Well, hey, you guys, listen, if you feel like you're constantly in survival mode when it comes

to buying groceries, trust me, you are not alone. In fact, there's a legitimate reason scarcity

mindset creeps in when you're walking down the aisles of a grocery store these days.

And today we're going to talk

about why. Plus, you'll be getting my survival guide to grocery shopping in 2025. That way you can

enjoy the food that you love without worrying about the money. All right, first, do me a favor and

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have to thrive this year. Okay, I'm pretty sure that I speak for everyone when I say that my

grocery halls feel way more expensive than they did a few years ago, thanks to inflation.

And the data shows that since inflation started to surge, more than three years ago,

groceries are up 21% on average. So that means a few

years ago, if you spent $200 a week on groceries, now you're spending around $240. And over the

course of the year, that $40 every single week adds up, you guys, to close to $2,000 more

that you spend on food than you did just three years ago. But now that inflation

is finally settling down a little bit, why are we still feeling it in our grocery bills? Even if

inflation technically goes down as a percentage, it's actually compounding on itself over the last

couple of years. And the cost of labor has also increased to meet demand.

And energy costs and fuel costs, shipping costs, and store operations are also up. So those

increases in all of those areas now are going to you the consumer, right? So if you're running a

grocery store and it costs more to get a crate of apples in

because you're having to pay more for the delivery, you're paying more for the gas of the guy

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