Cut Grocery Bills in Half!//30 Things to STOP Buying
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As food prices rise, it's very important to learn how to save money on groceries. You can easily cut your food budget in half. We show you 30 specific types of items you should avoid buying. We take you shopping and show you items we think you should avoid buying at the grocery store - and give you tips on how you can get the same products less expensively.
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I usually make almost all of my food from scratch, and don't buy packaged/premade meals. So this was completely shocking to watch you go up and down the aisles and hear you say how much those types of foods cost now. Holy cow, some of those prices were absolutely outrageous!!!
I thought the same. Crazy!
Me too.. I catch the dg Saturday sales for my soda.
I am only 2:00 into your video and NEVER buy pre-packaged cut up anything! Pineapple is one of my biggies. So easy to cut one up yourself and it will keep for 5+ days. Cost about $1.25. You have to be an absolute fool to buy any of those things! If you can’t use it up, partner with a friend or neighbor and share. Most of your advice is really common sense, but maybe it is in short supply.
Great messages here. The plastic packaging of those snack packs costs more than what's in them, and just ends up in land fill or choking local streams. When we buy basic ingredients in bulk and learn to make our own wholesome foods at home we're more creative, happier, healthier, and wealthier!
Oh how I agree with you! So well said ❤
I saw someone complaining because they only got ONE potato chip in a bag!🤔
These are great tips !! Love the squeaky cart!! I agree about snacks - buy a box of baggies and pack up your own snacks or use a reusable snack container. Also buying yogurt in large tub and portion out
My mom use to buy say 2 larger bags of chips and invest in some generic ziplock bags and make a lot more "snack bags" than we would have otherwise gotten.
It’s all junk food😊
I can’t believe that we’ve gotten to the point, where we actually have to educate people on this stuff. I was taught in home economics and by my parents and I’m only mid 50. Well, good you’re doing it. Hope they get off tik tok and listen to it.
My son is 41 and we were talking about high school curriculum the other day. We both think that home ec is essential in school as well as consumer math. Vocational school as well. All teach life skills for basics. When I was in jr high and high school, not everyone was blessed with parents who taught basic life skills to their children. By the time I hit college, I was really upset with myself for not taking typing and shorthand when I had the chance. We had typed papers to turn in. No computers like now
@@peggycushenwe had to move out practical teaching like home economics and shop classes for much more important stuff like common core, DEI, and gender studies.😢
i wish they taught home ec and budgeting in school. wood work too and mechanics class as well. even tho i homeschooled my children and that was part of their homeschool curriculum. i fully agree kids shuld go back to the basica and learn these lifes lessons. just my opinion
Tiktok is where we're learning these things you learned in home ec and from your parents.
Sorry but I'm single, don't have storage to buy the larger containers of things and wouldn't eat the larger containers of things before it went bad. Everyone has to do what they need to. Waiting to buy some seasonal items isn't a great idea because it probably won't be there after the holiday. Glad you can do this for you and your family.
Hi! I’m single too, and if I buy a whole watermelon and cut it up, it will spoil before I get it all eaten. But, I do scout all the mark-down areas in my favorite grocery store before looking at the regular aisles. I do buy a bunch of kale or spinach to chop for salads. Buying in bulk for perishable items is a no go because of the spoilage factor. But buying like the kale and spinach gives me 3-4 salads for up to 5 days and costs about $3. Buying the spring mix bags is $4 and is only good for 2-2.5 salads. I pinch pennies where I can. At my local fancy, pricy grocery store, they have a whole deli of hot prepared food and a huge salad bar. They also have a ‘foodie club’ that’s free to join, and has daily lunch specials. When the salad and hot bar is on special, I get poached salmon for $7/lb. That’s less than I can buy wild caught fresh salmon for, and it’s already cooked. To me, that’s a bargain of both price and convenience.
There's always stuff left over after the holidays!
@@Boertje247most of the items can be processed (chopped) and frozen, including watermelon. I can’t eat a sugar baby watermelon by myself so I freeze what I can’t and then use it as a blender drink when I want a cool-down
Blended watermelon is great when made into freezer pops as well.
I'm with you guys. As a single person there is no reason to buy big containers of most things. I even have trouble finishing a gallon of milk before it spoils. I don't like frozen then thawed milk because it tastes wrong so I just buy half gallons.
I do freeze 1/2 loaves of bread, and other perishable things that are too much for me to eat on my own.
I recently got some meal prep containers so I can build frozen dinners with leftovers or excess food. Frozen stuff, for me, is more appetizing when presented as a ready to eat meal.
The product that sends me into space is one serving pancake mix. All that packaging and cost for one serving !
Running a tight grocery budget takes strategic planning. I had 20.00 for this weeks groceries, so I'm just buying what I need for next weeks meals, That was butter, I bought 2 one to use one in the freezer, campbells mushroom soup and cream cheese was on sell 5 for 5. A bag of 11 chicken legs were 5.00 a bag, and a bag of onions. All in came to 17.80 for the week. Next week I know the paycheck will be short so there will only be 10.00 for groceries, then I'll get the celery and carrots. With that I can make a good chicken broth for home made noodles and with the cream of mushroom make chicken and rice. We have cans of veggies. We are not hurting for food, I'm trying to stretch what I do have to make it last us the longest amount of time possible. I don't believe prices are going to go down. What ever you do, don't waste anything.
