She Followed a 1950's Grocery List and it DID NOT Go as Expected

Frugal Friends Podcast

Jen Smith & Jill Sirianni | Backyard Ventures

Leisure, Home & Garden, Business, Investing

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Call it retro the way 'what's in' during the 1950s are making a comeback. For Jen, that made this challenge too tempting not to try and her curiosity had to see where it would lead. The results weren’t exactly what they expected, but they walked through everything like why she did it, what happened, and the key takeaways that happened along the way.

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0:35.5	That's audible.co.uk.uk. U.K. slash Wondery. She followed a 1950s grocery list,
0:44.0	and it did not go as expected. Welcome to the Frugal Friends podcast, where you'll learn to save money, embrace simplicity, and live a rich life.
1:00.5	Here are your host, Jen and Jill.
1:06.4	Hey, Frugal Friends. I'm Jen. I'm Jill. And I decided to follow a 1950s grocery list for one week to see how it would go because people love to talk about frugality back in the Depression era, 30s, 40s, 50s, kind of seeing it as this golden age of frugality.
1:32.9	And I wanted to see, is it really that different? Is it the hype? Is it what we should be
1:38.7	focused on? And I learned some things. I love that you chose to do this in the summertime.
1:46.1	And you just, and that the she you're referring to and the title is you.
1:50.9	She tried.
1:52.0	Yeah, Jen tried it.
1:52.9	She did.
1:53.7	She did try it.
1:54.9	And she learned some things.
1:56.8	So I'm going to share what I did, why, how it went, and the experiences that I'm taking forward with me.
2:08.2	And if you get the friend letter, which is our weekly newsletter, we're going to include this grocery list and meal plan in there.
2:17.2	We'll include it in, obviously, if you're
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