NEWS AT 5 30 STARTS NOW. ALL LIVE
NEWS AT 5 30 STARTS NOW. ALL
THIS WEEK. WE’RE COMMITTED TO
HELPING YOU MAKE ENDS MEET FROM
THE GAS PUMP TO THE GROCERY
STORE. EVERYTHING IS COSTING
MORE THESE DAYS, BUT WITH A
LITTLE CREATIVITY, YOU CAN KEEP
MORE OF YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY
IN YOUR POCKET. ALL OF A SUDDEN
WE’RE DREADING GETTING GAS AND
EVEN BUYING GROCERIES, BUT
THEY’RE BOTH NECESSARY FOR OUR
DAY TO DAY LIFE. HOW DO YOU
MAXIMIZE YOUR TRIP, PARTICULARLY
TO THE GROCERY STORE BUSINESS
EDITOR ROD MELONI LIVE TONIGHT
WITH A NEW PERSPECTIVE. ON AN
OLD PROBLEM, AND HE’S AT THE
CANTON MYER STORE. HEY, ROD.
YEAH ACTUALLY, WE’RE IN COMMERCE
TOWNSHIP, JASON. WE KIND OF
CHANGED LOCATION HERE, BUT IT’S
STILL ADMIRES STORE AND IT’S A
SITUATION WHERE ONE OF THE
SHOPPERS THAT I TALKED TO TOLD
ME THAT ESSENTIALLY THE ONE
PLACE WHERE YOU CAN CONTROL THE
AMOUNT YOU SPEND BECAUSE MOST OF
OUR BILLS ARE KIND OF SET. IS IN
THE GROCERY STORE. BUT SHE SAYS
, YOU HAVE TO BE WELL
ESSENTIALLY INTENTIONAL. STEP
BACK. TAKE YOUR TIME AND PLAN.
YEAH THE CANTON MEYER SHOPPERS
WE MET ALREADY HAVE SAVINGS
STRATEGIES GOING TO FLORIDA
LATER THIS MONTH, AND THEIR
GROCERIES ARE SKY HIGH COUPONS.
COME OUT. I LOOK FOR THE BETTER
COUPONS. USUALLY WHEN I BUY IT,
I BUY TWO AT A TIME, SO I USE MY
COUPONS HERE BY HERE WE GO DOWN
WITH IT. NO TENCENT 25 CENTS. I
DON’T BOTHER WITH THOSE. YOU
WANT THE BIG STEP BY ONE. GET
ONE FREE THAT WAY. I ONLY HAD TO
MAKE ONE TRIP INSTEAD OF THREE
FEWER TRIPS, STORE BRANDS
GROCERY STORE APPS ALL CERTAINLY
HELP. YET INFLATION IS FORCING
US TO GET EVEN MORE SERIOUS,
MEYER, DIETITIAN BETH EAGLESON
EXPLAINS. IT TAKES SOME WORK TO
STRETCH YOUR FOOD DOLLAR. IT
TAKES TIME TO CHECK OUT, SAY,
UNIT PRICING QUICK EXAMPLE WITH
A DOLLAR 99 TUB OF OAK MEAL. YOU
SEE, THE UNIT PRICE IS 11.1
CENTS PER OUNCE. BUT IF YOU LOOK
AT THE LARGER PACKAGE DOWN HERE,
EVEN THOUGH IT’S THE EXACT SAME
PRODUCT, YOU’RE GOING TO SEE
THAT THE UNIT PRICE IS 6.9 CENTS
PER HOUR, SO YOU’RE OBVIOUSLY
GETTING A BETTER DEAL VALUE WAS
IMPORTANT. IMPROVING YOUR
COOKING SKILLS IS TOO AND WITH A
LITTLE CREATIVITY, YOU CAN MAKE
A LESSER CUT OF BEEF TASTY.
SOMETHING LIKE A BEEF SHOULDER.