Very good! That was amazing ❣️ To save more, make a flour, milk gravy instead of the cream soup.( I do use the soup a lot, also.) Or If I have milk that is at it's date, I will make homemade cream soup and freeze it in the same amount as a can and use it later in recipes. 😊❣️
We are right there with you. We've been reducing the grocery budget to use up items we have in the freezer and to save up money for our twice-a-year trip to buy bulk food at the Amish store. I've had to get pretty creative and prioritize exactly what is most important.
All good tips, except I only have one mouth to feed so most of these items would be enough for a month or more even if I don't buy the large size. My challenge is to eat it all before it goes bad! I save by only buying fresh whole fruit and vegetables, lean meat, small amounts of dairy and carbs. No pre-cut, prepared or prepackaged foods.
For vegetables, try pickling them. They will last in the refrigerator foe several months. Fruit I buy on sale and the cook and home can them - no sugar or pectin, so it's not jelly, just cooked fruit for desserts, ice cream, pancakes...
I LOVE how both of you find joy in the simplest things life has to offer. I want to have as much fun at a grocery store as you do. As a whole, anything that has a lot of packaging is off my list. It is awful for the environment, it is loaded with sodium and preservatives and I am paying for plastic and cardboard.
I found this enlightening as I do not buy 99% of the items you highlighted. I am a 78+ female and grew up eating Whole Foods, plus all from scratch. The prices they are asking is mind blowing! I tried to get my Aunt to share a recipe with me and had a difficult time as most of the ingredients were a pinch or a shake in her hand, I now just eye it and call it good😘
A zillion years ago now, I volunteered a fruit tray for a work event then the night before I dragged myself to the grocery store along with way too many other after work shoppers. I got it my mind that it would simply be easier to buy a prelared tray and when I got to the deli at that particular time the $14.99 veggie trays had gone up to $19.99 just in time for the holidays. That was enough to send me marching to the produce department to pick up veggies and the paper goods to pick up some foil just in case. I walked out with a good 3 to 5 times the produce as what was in the de,I tray and foil for under $15; this was a long time ago. Invigorated, I covered a jelly roll pan which is the cookie sheet with edges, in foil. I chopped, sliced, and cut veggies straight from the cutting board to the tray and used quart baggies for the extras. - Oh, and then I took home what ever left overs others didn't want, rinsed off any errant dip, chopped amd diced, amd tossed directly into the crock pot. I cleaned out the fridge into the crockpot, added some water and bullion, amd turned to low. In the morning, I unplugged the crock pot first thing,, took the lid off to aide in cooling, and put tje entire crock pot in the fridge on my way out the door. This was a processes I did for years after. Deviled eggs,a huge mixed fruit salad, amd triamgled orange pieces were other fuss free and frugal take-withs to holiday meals.
I'm a mom of 5 boys (and 1 girl). You are SOOOO right! "Throw up is never a magical surprise!" lol!!!
I never buy prepared cut vegetables or fruits just but the whole fruits and vegetables do your own thing ❤
It’s also not as sanitary if they haven’t washed the outside of the fruit
If they freeze it and sell…. You can do the same at home!!! It would amaze you what you can do if you think about it! When my children were at home. I never threw out any food!! I made TV dinners and we had a party night on weekends. They picked which one they wanted. Followed movie, pork, homemade root beer. Ice cream floats. Really I could go on and on. You made great points. I agree with you… I made homemade pizzas and all the neighborhood kids came to eat. The said could smell the pizza. Then they said please don’t tell mama that you didn’t invite me. The just knew they could come. Good old days!! Lol
U could never afford to feed the neighbor kids now
Even koolaid has sugar which is crazy pricey incl for baked goods
I know that a lot of those prices were crazy but.. I wonder how they would stack up against going to a Starbucks or any drive through? Might be another fun idea for those who aren’t quite as far along in their frugal journey ❤️
I mentioned this to my younger sister once... she lives alone and doesn't cook, so I told her to try buying the same meals but from the frozen isle instead of a drive through, I bet she'd save so much! Then the next step would be learning to cook XD
@@iamdelaplante When I was in graduate school (40 years ago, yikes), I would never buy frozen meals because they were expensive and I knew how to cook. However, at some point I realized that there were times when I didn't feel like cooking and then I ended up going out to eat. The frozen meals were a bargain compared to that, so I began to buy a few now and then. It worked out well.
I can answer that 😂 One of my daughters spends close $850 per month to feed her and her husband outside food. I bet it would only be about $500 if she would just zap stuff from the freezer isle. I feed 3 on about $400 per month and I'm forced into doing my shopping at an expensive store due to transportation limitations.
I was advised from my naturopathic doctor to avoid white flour/dairy and sugar. Plus I have been vegetarian for 40 years so my shopping for food has simplified and the expenses are very low 😊
Oh my gosh hilarious… I’m living for the commentary on that squeaky cart! You guys are so great. Excellent tips, and always so positive. Love it!
Opening store products and using them, then replacing them on the shelf is rude and it’s also stealing. There are other solutions to squeaky wheels…like go get another cart, like ask store staff to get wd20 and spray it…or deal with it…don’t take what’s not yours.
