10 Grocery Hacks That Save Me $2,164 a year (Frugal Living)
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- How I save money at the grocery store!!!
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In this video, I share 10 different ways I save money at the grocery store and on cooking.
1. Be A Walmart Shopper
By shopping at Walmart, I am able to save over 20% on my entire grocery bill compared to many other grocery stores. In my experience, Walmart is the cheapest place to buy groceries.
2. Drop It Low Or Reach With Yo Toes
At the grocery store, there is a lot of psychology behind product placement. Generally on a shelf, the products at eye level are the most expensive products and the products at the top and bottom are the generic, cheaper products. If you bend down or reach for different products, you can save money.
3. Stay On The Edges Of The Store
At most grocery stores, the products on the outer edges of the stores are healthier and will nourish your body, and the products in the center of the store are less healthy and don't nourish your body. Don't waste money buying groceries that don't nourish your body and do most shopping on the outer edges.
4. Read Ingredients, Don’t Be Superficial
People spend a lot of money because they believe that because something is in a nicer package, it is better; however, if you read the ingredients, you often see that there is no difference. If you focus on what's inside of products, you can save money.
5. Buy In Bulk
When you buy a larger quantity of something, it is generally cheaper. For certain products that don't go bad, I choose to buy in bulk to save money.
6. Don’t Be A Trendy Pampered Chef
We often go through trends with cooking where different products are promoted like juicing, instapots, and air friers. Although these products are cool, we often use them once and then they end up sitting never to be used again. You don't need fancy cooking products to make good food.
7. Keep Your Kitchen Stocked With Foods You Enjoy
Everybody snacks and the common places people get snacks are their pantry or a drive thru. If you spend a little extra money to get foods you enjoy, you will save money in the long run because eating at home is always cheaper than eating out.
8. Double Batch For Lazy Days
Cooking can get exhausting and oftentimes we opt to eat out because we don't want to cook. Whenever you cook food, if you make two times the amount of food, you will have left overs you can eat for a day you feel lazy and don't want to cook.
9. Be Conscious of Price Per Unit
If you look at the price tags at grocery stores, they often have a "price per unit" tag that shows you which product is cheapest. Products often come in different weights, so prices can be misleading; however, if you look at this tag, you can find the cheapest option.
10. Buy Kitchen Supplies At The Thrift Store
I choose to get kitchen supplies like cups, plates, and utensils at the thrift store because they're almost the same condition as new and they are way cheaper than buying new kitchen supplies.
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What's a hack that allows you to save money at the grocery store?
Fasting (in my religion it's basically eating a vegan diet). I found that vegan diets (thought they are not what I prefer) are cheaper than non-vegan stuff.
I shop online with a list and then pick up the groceries. When you shop online, price comparisons are much easier and I am away from temptations. Saves a ton of time too❤
Auuuugggoooossstteeeyyynnn! Pretty sure this video was just an excuse to dress up as a women, I llliiikkkkkeeeeee! 🫡😬👍🏻😘 🏴 🇺🇸
Switching to a vegan diet has saved me a lot. No meat, no fish, no cheese, no milk, etc. really helps keep the cost down. Tofu, rice, oats, pasta, beans, lentils, potatoes, bananas, etc are some of the least expensive foods in the grocery store.
@susandean8584 hi, can I ask you for some sources recomendations to learn more about that? maybe channels, blogs, whatever, I'm completely clueless as of now
I work at Walmart. I get free delivery. It's nice. I also go to college online for free thru Walmart. Half way thru my bachelor's in computer science. With other benefits...all in, I make 35 bucks an hour. Half cash, half benefits. I'm the real master of saving.
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤!!!!
Excellent!
1/2 cash? They count your benefits as your compensation?
@@sct4040s/he is probably counting the benefits, not Walmart. They are being smart looking at things this way. It’s also a good idea to think this way in compensation negotiations for salaried jobs, especially when changing positions.
Great work
Hey Austin. You should do a cooking series if you run out of frugal video ideas.
😂😂😂
I am in my mid 60's and a retired nurse. Love you frugal living info. I have switched to a no sugar and unprocessed food diet and since doing that in the last 12 months I have lost 15kg and feel so great. I cook a lot more and mostly shop around the outside of our local supermarkets in country NSW. Real food is best. Hi from Australia.
Haha Next time I’m grocery shopping - I got to remember to “Drop it low or reach with yo toes” 😂😂😂
Favorite low-cost snacks: popcorn from bulk kernels, homemade muffins, and diy popsicles especially from fruit that’s getting old- don’t let it go bad make a fun treat!
