Grocery Bill Tips and Budget Bites SB1680
The Stacking Benjamins Show
Joe Saul-Sehy and Josh ‘OG’ Bannerman, CFP
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 9 May 2025
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
If your grocery bill has you doing double-takes at the checkout line, you’re not alone—and this episode of The Stacking Benjamins Show is packed with practical ways to take control of your food spending.
Joe Saul-Sehy is joined by Janice Torres of the Yo Quiero Dinero podcast, regular contributor OG, and the always-frugal Len Penzo to serve up real-world grocery hacks that help you stretch your dollars without skimping on flavor or quality.
You’ll learn:
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How meal planning can shrink your bill (and your food waste)
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When buying in bulk pays off—and when it’s just a trap
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Why pre-packaged foods might be eating up your budget
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Which apps help you unlock store discounts and cash back
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And whether starting a garden is actually worth it for your bottom line
We also dig into freezer strategies, the art of cutting back on meat without feeling deprived, and a few guilty pleasure restaurants that somehow always find their way back into our budgets.
It’s a money-saving roundtable that’s equal parts helpful and hilarious. Come for the grocery hacks, stay for the side dishes of personality.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, Stackers. Happy Friday. Well, grocery store prices aren't getting cheaper. And today, |
| 0:06.2 | Janice Torres is an expert at cooking great food. I can personally attest. So is Len Penzo. |
| 0:13.3 | Dude makes the best lasagna ever. They're joining a roundtable discussion. If you're new here, |
| 0:18.0 | what happens on our round tables? Well, on Monday and Wednesday, we are all about concepts and experts. |
| 0:23.8 | But on Friday, we normally have this really chatty just discussion with some of the |
| 0:29.5 | finest bloggers and podcasters in the business. |
| 0:31.3 | So it's like you get to sit at the table with these people and kind of be a fly on the |
| 0:35.6 | wall as they talk about today saving money on groceries, |
| 0:39.2 | making better food, all together. But before we dive into this grocery store and World of Food |
| 0:46.0 | episode, I've got two calendar events I want to point out. First, next Thursday, we have a YouTube |
| 0:53.7 | event, been forever since we've had one of those |
| 0:55.8 | may 15th 8 p.m eastern 5 p.m pacific why most retirement calculators suck how to make it your superpower |
| 1:05.2 | man the people at bolden make a fantastic retirement calculator. |
| 1:11.7 | And we're going to talk about whether you use their calculator or not. |
| 1:15.7 | I don't care. |
| 1:16.9 | I just want to make sure you don't make mistakes while you're plotting out your timeline. |
| 1:20.9 | If you've read my book, you know how important I think building your financial timeline is. |
| 1:27.0 | Steve Chen is the CEO over at Bolden and he's going to join me |
| 1:31.5 | to dive into this episode. And Steve joined us a few years ago. We had a few hundred people join us |
| 1:37.1 | online, really robust, took some great questions from the audience and he also walked through |
| 1:43.2 | some steps that you don't want to miss. |
| 1:45.7 | So join us live next Thursday, May 15th, 8 p.m. Eastern, 5 p.m. Pacific. |
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