Stop by the baking isle.... spray PAM on the wheels......keep on rollin'....🤣
Great idea. Funny!!! 😂🤣
Not funny…that product is not yours…and I might be the person that pays full price for a used product. If it’s not yours…and it’s not until you pay for it…don’t do that…it’s a form of stealing! Shame on you for suggesting it and double shame for thinking that sort of thing is funny. Go get a cart, ask staff to get you another cart, ask staff to spray it with WD40…
Ha! I've done that before!!!! lolol
@@virginialangford6257You must be fun at parties
Hey from Nova Scotia Canada 🇨🇦! Just finished my longest teaching day! Looking forward to this video!
So glad you are joining us for the video. Congrats on getting through your long day. Our son is going into teaching. It's truly a calling.
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There’s a managers special at my grocery store in the produce aisle. I always check for fruits and veggies drastically reduced. There’s usually other managers special sections where you may find discontinued or other items at a considerable reduction. Just found a shampoo for 2.99 which sells for 22.00 on amazon. I tried it and I love it.
I only buy Suave & VO5 lol
$23????
Yes! We have produce and bread ones. Sometimes can make a whole dinner from the markdowns.
We're still finding groceries affordable since we buy basic ingredients and cook all our meals at home almost entirely from scratch and stock up on items when they're on sale. For instance if you forget the expensive chocolates and buy semi-sweet chocolate chips for $1.99/12oz you can have a 1.5oz serving for 25 cents and it has almost 4 times the cacao of a Hershey bar.
We've got a large food storage that includes the lower salt "heart healthy" Campbell's Chunky Soups that we buy on sale for 99 cents/can. Same price for 28oz Red Gold canned crushed tomatoes that I use for everything from my home made pizza sauce to chili, spaghetti and many other dishes. This past week we scored 18ct eggs for 99 cents and a few other great deals too.
No store bought goodies for us, just home baked ones which are a lot tastier and far less expensive. I can crank out made from scratch birthday cakes for $4, decorated with nonpareil sprinkles and a computer printed (script font) banner glued to a couple of toothpicks as well as every other baked good on the cheap. As you get older you don't want a ton of frosting so I leave my cakes in the pan so they're easy to store/transport, there's no sides to frost/pipe and I just put a thin layer of frosting on the top which is perfect because it avoids everything that we don't like about a store bought sheet cake.
So many ways to save while eating great. We've got "Big Weekend Breakfasts" with bacon ($2.99/lb) or breakfast sausage links ($1.99/14oz), Sunday Roast dinners with whole chickens (99 cents/lb) or pork loin roasts ($1.99/lb) or beef roasts ($3.99/lb) and we always pair the bacon weekends with the whole chicken weekends because I slice the breast meat thin and hold back 2 slices of leftover bacon so we can have club sandwiches for our Monday lunch. We do the same with the sausage so we can have breakfast sandwiches on light toast with a little mayo, a couple of scrambled eggs, a slice of cheddar and a couple of sausage links which beats every single store bought and fast food offering out there. There's also "Supper Club Dining at Home" evenings, "Soda Shop Dessert Nights", and my favorite "Friday Night Pizza and Movie Nights" with 80's music videos while I make the pizza from scratch, a cartoon short from the 30's followed by the main feature with an intermission about halfway through when it's back to the 80's music videos while I make popcorn or kettle corn from scratch on the stove top and then it's back to the movie while we happily munch away. Eating out has become an expensive disappointment and by packing a simple lunch whenever we go out for more than a few hours we'll never go to a restaurant ever again.
I would also add that containers like the one from the animal crackers are fantastic for organization and storage. It's easy to see filling them with Legos, Lincoln logs and other toys or large bulky items of all sorts. Recycling is sort of a scam so I like to focus on reducing and reusing. Glass jars with wide mouths are good for all sorts of things as are old pump hair spray bottles for all sorts of home made cleaning supplies and other sprays.
Cheers!
Ur prices are crazy low
You are lucky, I just bought 18 eggs on sale for 4.88. That is Canadian dollars.
@@maureenelsey3581 Do live in a major city or out in the boonies? That greatly affects grocery prices and where I go on vacation prices are generally double so we pack a couple of large coolers with our less expensive food when we go there.
@@maureenelsey3581 decent eggs have orange yolks, certainly not the pale yellow most store eggs are
Worth every dime more for food with actual nutrition density.
Same for butter, it needs to be a dark yellow, not the pale, almost white stuff mostly sold.
Wondering where you live. Prices here are probably quadruple what you quote. Sounds great.
Single here with ample in my freezer I need to eat down. So my anti-inflation efforts are as follows: limit the weekly food budget to $40. If I find a good buy, I make it and simply freezer forage to stay on budget. Prepared foods are pretty much not on the shopping list, no matter what the price (except peanut butter and Raisin Bran cereal, etc.). As an Aldi shopper, none of the purchases come from major brands. I do buy organic (milk, eggs, butter, etc.), look to limit sugar, etc., and now shopping takes less time. Occasionally it feels limiting, I admit, but most times I feel pleased about how it’s working. The slow cooker is out, Im back to making my own yogurt, and food waste is less of an issue. Sour dough bread, muffins, and daily soups are next. Once I’ve eaten through my freezer and pantry, I’ll re-evaluate.
I just learned that Raisin Branis no longer considered healthy as it had a lot of added sugar. I checked the label. Mine has 48 grams total for 1 1/4 cups, and I eat more than that. Yow! Now will be off my list.
