How To Save Money At The Supermarket 

Just survive on Costco samples.

Just don't eat. Wasting money on the vice of eating weakens the mind. Just absorb the humidity of the air and hope that you inhale a fly for extra protein.

When you are broke. No tricks or treats can fool you.

I was always taught that the best defence was a good offence so I’ll go to the supermarket and try to sell them stuff and play mind games on them. See how they like it.

> "you're just gonna walk away? After everything we've been through?" Lol

Eat before going to the supermarket and you would not have the urge to buy too much food

I walk to the grocery store, nothing makes you weigh how much you’re spending more than having to carry it all home.

One tip that I wanted to add along with making a grocery list is also making a menu. To kind of explain a little bit what you're doing with that grocery list also figure out ideas for meals that you can make that will last about 2 weeks. This is what my mom did Growing Up with 8 people in my family and it always seemed to work out well for them and stay under budget pretty good.

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I'm so glad this channel exists it's growing so fast I can already see them hitting 100K subs!

Loving this series! Thank you so much for making such high-quality videos :)

As someone who works at ALDI, I can attest to some of the selling schemes. Most notably with the flowers. They place them right at the entrance of the check out lane and I swear, every other person buys a $4.99 bouquet of some flowers that are looking dry and withered.

I found that while I was in college, riding my bike or walking to the grocery store made a big difference in how much I purchased. Having to get home with all of it in my backpack really limited the impulse buys. And it was good for the environment too!

Thanks for the tip! Hmmm my 2cents would be don't shop exclusively by brand label. I have a family member who swears brand labels are superior in quality and taste. Yet many of the more expensive brand labels have the same ingredients as the store label brand. You can be paying more for the nicer packaging. I'll take a not so nicely designed package if it means more savings and equal ingredients. Go brandless! :)

One more tip; categorize items as need or want, you would be surprised how useful this is! I mostly buy what I need to survive. I already did the bring your own music to the grocery store portion haha

