Grocery shopping is one of the topics that I feel like I can never stop talking about

because it's a non-negotiable for everyone. We're all spending money at the grocery. Now, money

can be really tight right now for a lot of people, regardless of income levels. And so we're

going to talk about seven reasons why you

might be overspending on groceries. And also stick around for my Parmesan Cheese epiphany

that I had that I feel like could be very relatable to other people because I am human. And I love

my Parmesan cheese. All right, make sure to like, subscribe and show this episode with a friend.

All right, the first mistake is over buying produce. Man, especially the start of the year. You know, we're all like trying to be all aspirational and eating healthy, trying to do good. But really, are you going to eat the three bags of spinach that are just sitting in your fridge? Are you? Are you? That's what we all need to ask ourselves. Or like a bag of apples,

you know, sometimes I'm like, I just need a few apples, not a bag of them, but I buy a bag thing. We're all going to eat the apples and they don't. So it is the amount of waste that we all have is when it comes to produce. So obviously we want to eat healthy. Yes, and produce is so great, so wonderful, but it is usually more expensive, and also it's the thing that goes bad the fastest.

So let's just be aware and not over buy. Number two, shopping out of hunger or boredom. This is a mistake a lot of us make. You go to the grocery store when you're hungry, and you're just like, oh, that looks good, that looks good, that looks good, and all your intentions are so great because

everything looks so good right now. Or you're just bored and you're like, sure, I'll try that. Yeah, why not? Okay, here, here, here. So that is a big mistake that we see constantly and I've done it before. I'm sure you have to. So listen, just put the list together, know what you got to get and you stick to it and try not to go to the store hungry.

You know, sometimes we just kind of need some boundaries. Listen, just put the list together, know what you got to get and you stick to it and try not to go to the store hungry.

You know, sometimes we just kind of need some boundaries in place, which is important.

Number three, reaching for the name brand without thinking.

So usually the brand items that are right in front of us, we know and we're familiar with because of advertising or maybe it's the thing that we've always been buying.

But sometimes we don't look at the price comparison and it is wild what you can save and it only may be like less than a dollar here and there but that adds up you guys so if you can

find things that are generic that honestly will save you so much money i feel like my family has done

this so much we have shifted so much to just generic because i'm like, I don't know. Some things I guess are specific, which I appreciate. It's like, no, we only like this brand of whatever. But for majority of things, like, we don't know. You don't know. I don't know. And so there's something about just saving some money there that's really key. All right. The fourth mistake that we make grocery shopping is shopping at the wrong store.

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So listen, we all have to buy it, right? We all have to buy food. But there are so many stores out there. There's Aldi and Publix and Kroger and Target and Whole Foods and Costco. And, you know, I mean, the list goes on and on and on. So if you are not strategic about where you are shopping, then you can fall into

more expensive groceries. I'm telling you, there's something about this that is so true. There

are the nicer, like, bougier stores. You know, I'm going to throw whole foods in there,

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