If you're trying to limit sugar you need to find a better cereal then raisin bran. It's nothing but a bowl of sugar ith 46 carbs. If you use premier protein cereal it's only 14 carbs. Also raisins aren't good for you as they are little sugar bombs.
@@darlenepaul2918 It’s my favorite, so I balance it out by mixing in
Aldi’s plain bran cereal. I’m happy with that strategy.
@@dorothyduvall6503 Try Premier protein cereal. It's only 14 carbs for a cup. Walmart carries it. It's also high protein. Good luck.
@@darlenepaul2918 Thanks, though I’m wasn’t looking for a lecture.
I don't understand why ppl would ever buy pre-cut produce. We eat for two people 100.00 per week,which we personally think is high on the hog😂😂😊
I think y’all had wayyyy too much fun making this video!!😂
I wish we had a Kroger here in Northern Michigan, but no such luck. Maybe the squeak would have stopped if Hope climbed on the cart and Larry pushed it.😅😅😅
LOL! Now that would have been funny1
I highly recommend buying a good salad spinner. I am much more likely to eat a salad if I don’t have to prep it everyday. Buy the large bunch of 2 types of lettuces and wash and spin it dry and place it in a large air tight container with a paper towel layer on the bottom to catch any remaining moisture and it will keep all week. A few slices of cucumber and onion with a couple of grape tomatoes and you have a nice salad, and a fast and easy side dish. Small amounts of left over meat and you have a light supper or lunch. It is also good on a sandwich. Sandwich doesn’t care if it is already cut up all that matters is it is still crisp? I have washed full leaves of green leaf and put them into a gallon size plastic bags for pretty sandwich lettuce.
Such a fun video! We only shopped sale items for 2 weeks, but this week we hit $110! Freezer filled with meat and holes filled in pantry. We got eggs with coupon for .49 cents for 1 doz and .88 cents for second, plus a $5 off coupon for our total at Rulers. WIN WIN! Don't need to shop next couple of weeks. Yea!
Now I know how people spend over $900 a month on food. My goodness that stuff is expensive. I had no idea, because I don't shop for it. I just finished calculating the cost for our morning 1/2 cup oatmeal (before cooking) with Walnuts, raisins, cinnamon and gur. Under 45 cents a serving. I made Chana masala, roti and homemade yogurt, enjoy it for lunch or dinner, 80 cents a serving. Fresh, homemade is BEST!!!! So that is two meals in the day so far and only spent $1.25. Now how about a couple of eggs .34 cents, a slice of toast (organic whole grain) with butter and jelly .40 cents. So two dollar for three healthy meals. Go crazy, through in a 🍌 banana for 19 cents and 20 cents for a tomato 🍅. $2.39 to eat for a day.
My jaw dropped on the 15 dollar salad tray. Incredible people really buy that! And that's also a lot of plastic to be wasted for some snacking. I so agree: stop buying processed stuff, safe so much money and gain so much better food! Here in the Netherlands we have Asian supermarkets, we also call them tokos (I don't kow if you have them in the States), and Turkish supermarkets. You can buy larger quantities of far better stuff, way cheaper than a small package in the supermarket. Also the fruits and vegetables are much cheaper and so much tastier. Even most of the time they are open to make a deal if you ask. Try that in a supermarket! I think in the West in our hunt for more and more and more, we have lost our taste, it's just all about quick and easy. And sugar and salt. Lots of it...
I see people just tossing pre-made stuff into the cart. It’s just bad habits and laziness.
Yall look like ur having so much fun!! That squeaky cart B plot was hilarious! Loved the tips!
Thanks so much!!
Great video! Really makes a person stop and think before purchasing something just for convenience. Plan ahead, that’s the best thing to do, and there is really a good feeling in making your own pizza crust!
My favorite couple. 😅I like this when you demonstrate with Larry or your children. I will not buy chopped and packaged lettuce and greens. I do not trust sulfites and the possibility of the added bacteria from the chopping process. I like plain vegetables to clean and prepare if I haven’t already grown them.
Great tips guys! One more thing I’d like to add is to cut out the coffee creamers and oat milks, almond milks, etc to make your own. they are so expensive and I switched to just heavy whipping cream awhile back but you can easily make your own creamers using pumpkin purée and things like that for seasonal treats. I’m making my own oat milk too using dates and spices. I also make my own homemade toothpaste and deodorant and my teeth are in good health. The deodorant recipe is super simple and works better than any conventional one I’ve ever tried. It’s just 2 tablespoons of corn starch, 2 tbs of baking soda, 2.5-3 tablespoons of coconut oil and a few drops of essential oil. Toothpaste recipe is: 2 tbs baking soda, 4 tbs coconut oil, 5 tbs of bentonite clay with a few drops of peppermint essential oil. You can add xylitol is you wish for taste. Just make sure you spit it in the trash can to not clog your pipes. Love mint mobile!! Switched to them about 7 years ago and never looked back.
I was using heavy whipping cream too but it tends to spoil fast so I started buying CoffeeMate. No, it’s not healthy for you, but for one cup a day, it’s fine and it will last a long time.
Baking soda should only be used 2-3 times a week on your teeth
@@YeshuaKingMessiah, why?
@@bcayeIt's a strong abrasive that can wear away tooth enamel
I do overnight oats and they taste great.
