The Importance of Trader Joe's

Episode 2369 - On this Friday's show, Vinnie Tortorich and Anna Vocino give you a Grocery 101 course on how grocery stores work, saving money on meat and produce, how to best shop for keeping NSNG®, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2023/08/grocery-101-with-anna-vocino-episode-2369 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods VILLA CAPPELLI EAT HAPPY KITCHEN You can watch this episode on Vinnie's Fitness Confidential YOUTUBE channel -https://www.youtube.com/@FitnessConfidential GROCERY 101 Vinnie and Anna start with some history about how the grocery stores of today got established, thanks to cardboard and the Piggly Wiggly. (You'll see what I mean!) (2:00) They have done several "101"-style episodes that you can listen to that are available on Vinnie's website. (11:50) This episode will focus on grocery shopping and how to streamline your shopping and help you save money, too! Vinnie also describes what "horse trading" and a "Monroney sticker" is and how they came to be. (12:15) Vinnie talks about what he and Serena do to find deals on meat. (17:30) Anna clarifies the difference between store sales as opposed to clipping coupons. Anna goes through what your food list could look like. (21:00) Anna discusses what kinds of margins various store chains have on their products. (23:50) Other than certain items like spices and coffee, the best is to shop the perimeter of the grocery store. (30:00) If you do buy packaged items, be sure to thoroughly read the labels for junk ingredients! They also recommend finding a good butcher, if you can. They chat about a documentary about the history of Trader Joe's. (39:00) Trader Joe's has a great, affordable cheese department! The Villa Cappelli ad has some additional info, too. (45:00) Anna and Vinnie share some additional thoughts on things like Miracle Whip, Cool Whip, and Little Debbie cakes. [the_ad id="20253"] PURCHASE BEYOND IMPOSSIBLE (2022) The documentary launched on January 11! Order it TODAY! This is Vinnie's third documentary in just over three years. Get it now on Apple TV (iTunes) and/or Amazon Video! Link to the film on Apple TV (iTunes): bit.ly/beyondimpossibleitunes Then, Share this link with friends, too! It's also now available on Amazon (the USA only for now)! https://amzn.to/3JNhrPE Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: https://vinnietortorich.com/documentaries REVIEWS: Please submit your REVIEW after you watch my films. Your positive REVIEW does matter! FAT: A DOCUMENTARY 2 (2021) Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: https://vinnietortorich.com/documentaries Then, please share my fact-based, health-focused documentary series with your friends and family. The more views, the better it ranks, so please watch it again with a new friend! REVIEWS: Please submit your REVIEW after you watch my films. Your positive REVIEW does matter! FAT: A DOCUMENTARY (2019) Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: https://vinnietortorich.com/documentaries Then, please share my fact-based, health-focused documentary series with your friends and family. The more views, the better it ranks, so please watch it again with a new friend! REVIEWS: Please submit your REVIEW after you watch my films. Your positive REVIEW does matter!