As someone who worked at a Supermarket for over a year and a half, I have a few tips: Always buy more produce and grains than anything else. It doesn't matter if you're vegan/vegetarian or not. Not only will it cost significantly less, it's healthier, it fills you up more, and they're packed with nutrients and often have the best sales regardless of the week. Plan your meals out a week in advance or more and shop seasonally. By doing this you'll save tons of money. Some things are only available or on sale at certain seasons, learn them and learn how to incorporate them in a meal. Don't take advantage of the sales on sodas or pastries. Even if it is a sale, you're still spending more than you'd spend if you just found a cheaper, healthier alternative or cut them out completely, and they're the worst for your health. Meat, seafood, and anything that's made "in-house" is the most expensive, bar-none. Also, the international aisle(s) are your best friends. ALWAYS buy generic(with few exceptions). Most of the time generic brands are less expensive than name brands and are either made with the same ingredients, taste/function the same, and/or are the exact same thing and might even be owned by the same company as the name brands. ALWAYS GET THE REWARDS CARD IF IT'S FREE!!!! I don't care if you're tired or don't want the hassle of filling out a few forms or entering in your phone number. Most sales only pertain to people who have rewards cards nowadays and those savings do add up. I can feed myself for a week on $60 or less. That's less than 1/4 of my current income. Speaking of which, the store's brand is almost always cheaper. Find out what it is and look for products that you need to buy that can be found in their brand. What I said about generic brands typically applies here(again, with few exceptions). TAKE ADVANTAGE OF CLEARANCE SALES/DISCONTINUED ITEMS!!! A clearance sale either means that an item in the store is about to be replaced with a similar item but made/distributed by a different manufacturer, or the store's own brand, and it will be dirt cheap. I've been able to get months worth of shampoo and such for less than $7. That being said, don't always take advantage of a sale just because it is a sale. You don't need to buy everything that has a price tag. Make sure you only get what you need(no, not what you think you need or what you want), and stick to it *rigidly.* Exercise some will power and don't just start absent-mindedly filling up your cart with items that you don't need and aren't going to use. Of all the things I've listed here, this is one of, if not THE most important tips I can give you. You can save a lot of money by freezing things. Either ingredients like vegetables and fruits or whole meals like pasta, soups, and burritos. Then whenever you don't feel like cooking or just want a quick meal, you can either thaw it out overnight or pop it in the microwave and/or warm it up. This will save you a ridiculous amount of money. You can substitute a lot of ingredients with cheaper ones for almost any meal you're making. Do that. When I make stir fry, I use either ramen noodles or rice. Saves me a ton of money Don't be afraid to shop around at different stores or go online or even to dollar stores. Some places will sell the same item for a lot cheaper, memorize and compare prices. Also, pro tip: some stores have a "price guarantee" thing programmed into the registers where if you mention that the item being rung up is sold relatively cheaper at a different Supermarket, they can hit that button, enter in that price, and give it to you for that. It mostly isn't done because people don't typically memorize and compare prices, and it's a hassle to everyone and annoys cashiers and customers alike, but if it saves you money... However, your mileages may vary as I can't say which stores do or don't do this, so it's best to just ask. You don't always have to take advantage of coupons, especially if you're like me and don't typically consume/use enough of the item in question to justify using the coupon. That said, if you're going to use coupons(and this should go without saying but after having worked at a Supermarket for a year and a half, sadly, it does need to be said), FFS read your flipping coupons and make sure that they aren't expired(not every place accepts expired coupons), what amount of the item you're required to buy, how much money it'll take off, what specific brand it applies to, and memorize that store's coupon policy, because some stores limit the amount of coupons you can use per item, per household, per day(you can thank extreme coupon-ers for that one). Don't put items that are priced by weight in the same bag even if they're priced the same. A yellow squash and zucchini that are both priced $1.99 per lb are going to cost you more total than if you just got them separately because some of them are larger so they add to the weight, which adds to the price. I saw it all the time when people stupidly put habañeros and jalapeños in the same bag, and end up getting charged more because jalapeños weigh more than habañeros even if they're both peppers and priced the same by weight. Don't be a regular at the store no matter what the reason. You come there a *MAXIMUM* of 3 times per week. Once to get what you're gonna get, a second time in case you couldn't get all you needed to the first time for whatever reason, and a third time for returns/something goes bad or breaks/you ran out of something. That's it. Not only will you save on food, you'll save on gas too. And lastly, I don't care what's going on in your life, unless your cashier is particularly being a prick, ALWAYS be polite, patient, and nice to your cashier and don't be an entitled, nasty asshole. We already don't get paid enough to do what we do and our jobs are stressful enough, so listen up because I will say this only once: if you are a dick to us, it doesn't matter who you are, we will do EVERYTHING within our power to inconvenience and piss you off that we can get away with, including and up to; not caring or paying attention to how much we charge you for things or whether or not we ring them up correctly, intentionally charging you more for things, not serving you at all and hoping you get frustrated and leave, and not entering in your discounts or coupons. Stop thinking that if you just call the manager for everything that you'll just get what you want, that works less than half the time. But if you're patient, nice, and work with us, we'll be the same to you and we may even give you extra discounts, charge you for a cheaper item than what you bought, or even just "forget" about ringing you up for it entirely. Being an asshole will only ever make your interactions with us slow and agonizing, I promise, you are NEVER important enough that we will care if you stop coming to the store, so don't be a prick. And there you go, happy shopping.

"[free samples] create a feeling of personal obligation" ==> so true! :/

I dont know about anyone else but around me more and more stores are straight up doing away with the little hand baskets or there hidden somewhere obscure

I've been dealing with free samples since I was a kid, so by now I'm already trained to just eat and not to buy.

None of this crapola ever works on me. I bring a list, purchase what I need and get the hell out of the place.

The references to the three Indiana Jones movies are a nice touch.

I love this series. Though I already know a lot of the information I've received here its good to have an entertaining reminder that those issues (such as eliminating debt and staying focused grocery shopping) always exist.

Best advice I've gotten is shop the perimeter. The sides and back are where the meat, dairy, produce, and eggs are and the shelves in the middle are where the processed and premade food is (worse for you and more expensive). I'll go in the middle aisles for pasta, rice, beans, etc. Sometimes but avoid instant meals and junk food.

2:41 "You're just going to walk away? ... After everything we've been through?" hahaha!