Learn how to cook simple dishes from scratch. A good basic cookbook like Betty Crocker or Better Homes and Gardens is a must. I keep my pantry stocked with basic staples. I then buy meat, fresh fruits, and fresh veggies when they are on sale. Eat seasonally.
If you have an Aldi in your city, it’s the best for grocery savings! Everything’s generic and there’s fewer choices which helps me (I get overwhelmed at the sheer volume of choices at Walmart)
Hilarious video! I use a couple of those "fancy" gadgets, namely the Instant Pot ( which costs about $100), and splurged on a Breville countertop convection oven/air fryer. Use both of them regularly, as they save time and electricity, especially the Instant Pot. Also, you don't heat up your entire home when cooking with them, so you save on utilities, too
I agree. I use my air fryer daily and my instapot weekly. I will never be without them.
Hahahaha...love this! You are a cutie pie. I can say this because I'm old enough to be your granniemaw. Keep on with the comedy, at least every once in a while. 🙂
Good Stuff !!!
“ Eye level is Buy level “ Classic ❤
I began buying my produce at the local farmers market because it’s cheaper. I use a cast iron skillet and steamed the veggies rather than frying them, etc. I use organic olive oil. I eat healthy food as cheaply as I can. I don’t eat much (intermittent fasting/one meal per day) which is even cheaper. Eating healthy saves money on doctor bills, medications, etc., while at the same time reinvesting in your life expectancy!!
Many great ideas,but I use my airfryer 2 or 3 times a week.Fewer pots and pans to wash,is always a win for me.
I'm with you! Air fryer too! Trends I'm sticking with!
Yes I really love and use my air fryer also my magic bullet and my pressure cooker. Those are my 3 small kitchen appliance/pot I cant do without or wouldn't like to do without 🤔
The instant pot is worth it. It constantly saves me hours at the kitchen and is way easier to clean. Buying 2.8 Kg of boneless chicken thighs at Costco and cooking them all at once while working is the cheapest and fastest way to consume protein throughout the week. Also, I keep the chicken stock and when cooled I can remove the fat from it very easy.
I have to agree. I use it several times a week to batch cook dried beans, rice, quinoa, soups, stews and steel cut oats. Best $$$ I ever spent! If mine broke today I would go buy another one right away
I agree I buy dried beans and pressure cook them weekly in it!
i watched a few of your videos and I can't believe I found some who thinks exactly the same as me. Incredible!! Only thing is I make my own mayonnaise and beans, etc.. so easy and way cheaper and healthier.
The GOAT school!
You can sing and act too, bravo Austin. Thanks for making me laugh. I’m in Ireland and shop mostly in Lidl and Aldi which are quite popular here. Yes we look at price per gram here.
I was in Walmart Florida, on my travels in the States, I never saw so much ice cream and cereals on display anywhere else, loved the more mature person who greeted us on entry found that quite novel as elderly people are usually retired here and was amazed so many plastic bags were used for our groceries as we have a tax on them here like 27c per bag so people bring their own reusable bags instead, we used to have bags caught in trees and rivers but with the tax it improved things overnight, we don’t want to pay extra for things.
Yeah, the Walmart greeter is pretty famous here! Colorado just started taxing plastic bags at 10 cents per bag. It's good to see them gone form the store!
You can cut out TP expenses permanently and get a bidet! Ha, I love the "Drop it low" instruction with tutorial on proper form! Always bend with the knees and save your back! 🤣
Exactly!
Definitely a Walmart shopper, I don’t know how people do a full shop at the regular grocery store anymore, love your style Augustine!
Aldi is better than Walmart for the majority of items. Cheaper. Get what Aldi doesn’t have at walmart. Save way more
Lidl is cheaper than Walmart. I compared prices on many items. Lidl beats them out each time. Love your abs. Lol. The eye level thing is so true. Produce is the first thing you see in most stores. Absolutely true. You'll never see me buying Lucky Charms. A bag of black beans will run you about $2.00 and you'll get 3-4 cans of beans. My instant pot gets used for everything every day. My oven goes through twice the electric as my instant pot. I was able to unload a lot of clutter in my cupboards thanks to it. We're BJ'S members, so, of course I buy in bulk. I have a bidet. TP kills acres of trees. Bidet kills none. We donate stuff to the homeless. Buy coffee cups brand new? Why? You get cool ones at yard sales for .25 to a dollar. Thanks for taking the time to make this video.
I got a bidet during covid and now I don't know how I called myself living without one.😂
Airfryers are pretty good at keeping energy bills lower though, ovens are too expensive too use in the U.K. most of the time.
