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The Stacking Benjamins Show

Here's An Easy Way To Save $3,000 Per Year (with Bryan Suddith) SB1688

The Stacking Benjamins Show

Joe Saul-Sehy and Josh ‘OG’ Bannerman, CFP

Financial Planning, Cfp, Education, Business, Retirement, Personal Finance, Money, Investing

4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Turns out, saving $3,000 a year might be easier (and tastier) than you think. This week, we’re dishing up big savings with Bryan Suddith, who turned his family’s runaway grocery bill into a budget-friendly game—complete with freezer hacks, local meat tips, and food waste strategies that actually work. He joins Joe, OG, and guest co-host Len Penzo (yes, that Len Penzo of LenPenzo.com fame) to share how mindful meal planning can make your wallet and your taste buds happy.

We’re also talking about a Wall Street Journal piece that reveals why high schoolers are ditching traditional degrees for skilled trades... and landing $70K jobs right out of the gate. Plus, Doug helps us navigate one of life’s most awkward questions: What do you call your friend’s mom? (Hint: it’s not “Linda.”)

What’s stacked inside this episode:

  • 🧾 How Bryan gamified his grocery budget and saved thousands—with zero meal-prep burnout

  • 🥩 Freezer hacks, locally sourced meats, and the joys of slow-thawed financial wins

  • 🥦 Food mindfulness: the surprising connection between awareness and grocery savings

  • 🎯 Why budgeting doesn't have to feel like punishment (especially when TikTok is involved)

  • 🎙️ Bryan’s bonus storytelling and public speaking tips for anyone who has to talk to humans

  • 🔧 Trade school is trending: why $70K jobs are showing up before diplomas

  • 🧰 Should your teen consider HVAC over Harvard? We unpack the growing case for skilled trades

  • 🤷‍♂️ Conan O'Brien, Doug, and the Great Parental Naming Debate of 2025

💡 If you’ve ever overpaid at the grocery store or underestimated a plumber’s paycheck... this one’s for you.
Bring your shopping list and your sense of humor—we’ll meet you in the basement.


Full Show Notes: https://www.stackingbenjamins.com/avoid-food-waste-and-save-benjamins-bryan-suddith-1688/

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Transcript

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0:00.0

are we going to let Len be all dad joky to start or you just want me to dive in? What do you mean? What does that mean? I mean he always starts, whenever he's on, he starts with, like he has this big joke set up and we're like, oh, crap, here it comes. Here it comes. Is it going to be as bad? Yes, it's as bad as I thought it was going to be.

0:21.0

You're totally stepping on his intro.

0:23.1

You're stepping on, Len's like saving it.

0:26.0

I don't jump in front of you.

0:27.6

I let you do your thing first, Doug.

0:29.4

All right.

0:30.0

Okay.

0:30.8

All right.

0:31.8

Nothing better than watching Doug do his thing first.

0:38.2

Len, they call that sloppy seconds.

0:44.0

I was just going to say when I watch Doug do his thing first,

0:46.5

I don't have to wait very long.

0:49.1

But you do get to watch it.

0:50.0

We're talking about eating at cheeseburger, right?

0:51.5

Yes.

0:52.3

You do get to watch it.

0:53.0

I'm trying a quarter later.

0:54.9

All right.

0:56.5

Mommy, no.

0:58.2

Please let's start the show.

0:59.8

Please, please, please, please.

1:00.6

Live from Joe's Mom's Basement, it's the Stacking Benjamin's show.

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