You people have good sense of humour

And.. you can skip the supermarket aisles entirely by using the shop-online-and-pickup option that’s becoming more and more prevalent. It’s a free option at three stores near me.

I love how fair you two are in your videos! Like this one, putting the plug in there in favor the the stores and their tactics for good reason. You're out to help people be more aware!

I knew about all of these tricks already but still learned some valuable tips. You two are very pleasant to watch and I feel like thanks to this video I’ll be even more cautious next time. Thank you!

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Seriously loving the channel - both content and presentation (and presenters), and it only seems to be getting better. This was my top pick in the PBS annual survey for "New series I want to see" and I'm so glad with my past self :) Currently in the middle of a binge, only 3 more to go, keep 'em coming folks.

1:50 Actually, the mist sprayed on the produce is there so that the vegetables don’t get soggy (hear the explanation) Keeping the vegetables out make it so that a lot of water can transpire out of the vegetables, so due to the tonic imbalance, water diffuses out through osmosis. The water is there so that the vegetables are always plump. This is the same reason why you put a bit of water in salad and shake the container if you want it to be more crispy, even though it may sound like water may do the opposite, given that it usually makes things soggy. The water enters the cells of the individual plants and increases the turgor pressure. The thing about the bacteria is true though! Minor detail, the rest of the video, as all of your videos are, is amazing. You guys are awesome!

It seems so obvious when you explain it, but I truly didn't notice many of these tricks the supermarket plays on me.🤔 Thanks for sharing these secrets with us, you guys. This will really help me fight that "decision fatique" that burdens me so often.

You are a cute couple. I hope your channel succeeds.

Loving your content! Just found the channel yesterday. One thing that has been super helpful for us is to do grocery pick up. No impulse purchases or even going into the store! Choose what you need for your meal plan and pick it up outside the store.

The shifting around of items piss me off. You're just wasting my time. I wrote an app for my wife and I. It's entire purpose is to manage our grocery list. We can add items to the list and it update on the other's phone.

The writing, joke delivery and editing on this episode is great. The bandaid gag! Wonderful work.

Love this channel so much. Some things I knew and some I didn't. But until now I couldn't effectively communicate any of it. Thank you!

It would be interesting to see an update to this video with the inclusion of self-checkouts, grocery pickups and grocery delivery apps. I have seen several new pitfalls come with these changes to how we do grocery shopping now.

Prepacked fruits and veggies is not completely a bad idea. For many the disabled, elderly or even those that have a hard time with kitchen tools is still a great modern day convenience.

I try to skip the temptations altogether by using the stores online order and pickup. Even when the groceries are marked up, i find that I still come out ahead by avoiding impulse purchases.

Please keep the videos coming. Would love the tips on how to grow money as well. Investment tips😉

This channel turned something that scares me into something fun. Thank you.

I love this series so much! I have serial watched like 20 episodes already! Great job!

They gonna get cancelled being this honest, luv them, lol!

Whenever there are free samples, I accidentally happen to pass that spot multiple times, and feel obligated to try it every time, but I never buy it lol

Man I am in love with this channel!

I just discovered your channel today, and have already binged 8 episodes. So much useful info packaged in an easy to understand way! Keep it up!

This couple is so enjoyable to watch, plus all their vids provide honest and useful advice. Thanks! I hope you stay together forever.

And yet there's me, buys everything on sale, buys the "just about to go off" veggies and freezes them because they cost half the price and only buy junk food every couple months. My mother did me a favor and tricked 3 year old me into thinking veggies were a treat "you want to try *insert veggie she was cutting*, but that'll ruin your dinner! Well... alright, but don't tell your father". Yes, my mother turned snack time into healthy eating habits by making me think I was getting away with something. This means I can still buy myself a veggie or fruit and consider it a treat.

I just bypass the cart and basket and only buy what I can carry in my hands.

Thanks for the tips... you two are amazing!

Use and compare the newspaper grocery ads for the best deals and to make your list beforehand. I like to take the ad with me to help me stay focused on just what I came for.