YOU COULD DO THAT IN THE SLOW
COOKER AND COOK IT LOW AND SLOW
FOR A LONG TIME. IT’S GOING TO
FALL OFF THE BONE. IT’S GOING TO
BE REALLY DELICIOUS EGGS ARE
MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE THAN BEEF OR
GREAT A CAGE FREE LARGE EGG
COSTS. 18 CENTS. MIX SOME WITH
STAPLES YOU’VE ALREADY GOT IN
THE FRIDGE, AND YOU CAN WHIP UP
SATISFYING DEALS ON THE CHEAP
AND ONE REALLY NICE WAY ABOUT
FRITTATAS IS THAT YOU CAN USE UP
ALL THE VEGGIES THAT YOU HAVE IN
THE CRISPER DRAWER THAT MAYBE
AREN’T AS GOOD FRESH AND YOU CAN
PUT THEM IN YOUR FRITTATA, AND
THEY TURN OUT PERFECTLY. NOW ASK
YOURSELF HOW WILLING ARE YOU TO
STRETCH YOUR PALATE? TO FOODS
STRANGE TO YOU. PLANT PROTEIN
SAVE BIG MONEY. METH TELLS US A
THREE OUNCE SERVING OF 80 20
MEYER GROUND BEEF COSTS A DOLLAR
AND 11 CENTS THREE OUNCES OF
PLANT PROTEIN LIKE MEYER LENTILS
IS 36 CENTS. ONE OF BETH’S
FAVORITES IS GREAT NORTHERN
BEANS, JUST LIKE THE FLAVOR.
THEY’RE BUTTERY. THEY’RE SOFT. I
LOVE THEM IN SOUPS. I LOVE LIKE
I SAID, I MAKE THEM INTO A PASTE
AND KIND OF PUT LEMON JUICE AND
SALT AND PEPPER. PUT THEM ON A
PIECE OF TOAST. IT’S DELICIOUS.
OKAY I’VE NEVER TRIED THAT. BUT
IT SOUNDS INTERESTING NOW, SOME
OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT SHE
TALKED ABOUT LIKE THE PROTEINS
THAT YOU CAN GET IN WHAT SHE
SAID. THE DARKER THE COLOR, THE
MORE FOOD VALUE YOU GET, SHE
SAID. YOU CAN BOIL THIS LIKE
PASTA. IT’S A REALLY GOOD WAY TO
GO. THE OTHER THING SHE SAID,
WAS GREAT YOGURT, PLAIN GREEK
YOGURT. THROWING A LITTLE BIT OF
FROZEN VEGETABLES. SEE SOME
CHERRIES, NOT VEGETABLES FOR
SOME FRUIT, RASPBERRIES,
CHERRIES INTO THIS GREAT DESSERT
, HIGH VALUE PROTEIN, VERY LOW
COST, SO THESE ARE JUST SOME OF
THE IDEAS THAT SHE HAS PAM BACK
TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. GOOD ADVICE
THERE, ROD. WE ALL HAVE A
PROBLEM WITH IMPULSE BUYING,
THOUGH. SO, WHAT IS SHE
RECOMMENDS IN COMBATING THAT?
WELL YOU KNOW, AND IT’S THE AGE
OLD THING BEFORE YOU GO ON THE
GROCERY STORE, STOP, GET A SNACK
OR EVEN HAVE A MEAL. DON’T GO
SHOPPING HUNGRY. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT, AND
JASON. I KNOW THAT YOU’RE ALSO
GOING TO BE WORKING ON A STORY
ABOUT RISING PRICES FOR
TOMORROW. IF IT WAS ABOUT
IMPULSE BUYING LIKE THAT, I
WOULD HAVE HAD A MUCH LONGER
STORY. BUT NO, I DID. I SAT DOWN
WITH SOME SENIORS WHO HAVE A
FIXED INCOME OBVIOUSLY TO SEE
HOW THIS IS ALL AFFECTING THEM,
AND I ALSO CAUGHT UP WITH SOME
GUYS WHO ARE DOING SOMETHING