Same here in the USA unless when you do use it, you fill it up. I recently bought a 44 pack of fish sticks, which took up 2 large cookie sheets. I cooked it all at one time in the oven, then divided it in to freezer trays and boom about 7 meals for me as a single person. Anna In Ohio
Agustin I believe that a lot of thinking and research went into making this video. It is a distinct change from your previous videos and very refreshing! Love the humour too!
Thanks! I'm trying to change things up! Takes time!
It would never occur to me that you could drive somewhere to get snacks! I always make sure I have something at home. Yesterday my favorite Lindt chocolate was on sale and I got 4 for 10 dollars (Canadian). My main grocery hack is buying products which are on sale. Thanks for an another great and funny video!
I’ve been using the same saucepans for 30 years.
Something new for me - shop low or high. Eye level is buy level.👏
We finally got to see Austin with his shirt (sort of) off. 😀 I ain't mad.😈 Entertaining and great tips!
More?
Funnier and cuter than ever. Oh and informative of course. 😊
I do the free pickup at Walmart. Not only does it save me time but it also allows me to see what Im spending my money on before I buy and allows me to think twice before I buy something that I dont really need.
I agree with most of your items. I find that the 1/2 of the store brand canned vegetables to be terrible tasting, compared to more expensive ones. I usually try the store brands and then only use the ones that are comparable in taste. The frozen vegetables seem to be fine.
Your most fun video yet! Love this new style of different shots and comedy.
Thanks! I'm wanting to try new stuff soon!
We do per Kilogramm or 100 Gramm or per Liter, per washload and so on here in Germany. Love your videos.❤
In Thailand where we live we have the bum gun! Never spend a penny on toilet paper here.
Austin, on your lastest videos you have upped your game!!, they have funny parts too., also you have pretty decent voice.
Always trying to improve!
You can get "everything" at Meijer too. Not sure they are in your area though. We poop because we eat - whether a little or a lot - because what goes in must come out!
As a walmart employee I approve this message. They are also a great employer. Thank you for your support!
I do use these tips already. Love to make beans from scratch and rice in my instant pot and make veggie or heat up chicken in my air fryer.
Your "Walmart Shopper" is on point.
Dry beans and cooking them add and onion, garlic and salt and use a pressure cooker. So much better and cheaper than can beans. Then divide them and freeze the rest.
In Hungary we use price/kilogram instead of price/oz.
Hack #7 was accurate.
If you know you're prone to snacking,
you're 100% better off by stocking some snacks from the grocery store!
I've wasted too much money on drive-thrus and Domino's Chocolate Lava Crunch Cakes😆🤦🏻♂️
Glad to see a different back ground in this video, its refreshing ❤. We need your sense of humor is excellent. Keep it coming
I am going to try to change it up a bit, but bear with me. A lot of imagination involved!
Great intro and all. Thanks El Agustin. Please make more content, please thank you.✔️💯
9:27 Yeap, we have in Poland price per kg. And buying in bulk is not always cheaper, that is why you have to always look for price per kg :) I love your sense of humour Austin :)
Another Polish fan!
Love. Your sense of humour! Great video.
lol LOVE your videos!! I do most of that but im taking some more advice from this video. I started a budget a few month ago thanks to you and your videos and is a life changer. Thanks for your amazing videos!
Great tips Austin! I also love shopping at Trader Joe’s. Good prices on healthier options 🙂
Thank you Austin, educating with humour...😊😃. Keep up the great work!
Thanks!!
I would be careful about "stocking up". I would stock up toilet paper, but not, say, paper towel, because as you know, the more you have the more you will use/waste.
My friend gave me an air fryer and it definitely is worth it. Also my cheap rice cooker I bought was totally worth it! Perfectly cooked rice every single time
Yes I use my air fryer everyday and I use my rice maker as well
Excellent! I already do almost all of this.
Loved this so much!!!
Shopping at ALDIs is essential for saving $$$ and getting healthy food.
Great hacks Austin. I would add 1. Some stores sell close to expire items cheaper also 2. farmers market fresh foods are sometimes cheaper so check/compare.
The hacks are great, but I only go to Walmart for certain items. I also go to Costco 1-2 times a month to buy bulk items. My local grocery store, which is part of Kroger's is a 1/4 from my house and the produce tends to be cheaper than Walmart all of the time. Also, I get to use my store membership rewards to get discounts on gas.
This has got to be the best video so far. Loved the black costume you had on!
haha, thanks!
Love your Walmart shopper!