I keep my list on my phone, it is better than all the bits of paper that gets lost. Also if I don't have to have it right now, I wait till it comes on special. By having it on my phone, it is a quick look and I know what I need and get when I need it. I'm also lucky in the country where I live, we have quite a few large shops close by, so we start at one shop and go to each as needed, it saves quite a bit. But at one time we only had a few shops, then would pick the one that had the most specials we needed and went there.

Thank you!

Thank you for the video !!

Sometimes stores display fruits and vegetable is crates to make it look like they just came off the truck from the fields.

Once I declined a free sample and as I was walking away, the dude yelled at me "but it's free!" like I didn't hear it the first time.

You guys are really full of wisdom - anybody ignoring your advice is condemned to poverty. Great work, love your humor, too!

Thanks for the information.

0:37 Nobodies gonna mention the part where the editor didn't put in the audio clip of them speaking?

My tips is fill my handbasket with rice/flour pack first, so i don't want to stay in the aisle longer

It is really interesting to observe the tricks the supermarkets develop in different countries. In Germany it is even a trope that cashiers will scan your products at light speed because at the point you finished paying you are of no more interest to the company. The sprinkling water on produce was something completely new to me after moving to Canada from Brazil. Only after watching this video did I realize that that does not make much sense. We wouldn't keep spraying water on the produce after purchasing them, and keeping leaves dry is an important part of making them last longer.

Very great info! Thanks!

1:40 Ok, pre cut onions is worth it.

So,so, true! How about those supermarket receipts with all those subtractions, instead of just showing the discounted price?

I'm 19 and yall videos actually help me alot

This is the best YT channel. Finally found it. Good job everyone.

Keep the good work! :)

I indulge on those checkpoint candy bars once in a while, but I am aware that business strategists are making me do this when I do. 😂 Also, making a list of things you need (what you already have, what you need to buy) with recipes on mind helps you to stick and not divert a lot from the list.

So true!

Thanks

I've overcompensated when going to the grocery store hungry. I be like, "this was a mistake! i gotta get outta here now!" and then leave having purchased only half of the essentials i went in for in a failed attempt not to overspend. I find myself the most thrifty when i'm buying for meals i will make within 24 hrs. I just go in, get exactly what i need and leave. If my life circumstances were a little different, i would totally do this on the regular.

If you notice stores will usually do free samples on weekends when most people get paid. Go shopping on the weekend and take the samples, it helps keep you from buying junk. It does me anyway. Found your channel a few minutes ago, binge watching now. Keep up the good work and crank em out :)

Thank You

I'm amazed at the quality of the video and editing. Well done!

When they're trying to convince me to buy I just laugh, seriously I have $3 to my name and I came here for a $2.29+tax item. Good luck tossing anything else in my shopping list.

02:33 I would not be able to say No to such ... friendly staff

Thank you

Great video! My supermarket now offers scan-as-you-go shopping. I scan my items with my phone as I shop. I find that when I am scanning the items I am more aware of what they cost and the running total helps me stay within my budget. Added plus is not having to look at the impulse items in the check out line since check out is virtually instantaneous!

If you’re broke these don’t really apply cuz you already know them 😂

My Indian parents always take a lot free samples and don't buy the product 😅😂

Great video! Thank you!

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I gasped at the thought of bringing cash only. 😂 That sounds so brutal!

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Nicely explained, thanks

Get a good cashback grocery credit card like 4%+ and it will save you a lot of money per year.

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Love your videos guys. Thanks

Love love love this channel

PBS Era sent me. And I must be inhuman, because none of the things you described affects me. Well, maybe the eye level one.

When we got shipment we literally called it "Impulse candy".

These are super helpful tips! Thank you!

Thanks for the good shopping tips

5:20 bruh what, when I use basket, I just wanna get out so I don't have to hurt my arm for so long lol

“Make a list in the parking lot” lol I’ve noticed american youtubers always assume everyone is driving. but one of the best strategies is to walk to the grocery store so you can only buy what you can carry home ;)

Such a perfect analogy. I had never thought of it that way!!

Yep, I keep a list and plan my meals for the week so I only get what I need or restock on the essentials. Another tip is try to get everything from that section of the store while you’re there so you don’t backtrack later to try to find it (might add more junk and you may forget what you needed to buy)

Guys it’s not that hard. Just compare prices and don’t buy more than what you need