When switching to easy rice to conventional rice get yourself a rice cooker, it’s life changing I’m horrible at cooking rice for some reason.. lol I haven’t bought boil in the bag since..😀
I make my own personalised greeting cards. I find that my friends and family appreciate them better than the shop bought ones. 😊🎉
Great idea!
Me too. It's not cheaper but it's a great hobby to have fun with.
Great podcast!
I think stews & soups are very under utilized. You can literally just throw stuff in a pot, an Instant Pot, or Crock Pot. Plenty of recipes online or via books (library). You can also just be completely creative.
I love soup! It’s a great way to use up random veggies, including the less desirable cuts of veggies like the cores and seeds of bell peppers and the tops of celery. Random beans, lentils, barley, or potatoes and homemade bone broth. Make it on Sunday and eat it for lunch most of the week.
I'm starting to work myself up to trying to make more things instead of buying them - I'm finding the habit of buying what I'm used to is a tough one to break! It's so automatic to just grab that $4 or $5 container of flavored coffee creamer, or the pack of English muffins, or bagels, or the jar of mayonnaise. I know I can make these things - I've done it before. It takes time to do though - I think that's part of the issue. If I do just a few things I feel like I'm not saving enough to make much difference, but trying to do everything from scratch I feel completely overwhelmed!
I would start with one thing and get so good at it that it feels easy and takes no time at all. Then add more. Meal prep is a regular part of my life every weekend with maybe a mid week top up. I started with batch cooking and then freezing portions. Took me a year to get used to doing it quickly and working out how to meal prep for the week. Now I make ingredients and then I mix and match different meals every day. You can do it! It’s a journey, not a race.
Plus…it’s okay to have some convenience as long as you are making your choices consciously. You’ve got this!
Celebrate each little step and be mindful while you shop and watch the waste. I never make mayo because I can't make anything near the Kewpie brand that we love so I always watch for it to go on special when I start to run low. Every little bit counts. Best wishes for much success as you look for better ways. Cheers from Oz!!
I love your sense of humor and the joy you make of everything you do! Thanks for the tips! This economy is just crazy - I don’t know how people can feed their families!! Almost $9 for philly cream cheese??? Thankfully my husband and I are able to eat what we want even though we are retired! However, we help supplement my daughter’s family because things are very difficult for them. I hope Biden does something - this is Corporate greed at its finest! Unbelievable!. I’m so sad people ( esp. Seniors) can’t afford to eat much! So wrong! Do you donate to the food Bank? I thought about trying to make a monthly food donation. We also try to help with our Church Pantry.
Buy store brand
Aldi cream cheese is fine
Bagels are expensive anyway, unless u buy cheap ones that are blech
Thank you great tips. Make from scratch, I totally agree. Always have plain flour and baking powder, and Bi carb soda in your pantry, don't bother with self raising you make it usually the pack of flour tells you.
Agreed. I never use self-rising flour. You're right. You can add the simple ingredients to make plain flour into self-rising.
I looked at the cost of self rising versus regular flour the other day. Nope! Flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. That will do me fine.
I loved this video! It was something different. Love your content. You hit it on the nail about going to Dollar Tree for your cards and bags and it's a great place too for balloons
You can also get holiday themed wrapping paper,flip the pattern side down,and wrap,so the pattern is against the gift
Really enjoyed this, so hilarious to see you both being undercover frugal in the supermarket, it also made me think that food seems a lot more expensive in USA than UK. Thank you both. Would be very appreciative if you would explain how time blocking has worked for you Hope in your frugal planning, I have tried it since you mentioned it and I think it has helped me a lot.
Love watching you both. My two year old loves fresh fruit. We go through a lot. I never let fruit go to waste. She loves to help in the kitchen. Makes bread cookies and cake.
If you want a sweet treat, Walmart has the clearance bread and bakery items. Seen pies, donuts , French bread, dinner rolls.
I loved this video from you two, thank you! Vote here that I'd love to see more like this /commentary on items at other popular stores. Btw, Hope, you looked like you were having SO much fun with this video! Love the humor and laughs from it, keep it up ;P
Maybe we should film late at night more often. LOL! It was late on a Saturday night and we were tired. I think that's why everything was funny to me. The squeaky cart was so hilarious that we decided to leave it in the video.
I am happy that you left the car in as it was certainly a funny character!😊
@@UndertheMedian Hope, that is the reason that I enjoy you and Larry so much! We laugh a LOT, too! You gotta have a good sense of humor in this crazy life!
🦋 I love what you said about the Power Mop 😂 I’ve actually tried stuff like those and they dry up really fast as you’re mopping so you end up using way more product to even finish your floors
I only used them while caring for my late husband, he had dementia and had lots of accidents, so I was constantly doing quick cleanups. I'd never use them to clean entire floors for the exact reason you mentioned.
Would you consider doing a show for the single person. I’m a retired spinster on a budget. Thank you. I’ll subscribe and see. 😊
Never call yourself a negative . We are single ladies .;)
@@WillChil466 Yes but I’m proud to be a spinster! To me it’s a positive😀❤️
spinsters ARE ladies
They’re also elderly n never married
Before my last shopping trip, I made a list of things I needed and compared prices between Albertsons, Kroger and Walmart. Walmart came out cheaper on all but a few things, Albertsons came out cheaper on those. Kroger didn't make the cut on anything. It pays to comparison shop.