Agree with a lot of this, but I’ve used my instant pot regularly for years. You can’t beat the flavor of bone broth made with old bones from a chicken or turkey carcass with water, veg scraps (I keep a huge bag in the freezer. Every onion skin, cabbage core, and veg scrap goes in there) + spices and it’s done fast. Practically free soup. You can buy dry beans, soak them, throw them in the instant pot and in less than an hour they’re ready to eat. No tin can to add to the billions of cans we Americans use every year. One of my best investments. Forgot to mention that 1 lb of dry beans for around $1.79 yields ~7 cans of beans that cost $6.23 and you help save the planet by eliminating the cans.
❤ thank u Agustine!
Thank you for this👍
Great video! You were so funny. Thank you!!
Can you do a tour of your apartment with costs etc please?
I can!!
I love your videos, you teach me and make me laugh!
Love this❤️
I shop at Aldi, Dollar Tree and WalMart Neighborhood Market exclusively. I buy products on the store perimeter and buy the store brands. At home, I break apart the packages of meat and freeze the individual pieces. I do not eat beef, milk, processed or snack foods. I believe in cooking each meal when I cook. Cooking a lot at a time to freeze is not my idea of using my time wisely. I want freshly cooked food at every meal. Finally, portion control stretches my food budget and prevents overeating, indigestion, and putting on unnecessary belly fat.
Yes Austin. In Italy you shall see prices per kg. Ciao!
This is the best grocery saving video so far! Good job!
My only addition is that (if you’re responsible with credit cards) the walmart credit card comes with 5% cash back when you do walmart pickup
Great advice!!! Thanks 😅
Austin, always top content!😊
I keep showing this video to people I know!! It's hilarious!!😂 and good!!👍🤗
I'm a health nut more than cost nut. The wally secret is they have a sprinkle of healthy stuff. Over half my rigid diet by volume comes from walmart. The remainder comes from Walgreens. I'm truly grateful for walmart and Walgreens. I wash my butt in the shower paperless. I never cook, so never wash. Pretty much never eat out. Snacks are my sucker lure. I try hard to avoid. I eat every 3 hours but skip some meals. Small meals, obviously. Ya the thrift store donations are the fast track to minimalism for me.
Right on brother 🤣outstanding informative video. 😃
You are great entertainment Austin, love your videos!
Western Canada here and I hate Walmart so you almost lost me right away......they are almost always out of what I need here and the store is just a giant festering warehouse, very depressing. Your other tips are spot on
Great video, keep it up.
😂😂😂😂 too much!! Love it!
Gracias, Chico!
Loved the intro!! we want MORE
haha, thanks!!
I save in so many ways n I'm going to share just two ways.
I save in one way by using my food saver when I see a sale I grab it up. And when I come home I freeze it all with my food saver which allows me to save it for a very long time. Which in turn saves me alot of MOLA....
Second way I save is by using a grocery list. I hardly ever go to the store without one. It saves me at least 25 to 35 percent of not buying on impulse....which the store would love for me to do but I don't. And that is two ways I save alot of money...how do u save?
i'm the exact opposite and never have a list. I love to cook and experiment with recipes, so I basically cook based on what the lost leaders are for that grocery week and whatever produce they have on clear-outs. I save a lot of money inventing creative recipes from on sale items. I do also flash freeze items that are on sale like peppers (cut up into strips int a food saver bag into freezer).
Hi Austin - LOL this was perfection! I was laughing so hard :) you gave us some great tips here in this video!
😅😂😂😂😂 same, so funny, but helpful on point 👌
i love all your videos augustin...........
Good one Austin ! Too bad you don’t have a Winco Foods in your area. They have Walmart beat ! You had me rolling, when the Walmart shopper that looked like your cousin showed up ! 😆
El Augustin: “If you live in the greatest country on earth the USA”
Me: “yaaay Merka”
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This is so funny 😅 it reminds me those Odd scenes you find at Walmart.
Great tips. Different from the normal ones I have heard a ton of times.
It don't get more original than, "Drop it low for them deals!"
Oh El Augustin! You're so funny. Love your videos
I love my instant pot it is used every week! Eggs, beans, soups....the only thing I use my airfryer for is bacon...but I love bacon : )
Hi there, great content thanks for sharing
Another Great video! I don’t find Walmart to be cheap. ( for years now) . I shop the loss leaders at my 2 local supermarkets and ALDIs. ( they have less preservatives in their food because Europe is stricter with food additives).
Oh and get an add on bidet.😊
I do love my air fryer. It cooks food perfectly and the instant pot is great for tougher cuts of meat. It uses a quarter of the time of a slow cooker or oven.
Still love your presentation of ideas! Helps me stay on track. Thank you.💗
First video I watched from you and I love your content
And if you’re wondering why people flock in from specific number. It looks like you tried it yourself and it worked from experience instead of searching up ways online and regurgitating it.
