Understanding Money with The Noles Group
Jul 29, 2026 · 6 min · 7 segments
As prices continue to challenge household budgets, finding practical ways to save money has never been more important. In this podcast extra, Retirement.Radio's Matt McClure sits down with Stephen…
Stephen PerrineGuest
Matt McClureHost
I mean, groceries are definitely where we're feeling maybe the most stress of all right now.

So one of the things is that grocery stores are really great at getting you to buy extra stuff.

You go on the list of five things, you come out with five bags full of groceries.

where you can order your groceries ahead of time, have them bagged up and you just pick them up in the parking lot.

It saves you time, but it can also save you a lot of money because you don't have to fend off all those sales pitches.

But then to go to some specialty stores or discount grocery stores, well, make sure you look for the...

the store brands, which can be exactly the same as bigger brands, but could save you pennies or even dollars.

By the way, if you're ordering a lot of stuff online, here's a tip that could save you a ton.

Go ahead and whatever retail you're on, go up and go ahead and fill up your cart.

But before you press purchase, take a breath, close your browser, and step away from the computer.

Now, chances are in the next hour or two, you're going to get one of those emails that said, hey, did you forget about us? Most people don't open those emails.

But in about a third of cases, they contain discount codes that you can then use to apply to your cart and wind up with the same stuff you were going to buy in the first place, but a substantial savings.

I mean, groceries are definitely where we're feeling maybe the most stress of all right now.

So one of the things is that grocery stores are really great at getting you to buy extra stuff.

You go on the list of five things, you come out with five bags full of groceries.

where you can order your groceries ahead of time, have them bagged up and you just pick them up in the parking lot.

It saves you time, but it can also save you a lot of money because you don't have to fend off all those sales pitches.

But then to go to some specialty stores or discount grocery stores, well, make sure you look for the...

the store brands, which can be exactly the same as bigger brands, but could save you pennies or even dollars.

By the way, if you're ordering a lot of stuff online, here's a tip that could save you a ton.

Go ahead and whatever retail you're on, go up and go ahead and fill up your cart.

But before you press purchase, take a breath, close your browser, and step away from the computer.

Now, chances are in the next hour or two, you're going to get one of those emails that said, hey, did you forget about us? Most people don't open those emails.

But in about a third of cases, they contain discount codes that you can then use to apply to your cart and wind up with the same stuff you were going to buy in the first place, but a substantial savings.
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