44:45,920 --> 00:44:49,480
Speaker 1: They might be easier than going out there and pecking

1007
00:44:49,560 --> 00:44:52,160
Speaker 1: and hunting for coupons to use at the grocery store,

1008
00:44:52,360 --> 00:44:54,480
Speaker 1: but they also might not be worth the hassle. But

1009
00:44:54,560 --> 00:44:56,479
Speaker 1: it's at least worth looking into. You know, some people

1010
00:44:56,560 --> 00:44:58,640
Speaker 1: swear by apps like I boughta and they say they

1011
00:44:58,680 --> 00:45:01,319
Speaker 1: save they get tough to cash back just by kind

1012
00:45:01,320 --> 00:45:04,080
Speaker 1: of doing the shopping they normally do. But so much

1013
00:45:04,200 --> 00:45:07,799
Speaker 1: really comes down to you, how you shop and how

1014
00:45:07,880 --> 00:45:11,319
Speaker 1: annoyed you get by these apps trying to like having

1015
00:45:11,360 --> 00:45:13,719
Speaker 1: to constantly interact with them. That's true. All right. Let's

1016
00:45:13,760 --> 00:45:17,120
Speaker 1: get to the most dadlike advice that we can offer

1017
00:45:17,280 --> 00:45:19,880
Speaker 1: when it comes to saving more on groceries, and this

1018
00:45:20,160 --> 00:45:23,919
Speaker 1: advice is to eat what you've got. And yes, again,

1019
00:45:23,920 --> 00:45:26,839
Speaker 1: I want a clean plate out there, folks, Happy plate Club.

1020
00:45:27,040 --> 00:45:28,360
Speaker 1: Did y'all ever do that? I know a lot of

1021
00:45:28,400 --> 00:45:31,720
Speaker 1: folks do the Happy Place sometimes, but you know, definitely

1022
00:45:31,760 --> 00:45:33,920
Speaker 1: each your leftovers, of course, but this also means that

1023
00:45:33,960 --> 00:45:36,440
Speaker 1: you should be cleaning out your pantry or your fridge

1024
00:45:37,239 --> 00:45:40,320
Speaker 1: or your freezer. Super cook this is a cool site

1025
00:45:40,640 --> 00:45:43,360
Speaker 1: that can help you to create a recipe based on

1026
00:45:43,400 --> 00:45:45,680
Speaker 1: the items that you have on hand. Of course, if

1027
00:45:45,719 --> 00:45:48,120
Speaker 1: it's just cookies, right, like if you just got oreos

1028
00:45:48,160 --> 00:45:51,120
Speaker 1: and some burritos and like a random chicken thigh, you're

1029
00:45:51,160 --> 00:45:53,600
Speaker 1: gonna have a tough time. Would be really interesting meal,

1030
00:45:53,640 --> 00:45:56,360
Speaker 1: though most likely hopefully you make a crumble and bake it.

1031
00:45:56,680 --> 00:45:58,440
Speaker 1: Bake that chicken thigh in it over. You're not down

1032
00:45:58,520 --> 00:46:01,120
Speaker 1: to like the drugs to the point, but it's smart

1033
00:46:01,320 --> 00:46:03,040
Speaker 1: I think to make this a game like that, right

1034
00:46:03,040 --> 00:46:06,040
Speaker 1: because if you're aiming high and an attempt to keep

1035
00:46:06,080 --> 00:46:08,319
Speaker 1: your grocery budget low, we'll trying to make meals out

1036
00:46:08,320 --> 00:46:09,880
Speaker 1: of what you've got on hand. Is a way to

1037
00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:12,440
Speaker 1: gamify things in order to stretch your budget. There's a

1038
00:46:12,480 --> 00:46:15,040
Speaker 1: lot of Oftentimes you'll see different folks taking on the

1039
00:46:15,160 --> 00:46:17,840
Speaker 1: challenge of like just only eating out of your pantry

1040
00:46:18,160 --> 00:46:20,239
Speaker 1: or you're cupboard where you're only allowed to go to

1041
00:46:20,280 --> 00:46:22,480
Speaker 1: the grocery store for like for fresh veggies or milk

1042
00:46:22,520 --> 00:46:25,600
Speaker 1: and eggs, right, but a, of course, we do want

1043
00:46:25,640 --> 00:46:28,080
Speaker 1: you to eat healthy, balanced meals. But I think there's

1044
00:46:28,120 --> 00:46:30,000
Speaker 1: a way that we could also challenge ourselves to not

1045
00:46:30,680 --> 00:46:33,839
Speaker 1: buy more of the non perishables that are already lining

1046
00:46:33,880 --> 00:46:36,759
Speaker 1: the shelves of our pintry. All right, So another last

1047
00:46:36,800 --> 00:46:39,279
Speaker 1: suggestion would be just to eat less in general. And

1048
00:46:40,040 --> 00:46:42,160
Speaker 1: I think we get especially when we want to eat.