Gas & time
Things not in supply unless ur retired or don’t have kids
You only need to buy herbs once. Put a few in water until they root, then plant. Mine are outside in the summer, and in a sunny window in the winter. You can dry or freeze the excess herbs.
Jack-o-lanterns can be turned around to the blank side for fall decorations in November.
Kroger is one of the highest grocery store there is
Hello Hope&Larry...your card sounded like a bird chirp! When you parted way with that cart it was as if to say" bye bye birdie"!😂 i make& bake all of our sweet treats. I used to scrub our floors on hands and knees! Because of ol' arthur i do use a wet mop knock off with re useable washable micro fiber mop pads. I mix my own solution into the on board spray tank and squirt a bit of solution on tile floor then mop away!
Yes always neutral colou paper wich i use year round
yep, i buy things out of season too. like i will buy lawn mowers, swimming pools, etc when they go stock winter items and buy my snow shovels, snow blowers, winter coats in the spring. wrapping paper get it at walmart after christmas for the following season at 90% off.
we went to the farm 5 miles away a few days ago and brought a 50# bag of yellow medium onions for $15.00. just the 2 of us so we are done buying onions until the next picking season.
2 months ago wife wanted Black Forest ham at Sam's that was sliced for $6.98 a pound. I took it back out of the cart and picked up a full Black Forest ham. she asked what I was doing that is more expensive? Yes, it might be more expensive but you get over double then I showed her the price per pound. It was only $3.28 a pound versus her wanting to spend $6.98 a pound for it being sliced. We got a meat slicer and the best part is we can cut it however thick we want it to be. Once she saw the price per pound difference, she was on board.
I can’t believe how dumb ppl are regarding unit pricing
It 🤯 for decades now
Ofc if u don’t have $3.28 x 8# ham=$26 then getting a little ham has to suffice. Many ppl live this way and/or don’t have a meat slicer n no way to budget it.
Blessed are we when we can get ahead.
This is a great video and you had me laughing several times with that squeaky wheel. LOL! My dad would say "WD40 will clear that right up!"
I recently re-watched "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" and I could just hear the dad from the movie saying "Put some weendex.." 🤣
I'm a solo artist, so buying market cut up produce often makes sense for me, rather than watching fruit and vegetables get moldy and throwing them away. Just trying to be an environmentally responsible consumer. Those bags of clementines, several of them rot before I can finish.
I learned a tip … to peel them all and put them in containers and refrigerate…this tip makes it easier to eat .
Soaking produce in vinegar water has been a game changer for my husband and I. Now I can eat most produce and fruit before it goes bad.
Learning how to prolong the life of produce, is worth learning! I'm single, and I buy the 3 pk of Organic Romaine. Once I get it home, I take each Romaine 'head' and wrap it in a paper towel, then all 3 go in one of the plastic bags one finds in the produce section; and make sure you get as much of the air OUT of the bag, before twist-tying it closed. That lettuce CAN last one month without going bad. And anything that CAN be frozen......FREEZE IT! I've done this with oranges before; peel them....separate the wedges and freeze them. FROZEN Orange Wedges are awesome! Also, LEARN TO CAN! Things can be bought in bulk and can be preserved; this also goes for DEHYDRATING! Buy a dehydrator while they're still inexpensive (and while they're STILL AVAILABLE!).
Pretty soon (REALLY soon!), people will have NO CHOICE but to change how they shop! And they will have NO CHOICE but to LEARN how to preserve their food. Inflation IS not, and WILL NOT be going down! Get ready to spend $20 for a LOAF OF BREAD.....OR.....LEARN to make it yourself, And THIS is the reality that people will soon find themselves living in. So, it's in peoples best interest to LEARN NOW. And CHANGE whatever NEEDS to be changed! Or.....STARVATION is what's in peoples future! Also, in our future, are BARE grocery shelves!
Again, I'm single.....but if someone saw me shopping, they'd think that I was shopping for a 'family'. I PRESERVE what I buy. (Small) Deep Freezer/Canning/Dehydrator.
This was so helpful, and entertaining! The cart is going to live on in our ears and minds.
I love your suggestion to buy "holiday items" after the holiday for next year! I would like to add that the items you show are items you NEVER actually NEED! Like the plastic pumpkin decor, or the halloween bags. If you go back to the store and they're all gone, it's OK! You can always go again next year. Sometimes you do need the "thing" like a turkey for Thanksgiving. We had a very frugal but "all the trimmings" Thanksgiving this year (Canadian Thanksgiving was this past weekend) using frozen turkey we bought on steep sale last year. We still have a turkey left, so before our next stock-up (probably after Christmas), we'll have another one. Turkeys are great for a big dinner party - even if it's not a holiday, or you just stick a lot of ready-cooked meat in the freezer for quick meals.
U ate yr old meat? 🤢
Freezers slow decomposition
Not stop it
I would have to be very hungry to eat meat over 6 mo frozen.
Lots of people make the mistake of thinking that freezing food makes it last forever. The longer it’s frozen, the poorer the quality. Fruit will lose all its flavour if it’s frozen for too long for example. And I read that it’s a waste of time freezing fat like butter. It will still go off just after the use by date.