Thanks! Yeah, the algorithm treats everyone differently and I just have to figure out what works for me. The human psychology part of doing this is the most interesting for me.
I laughed too much 😂 great video
Yes I'm cutting sugar down. I'm only allowing myself one sweet thing a day. That means I can have a biscuit, a small piece of cake or a sweet drink or a few sweets. But that's it! When the sweets are gone I'm not buying more. Although I may have the occasional slice of cake or cupcake. We have walmart here in the UK it's called Asda. I find Iceland just as good but they don't sell homeware and clothes.
I have to advocate for the air fryer! I did give away my Instant Pot, though.
Hi Austin,
We in South Africa are per KG.
I ❤ your allllllll videos.
Walmart is good, but Aldi is even cheaper.
Thank you ❤
I have no idea how people spend so little on groceries. I spend about $600 a month and I cook all my meals. Walmart has garbage quality, I wouldn’t touch their meats or produce, which is the bulk of what I eat. Aldi or Costco ftw.
It comes down to one's income and their priorities, really. I'm single and spend below $200/month. I eat mostly meats, fish and produce also. I don't buy organic but maybe I should. But I feel I eat very well.
@@oscarfelix1952 Canned salmon is $4 for a lb. About as cheap and healthy a protein source you can get. Baby carrots about $1 a bag. Let’s call that lunch so $5 at 600 calories.
Frozen Broccoli $1. Half a chicken is $4. So that’s 10 bucks and you’re at a total of 1600 calories. So need another 1000. 10 bananas is about $3. Pro tip - organic bananas taste way better and actually last much longer because they don’t turn brown on the inside as the peel browns.
13$ not including spices, butter and oil.
I just don’t get how people do it unless they are eating a shit ton of lentils and rice and beans. Eggs are cheap, I don’t really eat them because they fuck me up, but I also wouldn’t touch anything not pasture raised when you see the conditions these hens are in.
Aldi and Costco is about as cheap as it gets. Publix bogo comes out to about the same as their prices.
Any chance you can show me what your cheapest day of food looks like? I’m more curios than anything
@@davidmann2524 I buy all my produce at Aldi also but no meat because I can get it cheaper at 2 other supermarkets. I only buy chicken, sausage, salmon on sale (which it is regularly) and stock up, enough to last 30 days or so. I only buy beef occasionally when it's on sale. Bacon seems to always be on sale for as little as $2.99-$3.99/lb, stock up also. I make my own chicken stock for free from whole chicken carcasses. I usually eat protein and vegs and or fruit for each of my 3 meals. I rarely eat sweets but eat nuts, trail mix, yogurt , vegs/fruit, cheese for snacks. I eat fewer calories than you, 1500 or so/day. I only drink seltzer water and coffee with creamer. I obviously eat less than you. I don't feel deprived. But I do stock up on good deals. Freezer and pantry is always full. And of course, I never eat fast food which I guess you don't either.
Wow, the quality of our Walmart food, especially meat, is good. South Texas.
Dang, I only spend $150 a month in groceries.
Funny and wonderful video!
😂😂😂😂😂 Grocery stores are such scammers. They price according to the income level of surrounding neighborhoods. Income too low, profits not through the roof, they leave; hence food deserts. It’s “all that the traffic will bear” in their playbook. I garden, freeze, can, buy in bulk. (Haven’t bought tp in years). And still get sucked in from time to time, dang it!
Hi! Flashfood is a good app where you can find discounted food from your local grocery store! It’s expiring food, the grocery store is getting rid of it for whatever reason, etc. Saves money and reduces food waste. I don’t know if it’s available everywhere, it’s available in northeast Ohio for sure.
I have used that app lots here in Brampton, Ontario Canada. It saves me a lot of money.
I run a frugal food group here in Arizona and after taking a poll Fry's is the most popular place to shop ... I am not a W fan by any means I think their prices are just about the same as any other store.. The savings are in the store APPS ! 2 weeks ago Safeway/Albertsons had chicken for 99¢ a lb . Totally worth going and getting... BTW your video was too funny !
I DO shop at Walmart because I really like the Great Value Cantina Thins tortilla chips. BUT real world example from last week. I bought some Eukon gold 2 lb bag at Walmart for $4.77. My mom told me that they were at Aldi's exactly the same kind and amount for $2.75. Sometimes for some things...Aldi's is less expensive and they have such a great selection of cheese and dark chocolate.
I know not everyone has Aldi's but it's worth checking out. . I cook all food from scratch with as few processed items as possible.