Episode 2369 – On this Friday’s show, Vinnie Tortorich and Anna Vocino give you a Grocery 101 course on how grocery stores work, saving money on meat and produce, how to best shop for keeping NSNG®, and more.
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GROCERY 101
- Vinnie and Anna start with some history about how the grocery stores of today got established, thanks to cardboard and the Piggly Wiggly. (You’ll see what I mean!) (2:00)
- They have done several “101”-style episodes that you can listen to that are available on Vinnie’s website. (11:50)
- This episode will focus on grocery shopping and how to streamline your shopping and help you save money, too!
- Vinnie also describes what “horse trading” and a “Monroney sticker” is and how they came to be. (12:15)
- Vinnie talks about what he and Serena do to find deals on meat. (17:30)
- Anna clarifies the difference between store sales as opposed to clipping coupons.
- Anna goes through what your food list could look like. (21:00)
- Anna discusses what kinds of margins various store chains have on their products. (23:50)
- Other than certain items like spices and coffee, the best is to shop the perimeter of the grocery store. (30:00)
- If you do buy packaged items, be sure to thoroughly read the labels for junk ingredients!
- They also recommend finding a good butcher, if you can.
- They chat about a documentary about the history of Trader Joe’s. (39:00)
- Trader Joe’s has a great, affordable cheese department!
- The Villa Cappelli ad has some additional info, too. (45:00)
- Anna and Vinnie share some additional thoughts on things like Miracle Whip, Cool Whip, and Little Debbie cakes.
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