I love you guys. The soda thing hit home. I got into the soda habit in college 30 years ago and still can't kick it. I alternate between homemade iced tea and diet soda to try to keep costs down, but I'm still at $15/week in soda.
BTW, maybe have Larry carry one of those 3oz cans of WD40 with him and fix the squeaky shopping cart wheel next time. It could get you a future sponsorship.
Lol..WD40
shopping carts wheels here are magnetic anti thief device if there anything in your cart that isnt scaned the wheels will lock up
at the exit door
I've never cared for lemon in my iced tea (though I love lemons and tea separately), but I've recently begun putting lime juice (I have a Mexican lime tree which produces tons of limes.) in my iced tea and am amazed at how nice it is. It makes me feel like I'm having a kind of soda. OK, there isn't any fizz and it isn't sweet, but it is nicely flavored. Of course, I haven't had soda in years , so it might not be so amazing to someone still weaning oneself off of that habit. You could still give it a try. (It might not be inexpensive if you have to buy a lot of limes though.)
@@mariateresamondragon5850 I don't have a lime tree, but I do have several orange trees (Navel, Valencia, and Clementine) and I love my iced tea with a couple of tablespoons of fresh-squeezed orange juice when they're in season from mid-December to mid-April. I also have a Moro Blood Orange that hasn't fruited yet. I can't wait for that one to bear fruit as the flavor is wonderful, like orange and raspberry mixed together.
Just don't buy the stuff. Fir a few days you will want it but make sure your other food is well seasoned not bland that will help to have some taste in your mouth
Great video! Thanks for the laughs! I’ve found lots of wrapping paper and gift bags for cheap or free at yard sales.
I got a squeaky cart in walmart one day and really already was not in the best of moods. I was so irritated about 100ft into the store that I marched on back to the hardware part of the store, popped open some WD40 and fixed all the squeaky wheels.
That was great!! Somehow I always manage to get a wonky cart that doesnt travel in a straight line or won't turn a corner without brute force!!
We stayed in Florida about 11 years ago and we thought the food prices were really inexpensive - much cheaper than the UK but now I think your prices are higher.
Healthier way to eat white rice is to put in the fridge first which balances the glucose levels and doesnt spike insulin
I learned to rinse rice until the water runs clear from Japanese friends. This was the kids’ responsibility for meal prep. On Dr. Mandel’s site he explained that rinsing removes glutens, etc.
I've heard that. I heard that freezing bread and toasting it, really balances glucose levels. I've pretty much started freezing, then thawing to eat ALL Carbs after I cook them. ( Pasta, rice, buns, etc..)don't notice much change in the Taste. 😊❣️
Gluten is not rinsed off
Chilling or freezing grain does not change insulin response nor “balance glucose levels” whatever that means
Eat whole grains only
Still very insulinogenic but more nutrient dense
Rice is worst culprit for provoking insulin spikes
The rice, pasta and potatoes have to be cooked first , then chilled in the fridge.
Living in the Netherlands we often complain about high prices in the supermarket but seeing the prices in your supermarket there we are blessed with the prices here... :) Thanks for video very informative :)
Hope and Larry are so cute and their content is really helpful! Thanks for the great advice 🙂
10:23 greeting card prices have just started blowing my mind.
Great tips here. We PAY too much for convenience and we’re spoiled. ❤❤❤
oh gosh, that cart had me in stitches with giggles...too funny. thx for the laughs, chaps.
I buy silver or gold wrapping paper rolls. They do Christmas, birthday, wedding gift etc. Very universal usage.
I try and minimize processed food and convince food. I think you got my shopping cart. Doesn't matter what store I shop I keep getting the same cart.
Convenience.
You had so much fun in the grocery store!!😂 We have to see another shopping video in the future! You two are hilarious!!
You're helping me grow and I'm way over 50! Didn't think I was a big spender but you've shown me the light! Made me laugh too with your trolley! 😂❤
Loved it as well, nice change and visual of real product prices. Looks like USA and Canada prices similar. Used to be we could go to States for deals. Not any more. Love you two, God Bless.
All of this seems like common sense to me!
I used to buy the bags of rice because I couldn't cook it properly. I am a stirrer. Lol
I finally learned!
Thanks for the tips.
Most educational.
I bought a rice cooker online, and it is excellent. It also keeps rice warm after cooking. I can do the stovetop version, but I prefer the cooker.
Been shopping like this for many many years. I only shop the perimeter of the grocery store. I have store apps on my phone and comparison shop. We don’t eat processed or prepackaged foods!
You laughing while the unicorn barfs is the whole point.... 😂 It's stupid funny.
Some people pay for convenience.. I am trying not to but sometimes slip. Thank you for the great tips!!
I love Kroger. Their red mesh bags of produce for 99cents are the first thing i look for.
If rhey are out u can ask rhe man to make u one
Rhe bicer ones will
Hint to parents. Invest in a high quality bento box and ditched pre packaged foods, p!acid bags and meals out.pack for trips and ojtikngs, school on chez and meals in the car.
As a single person I have trouble finishing large packages of food before it goes bad.
I have trouble finishing a gallon of milk or a loaf of bread on my own. I dislike frozen then thawed milk so I just buy half gallons. I freeze half loaves of bread and other things that freeze well.
I got some food prep containers and I build ready to eat meals in them, and store them in the freezer.