1049
00:46:42,200 --> 00:46:45,120
Speaker 1: Think about the portion sizes. When you go out to

1050
00:46:45,160 --> 00:46:48,160
Speaker 1: eat in a foreign country, you don't get portions that big.

1051
00:46:48,800 --> 00:46:50,719
Speaker 1: But for some reason here in the States, we just

1052
00:46:50,840 --> 00:46:52,960
Speaker 1: have just something in ore, and if it's on our plate,

1053
00:46:53,040 --> 00:46:55,080
Speaker 1: we just assume that's what we're supposed to eat, and

1054
00:46:55,160 --> 00:46:56,920
Speaker 1: so we do. And so a lot of us are

1055
00:46:57,000 --> 00:46:59,680
Speaker 1: just eating more than we actually should, and it's led

1056
00:46:59,680 --> 00:47:02,880
Speaker 1: to us becoming a pretty fat and overweight nation. In reality,

1057
00:47:03,120 --> 00:47:05,680
Speaker 1: the latest data reports to something like forty two percent

1058
00:47:05,719 --> 00:47:08,399
Speaker 1: of US adults are considered to be medically obese. Yeah,

1059
00:47:08,480 --> 00:47:11,800
Speaker 1: nearly half of which tragic, all adults tragic, because not

1060
00:47:11,960 --> 00:47:16,120
Speaker 1: only is that expanding your food budget, it's just massively

1061
00:47:16,160 --> 00:47:18,920
Speaker 1: harmful to your health. And now we're like prescribing drugs

1062
00:47:19,960 --> 00:47:22,640
Speaker 1: to help kuro Obesi instead of making a national push

1063
00:47:22,680 --> 00:47:26,040
Speaker 1: towards changing habits which would lead to healthier outcomes. I

1064
00:47:26,120 --> 00:47:29,840
Speaker 1: think so, yeah, it's just eating less in general and

1065
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Speaker 1: eating healthier whole food's kind of like you talked about earlier, man,

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Speaker 1: instead of eating a lot of the process craft that

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00:47:34,960 --> 00:47:36,560
Speaker 1: we normally get in the center of the grocery store.

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Speaker 1: That's going to make a big difference in how we

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Speaker 1: feel and how much we spend on money on food. Totally. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: And unfortunately I think it's it's sort of become taboo

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00:47:44,800 --> 00:47:47,600
Speaker 1: to say that, and we will acknowledge that, like genetics

1072
00:47:47,640 --> 00:47:49,760
Speaker 1: play role, right, Like not everybody can work out multiple

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00:47:49,800 --> 00:47:51,520
Speaker 1: times a week if they're looking to lose weight, but

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00:47:52,040 --> 00:47:54,600
Speaker 1: the ability to reduce how much we're consuming like that

1075
00:47:54,800 --> 00:47:57,520
Speaker 1: is something that is available to everybody, And it's just

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00:47:57,600 --> 00:47:59,600
Speaker 1: it's kind of crazy that that is not something that

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00:48:00,239 --> 00:48:02,800
Speaker 1: is talked about more not to mention and this is

1078
00:48:02,840 --> 00:48:05,600
Speaker 1: our whole angle. It also saves you money, and so

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00:48:06,000 --> 00:48:08,759
Speaker 1: for some reason it's become off limits, which I don't like, because, yeah,

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00:48:08,840 --> 00:48:11,520
Speaker 1: it's kind of something we've been able to talk about

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Speaker 1: openly for decades and decades and decades and hundreds and

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00:48:14,680 --> 00:48:16,400
Speaker 1: thousands of years. Yeah, and if you but if you

1083
00:48:16,520 --> 00:48:18,080
Speaker 1: if you make it off limits to talk about, then

