Grocery Shopping Hack

Hello, everybody. It's coach Dan Cadre. I give everybody a minute to sign in. Say hello if you're here. I'm gonna talk grocery shopping today, something that most everybody has to do, although there's some tips and tricks I'm going to share with you, and if you hate it that much, maybe you won't have to do it. I happen to love grocery shopping. As a food creator, I just love grocery shopping, especially grocery shopping in foreign countries. It's one of my favorite things to do. But grocery shopping, all in all, is something that I don't mind.

But I have coached quite a few people who do mind. They mind a lot and they're totally stressed out and just can't stand the whole process of gathering groceries. Well, hello, Brian. Welcome. Say hello if you're here, everybody. So today we're discussing to minimize stress and anxiety at the grocery store. So the first thing I suggest is shopping at off peak times. If you just wait a couple hours after dinner time or if you go early in the morning, even before work. I know. But if you do go earlier or later, chances are you will have a lot more space.

The other night I went to the grocery store. It was about 730 or 08:00 I could not believe how empty it was. I just actually took note. It was so empty. So, you know, if you head into the grocery store at 515, you're probably gonna get aggravated. There's gonna be a lot of lines if you wait until Friday night or, you know, Saturday night is a real busy time to shop. So just think about when you're going. If you can avoid the rush hour times and you're somebody that does get anxious at the grocery store.

Yeah. Just hold off a little bit. Go early, go late, and you will be amazed at how much easier the experience is for you. Shop online if you can. There are so many different services now available. Find one in your area that works for you and they do charge a little bit extra. But, you know, a lot of people are busy. Time is money. If it's worth it to you, many of these services ask for a subscription and in return you get free delivery. I think most of the services offer free delivery for anything purchased over $35.

It kind of seems to be the magic number. So give those a try. Check those out. Sometimes I even use those. I like to buy my produce. Hands on. I like to pick out my produce. But, you know, canned goods and pantry staples and all sorts of products can be ordered online without any worry about quality. Soda pop is another good thing. So this is something I like to recommend for online ordering. Identify the things that you use all the time that, you know, we go through this many loaves of bread, we go through blah, blah, blah, this, this, and, and keep that in mind when you're ordering.

So, you know, so many times just the staples can get you over the $35. Say, you know, you guys go through four two liters of seltzer or soda, and they're a pain to carry. So, you know, order them online, have them delivered, and then make the stops to the grocery store for the things that you really do need and want to have hands on activity with before you buy it. All right. Take breaks. I want to tell you a little story, and I do this all the time when I'm walking through a department store especially, and I'm feeling a little like, I will, and I do this at Meijer, our local Meyer in Michigan.

I will swing by their furniture section. I will just sit. It's great to do it in the spring when all the patio stuff is set up, but just go sit down somewhere if you can and take a break if you get overwhelmed. I know that's, you know, that's kind of a far stretch for people that are anxious in the grocery store to actually tell you to go somewhere and stay there longer. But if you make it fun and, you know, you've got to stretch all the way over to the other side of the store for something, and you pass, you know, like, I don't know, a patio setup.

Have a seat, check an email, send a text, and then carry on. Make it fun. Use a shopping cart, man, I love the little ones that they offer now. There's always the baskets and, but just grab a cart. So many times I'll run in and think, I'm only gonna grab a couple things. And then, you know, I'm a circus clown juggling, you know, five items and they're dropping. And just remember to take a cart. But this is one thing that I want to tell you that I do, and it's a video that I made that blew up on social media.

Take a laundry basket or some type of box or a basket that you can put inside the shopping cart. So when you get to the grocery store, you've got your laundry basket, you throw it in the shopping cart. You roll through the store, you throw everything in the basket, in the laundry basket. They have shop and scan, so you can do that a lot at the grocery stores, and you can scan your, your items as you go, as you're putting them in the laundry basket. You go to the kiosk to checkout. You hold your phone up, it transfers your order.

You pay. Usually they come and check two items or something to make sure you're not a grifter. And then off you go. Right? So you go out to the car, you lift your laundry basket out of the car, you put it in the car. You get home, you lift it up out of the car onto the counter. Not one grocery bag, no bagging. You only touch your groceries two times, wants to put them in the cart and wants to put them away once you're at home. It's a great, great system for time saving. Keep a laundry basket in the back of your car.

You will be amazed at how often you use it, even if it's just to clean up all the random stuff that gathers when you have company. Have you ever opened your passenger door and you look over in your seats? It's like you've been living in your car. Oh, I'm sorry, I haven't had company in a long time and you're gathering all your stuff. So a laundry basket is a great thing to have and utilize. Keep them by the door to get ready for the next day and I'll go on and on about laundry baskets. Alright? And then don't be afraid to ask for help at the store.

If you're stressed, you're looking for something, you can't find things. Ask an employee for help and usually they're more than willing. So I hope these tips help you. If you have any tips to share with us, leave them in the comments and flagship thanks for joining us today. The magic man thank you. So yeah, if you have any tips to share with us, leave them in the comments. Give me a thumbs up. If you found this content helpful, save this video if you need to reference it and don't forget to subscribe.

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