Frozen stuff is more appealing when it's ready to microwave and eat.
Food that I am learning to process and trying to prep by myself;
(Small batches unless it will freeze well and I have room in the freezer at that time.)
* salsa
*ranch dressing
*sauces, gravies, marinades
* bread, rolls, etc(I just got a bread machine yay!)
* soups
*varieties of potato prep
I've also switched to dried beans and regular rice, and I buy lots of pasta when it goes on sale.
There will be more of course, in the future. Basically. I'm back to old fashioned cooking like my mom taught me.
One of my favorite things to do is creating and/or modifying restaurant dishes at home.
My best ones so far are the maple butter blondes that Applebee's used to have and the chicken gnocchi soup from Olive Garden.
I have almost entirely cut fast food from my diet due to the expense. Instead if I crave something deep fried, I cook a knock off version in my air fryer.
It's one of the best purchases I've made in a long time because of it's numerous functions. Air frying, dehydrating, toasting, baking, roasting, convection cooking and broiling.
Good tools and appliances make the job a lot more pleasant. 🙂
Edit: typos
"This is nacho cheese!" 😂😂
Some good ideas that can be adapted no matter the size of your household.
Kroger really does manufacture their own foods. There is a Kroger dairy and bakery in my city where they make their branded tortillas, breads, and ice cream.
This is such a FUN video!
You guys should film out and about more. The squeaky cart was funny too.
55 DOLLARS FOR THE PUMPKIN DECORATION??? OUTRAGEOUS!!!!
Hope ,good video. A lot of people nowadays just don't seem to have the initial outlay of money to buy the larger size items. Even th ouch they could save money.
They just don't have it so they buy the smaller size item.
Like at Buck & a Quarter store
Tiny pkgs-no deals
We eat 40g of porridge with milk for about 30c for breakfast. We bought gift bags today ready for Christmas and they're 89c here for a big bag. Lots of those items were so expensive, especially toiletries. I must save a fortune making our own food.
Frugal Queen! It's SO good to see you, here. Even though they are pretty much grown, my kids love breakfast porridge, too. I can't wait to see what you're making for Christmas. I hope you show it on your channel. You are so amazing with quilting. I love seeing your work.
U.S. grocery stores are known for higher prices on non-food items, such as toiletries, cleaning and household products, as well as general merchandise. Profit margins on food, particularly basics, are very low. They make their money on convenience items--or the convenience of one-stop shopping. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Day after Christmas for Christmas lights and gift bags. I also try to score plain red or green wrapping paper so I can use it for the year. Last year I scored 75% on adorable reusable burlap sacks for Christmas. So will be able to use those for a few years at home.
My kids never liked oatmeal or grits
But they ate it lol
None eat either now as adults 🤷🏼♀️
I think my son feeds his kids boxed cereal 🤢
Oh well, I tried
Sometines i find smaller portion items though more expensive beung one person i use it up though biger items are cheaper i cannot use all product and goes to waste
@@paddymurphy-oconnor8255 absolutly i do this were i can thank you
I will only pick up the prepackaged vegetables when they are half price. I take them home and pickle them with vinegar and water and what ever spices I want. I love to use Oriental spices so I can dump the whole quart of vegetables onto a large pan, put in a home canned jar of meat, cook up some rice noodles (they cook in about 3 minutes) aand I have an Oriental meal in minutes. The pickled vegetables will last in the refrig for several months.
Thanks Hope! Good messages.
I want to add that many foods - even Arizona tea - ( more often than previously ) contain high fructose corn syrup. Its terrible for anyones health!
That's right and do they think we don't see they are using that , and ,bad cheap oils, in eVerything, even ice cream-- and salad dressing.
I go to the Dollar Store with my grocery list before I go to Walmart.Most times I can get a lot of the same foods for less at the Dollar Store.
Plant based also but dealing with a genetic blood disorder that has really slowed me down in my old age. Used to do everything from scratch but these days I can’t even keep up the dishes and kitchen counters enough to cook. I’m not eating well because of it. Can’t afford the convenience meals so end up with an empty fridge all too often
I am with you. I get amazed on how people can afford to buy all this pre made and pre packaged stuff. Thank you for the tips.
Good video, however I must disagree with saying the cookies are generally the same just packaged differently. Sixty years ago I asked my mommy to buy Oreo cookies and she came home with Hydrox. I was so disappointed. She said it's the same thing. I said if it's the same thing then why not buy the Oreos?! It is NOT the same thing! Kids aren't stupid. I'll never forget that.
This was so good, but I thought the trolly squeak was so funny! I first thought u put the noise in..
I buy some things at Sam’s because I can get a better deal. I’ve been buying 25lbs of rice for $9.95. How do you find the restaurant supply stores? Do they all sell to individuals?
You are way more patient than I am. I have adhd so repetitive noises or movements drive me up the wall! I’ll go thru every last buggy till I find one that doesn’t make a noise. 😂
I love Dollar Tree for a lot of things like cards, wrapping paper, etc. They do have a lot of seasonal items for next to nothing.
Love the cart 😂😂. I also make my own Egg mcmuffin type sandwiches ahead and put them I'm the freezer. They are seriously so cheap and the kids love them! We do still buy cereal but slowly working it out of our breakfasts. My budget has been thanking me for it
Loved this especially the power pads. Get on my hands & knees. Great tips.