1084
00:48:18,200 --> 00:48:20,399
Speaker 1: people can't receive the help they need. I think. Yeah,

1085
00:48:20,440 --> 00:48:22,680
Speaker 1: so bottom line groceries are a big line item in

1086
00:48:22,920 --> 00:48:25,320
Speaker 1: all of our lives. In the past year has certainly

1087
00:48:25,360 --> 00:48:28,640
Speaker 1: made shopping for food feel even worse because inflation, it's

1088
00:48:28,680 --> 00:48:31,680
Speaker 1: been a massive pain for everyone. Egg prices are actually

1089
00:48:31,760 --> 00:48:36,560
Speaker 1: coming down now, but they're still expensive. But the tactics

1090
00:48:36,719 --> 00:48:38,919
Speaker 1: that we mentioned today, if they're not going to stop

1091
00:48:39,000 --> 00:48:41,799
Speaker 1: the macroeconomic environment, but it can help you to take

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00:48:41,840 --> 00:48:44,560
Speaker 1: some more control over the expenses in your own life.

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Speaker 1: And you know, when this is with food and cooking,

1094
00:48:47,640 --> 00:48:49,719
Speaker 1: when that's something that you do multiple times a day,

1095
00:48:50,280 --> 00:48:51,800
Speaker 1: you may as well get good at it. Yeah, you

1096
00:48:51,840 --> 00:48:53,719
Speaker 1: know you're talking about breathing earlier. It kind of makes

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00:48:53,760 --> 00:48:56,640
Speaker 1: me think about driving, like that's something that most people

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00:48:56,719 --> 00:48:59,120
Speaker 1: do and there might be some folks who are better

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00:48:59,160 --> 00:49:00,959
Speaker 1: at it, who enjoy more, there might be some folks

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Speaker 1: who don't enjoy it as much, or there might be

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00:49:02,920 --> 00:49:04,800
Speaker 1: some folks who are terrible at it. But just because

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Speaker 1: if you were to say, though, well I'm just not

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00:49:07,080 --> 00:49:09,120
Speaker 1: good at it and you get in like a fender

1104
00:49:09,160 --> 00:49:11,320
Speaker 1: bender every single week, you don't just like throw in

1105
00:49:11,360 --> 00:49:13,960
Speaker 1: the towel and say I'm just not good at driving. No,

1106
00:49:14,080 --> 00:49:16,960
Speaker 1: like you take stetakeing ubers everywhere, you take steps to

1107
00:49:17,040 --> 00:49:19,840
Speaker 1: make sure that you turn into a better driver, right like,

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00:49:19,880 --> 00:49:23,720
Speaker 1: whether that's paying closer attention to the road, or driving slower,

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00:49:24,080 --> 00:49:26,279
Speaker 1: or finding different times of the day to get to

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00:49:26,360 --> 00:49:28,080
Speaker 1: where you need to go. There are steps at doing

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00:49:28,120 --> 00:49:32,640
Speaker 1: a coach but in a similar way. I feel similarly

1112
00:49:32,719 --> 00:49:36,160
Speaker 1: about food, you may as well learn how to do

1113
00:49:36,280 --> 00:49:38,560
Speaker 1: it well, you may as well enjoy it. And obviously

1114
00:49:39,040 --> 00:49:41,160
Speaker 1: along the way, by doing those things, you're going to

1115
00:49:41,239 --> 00:49:44,600
Speaker 1: find ways to make it more affordable, saving you money

1116
00:49:44,680 --> 00:49:47,320
Speaker 1: that you'll then be able to funnel into other areas

1117
00:49:47,560 --> 00:49:49,880
Speaker 1: of your life. For sure, all right, I agree, And

1118
00:49:49,960 --> 00:49:52,359
Speaker 1: so hopefully all of our listeners are able to cut

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00:49:52,400 --> 00:49:54,719
Speaker 1: back in big ways at the grocery store. And you know,

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Speaker 1: if you've got other grocery shopping tips we'd love to hear,

1121
00:49:57,600 --> 00:49:58,960
Speaker 1: you can always reach out to us where it had

1122
00:49:58,960 --> 00:50:01,279
Speaker 1: a money pott email dot Matt. Let's get back to

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Speaker 1: the beer that we had on this episode. This one

1124
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Speaker 1: was called Darkened. It's a barrel age sour brown ale

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Speaker 1: from upland Sour Ales in Bloomington, Indiana. What were your

1126
00:50:08,640 --> 00:50:10,040
Speaker 1: thoughts on this one, man? Yeah, I see on the

1127
00:50:10,080 --> 00:50:12,239
Speaker 1: back of a bottle here it says a blended work

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Speaker 1: of art. This was a really really interesting beer. So

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Speaker 1: it's a brown ale, but it was a sour brown.

