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Clear Intentions with Diane Boden

Strategies for Reducing Your Grocery Bill | Kimberley Gillan (EP363)

Clear Intentions with Diane Boden

Diane Boden

Self-improvement, How To, Kids & Family, Mental Health, Education, Parenting, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 952 Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

With the rising cost of living and food prices, many are struggling to afford nutritious meals. Drawing from her own experience with food insecurity after a health crisis, my guest today, author, Kimberley Gillan provides insights on affordable shopping, meal planning, and ingredient swaps that stretch each dollar. She emphasizes realistic strategies that make nutritious eating accessible without sacrificing flavor or quality. Listeners will leave with actionable tools to improve their diet, save money, and foster better well-being for themselves and their families.


Episode Chapters |

03:10 | Strategies for Reducing Grocery Bills

06:00 | Understanding Nutrient-Dense Foods

08:48 | Supermarket Psychology and Shopping Tips

12:00 | The Importance of Potatoes and Carbohydrates

14:53 | Psychological Aspects of Budgeting and Nutrition

17:55 | Bulk Buying and Pantry Essentials

21:06 | Community and Gardening as Solutions


About Kimberley |

Kimberley Gillan has a background in economics, policy and strategy planning, and uses her practical knowledge to find new answers to old questions, such as “What is the lowest price you would have to pay for food without compromising on nutrition?” or “What are the key ingredients in a laundry detergent?” In answering these questions, Kimberley uses fundamental economic principles to come up with revolutionary answers on what your minimum spend should be, in order to live your best life. She lives in Far North Queensland, Australia.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:05.3

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0:10.8

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0:16.7

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0:23.1

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0:34.3

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0:38.2

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0:42.8

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0:48.3

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0:53.3

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0:55.8

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1:01.7

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1:10.6

I actually find the subject of supermarket psychology fascinating because there are multi,

1:17.0

there are multi-million dollar global companies that specialize just in supermarket layout.

1:24.5

And you see this at work, for example, say you need milk and you just want to dash

1:29.6

in and grab some milk. So you go through the turnstiles. And the milk seems to be about as far away

1:35.2

from the turnstiles in the supermarket as possible. So you head down the widest aisle,

1:41.3

which seems to be the chocolate bar aisle. Go figure. And you grab some chocolate.

1:46.5

And then there's some amazing specials that are going to save you money by spending money.

1:51.5

So you grab some of those as well. You finally find the milk. You get to the counter and

1:56.6

your arms are loaded up with purchases you didn't intend to make. My approach is we tackle psychology

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