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Speaker 1: What tasted like was then married with the spices from

1131
00:50:25,640 --> 00:50:28,600
Speaker 1: a Belgian quad, not the yeasts, right, So it doesn't

1132
00:50:28,680 --> 00:50:32,120
Speaker 1: have like that the sweetness that you get with Belgian

1133
00:50:32,200 --> 00:50:34,760
Speaker 1: beers that you get from the yeast, but it totally

1134
00:50:34,920 --> 00:50:37,160
Speaker 1: had the like the Belgian spices going on, and so

1135
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Speaker 1: it had the darker sour funk, but then it had

1136
00:50:41,080 --> 00:50:45,200
Speaker 1: these notes of like Christmas. It's almost like when you

1137
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Speaker 1: get a song stuck in your head and you're like, wait,

1138
00:50:46,920 --> 00:50:48,640
Speaker 1: why can't I get this? Like what is it about this?

1139
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Speaker 1: I feel like that's what this sort of had going

1140
00:50:50,719 --> 00:50:53,320
Speaker 1: on with those Baltian spices. Yes. On the back it

1141
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Speaker 1: says that it was kind of trying to imitate the

1142
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Speaker 1: ud Bruin style, which is like sour brown, right, which

1143
00:50:58,080 --> 00:51:01,520
Speaker 1: is a traditionally Belgian style sour and which I love

1144
00:51:01,640 --> 00:51:03,960
Speaker 1: in the style beer so much sense. But that being said,

1145
00:51:04,080 --> 00:51:07,480
Speaker 1: this had this is incredibly unique. Yeah, that very differently

1146
00:51:07,560 --> 00:51:09,399
Speaker 1: than a nude bruin. Well, of course, Americans, you don't

1147
00:51:09,400 --> 00:51:12,040
Speaker 1: like to shake it up, do things differently. So there's

1148
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Speaker 1: an American take on a Belgian style beer. And I

1149
00:51:14,920 --> 00:51:16,680
Speaker 1: really like, I really liked it. But you're right, it

1150
00:51:17,040 --> 00:51:20,239
Speaker 1: definitely had some different vibes and different spice action going on.

1151
00:51:20,840 --> 00:51:24,080
Speaker 1: But I mean, anytime someone says they're making an ude bruin, like,

1152
00:51:24,360 --> 00:51:26,360
Speaker 1: give it to me, I'm gonna take it. Anytime that

1153
00:51:26,520 --> 00:51:29,919
Speaker 1: there's somebody making a barrel aged yeah, anything. Yeah, the oak.

1154
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Speaker 1: The oak came through in a big way on this

1155
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Speaker 1: one too, for sure. So all right, that's gonna do

1156
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Speaker 1: it for this episode, though, Matt. For for folks who

1157
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Speaker 1: want links to some of the resources we mentioned, we

1158
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Speaker 1: mentioned a lot today specific apps and sites where you

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00:51:40,320 --> 00:51:42,719
Speaker 1: can go to save money on groceries, well we'll list

1160
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Speaker 1: all of those up on our site at howtmoney dot com.

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Speaker 1: And not only are the resources up there from this

1162
00:51:48,400 --> 00:51:50,960
Speaker 1: specific episode, but we've got a lot of new content

1163
00:51:51,120 --> 00:51:53,279
Speaker 1: up there on the site. We've got obviously the show notes,

1164
00:51:53,320 --> 00:51:56,279
Speaker 1: but just other articles other helpful content to the credit

1165
00:51:56,320 --> 00:51:59,480
Speaker 1: card tool. There are a ton of fantastic resources up

1166
00:51:59,520 --> 00:52:02,000
Speaker 1: there for you. So we wanted to mention those as well,

1167
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Speaker 1: but Joel, that's going to be it for this episode

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Speaker 1: until next time. Best Friends Out, Best Friends Out,