 Today, we got some New Jersey supermarket chats going on. One, we got some tips on how to always get the best deal, and two, we got some new trendy stuff happening at some supermarkets in the state. Hey there, NJRoot22.com here with another vlog for our channel and website. Back in the day when we first started our YouTube channel, we used to do a weekly supermarket roundup. It was just a look at the various flyers that we received, and what was on sale, and what was a good deal, and comparing the supermarkets. And it became a little bit of a drag, because as we promoted things, and it was really hard to find things, I can't promote things that are bad for you, like chips and other breads and other junk. Because most of the stuff sold at any supermarket is junk. It's bad for you, processed or high in sugar and carbs. So that kind of gave birth to our low carb keto carnivore channel, where we have at least a year worth of material to talk about. Because once you know, there's really nothing much else to talk about. So it's going to have a limited lifespan, or reduced frequency lifespan, the low carb channel. But what I wanted to talk about regarding the supermarkets today, instead of going line by line and talking about what was on sale for nickels less than something else, was something I like to call establishing a baseline price. Now if you go shopping regularly enough at shop right or anywhere, for that matter, stop and shop, it doesn't matter. You'll realize that there's certain things are on sale in rotation. Like you'll have like Oscar Mayer baking on sale one week, and the next week it's Smithfield, and then a week after that it's Hatfield, and the week after that it's something else. Hormel, black label bacon. I'm just using bacon as an example, but you'll realize that you should never pay more than a certain price. Like never buy it not on sale, because it's almost always on sale. So what I'm going to do now is give you a couple of things. Like I have three meat items that I have baseline prices on that I will never ever pay more than. The first one is bacon. Like it's always on sale for either 3.99 a pound or less, and they sometimes have digital coupons, and it can be as low as 2.99 a pound. That should be, you should never pay more, because as you can see here, currently or recently, the Oscar Mayer bacon was 9 bucks a pound. Who would ever buy it? It's not that great, it's not that much different than Hormel or any other brand to pay 9 dollars a pound. It's asinine. So 3.99 a pound is what you should pay for bacon or less. Now there's some exceptions, like there's this Liddy's bacon that's a local bacon out of PA that's pretty good. That's only a buck more a pound, and it's a really, really nice treat to have Liddy's bacon. So, and there may be actual weeks where there's no bacon on sale. Since bacon has good shelf life, and it lasts in many weeks in the fridge, you should always buy a couple packs when it's on sale so you could go through the weeks where it's not on sale and you don't feel like getting ripped off. Next is beef, ground beef. We eat ground beef primarily, red meat, and you'll notice that the family packs always have a better price per pound, and you can get it for a buck 99 a pound this week I think it's still on sale at ShopRite for a dollar 99 a pound. You get four or five pounds of it, and it's a lot of meat for a little money. And I believe Wegmans has this family pack for a buck 99 always, so I don't think you need to get it on sale. So it just pains me to pay five dollars a pound when it's not on sale, and if there's no ShopRite brand meat on sale, and I'm craving red meat and I don't have any, I will spring for the Pat LaFrieda type meats, which are four 99 a pound for just a block of mixed ground beef, then buying the ShopRite, because the Pat LaFrieda really is a lot better meat. And lastly, hot dogs also. I mean, sometimes like six bucks a pack at places like King's for like Nathan's or Sobrette hot dogs. But they go on sale at ShopRite a lot for two 49 or $1.99 with digital coupon, and it's a no brainer to not to stock up on them. So you can buy 10 packs and they stay good for a long time. So never pay more. And if they don't go on sale, don't eat them. Find something else that's affordable. Now lastly, I want to talk about this, King's has something new they're coming out. It's called provisions. They're meal kits, provisions meal kits. There's a big trend in the internet world where you get these boxes sent to you with just the right amount of ingredients. So there's no waste, you cook it, you eat it, and there's just no leftovers. There's no waste. And they're pretty expensive usually. King's has these things. They're 20 bucks a box and it claims to feed two people. And when they launch, I don't know if they're launched by the time this video goes, so they give you all the raw ingredients. They've got some celebrity recipe card and all sorts of fancy graphics and feel-good sayings. But they have four recipes and they're 20 bucks a piece or $35 for two. So instead of $10 a person, it comes out to maybe $9 a person. But let's take a look at some of these. They have like chili lime tacos, which are 45, I'm not going to talk about calories or fat. They're going to talk about carbs. 45 grams of carbs, which is way higher than I would like to eat in a meal. When you're low-carb keto or carnivore, you try to go stay single-digit carbs. Like I'm single-digit carbs and I feel light-headed. I haven't had double-digit carbs in a while. I'm light-headed because I'm in deep ketosis right now, also with my intermittent fasting. But 45 grams of carbs is way too much. And then next, I thought this was going to be great. Ginger beef lettuce wraps. I thought it was going to be like no carbs. It's 52 grams of carbs because it has like noodles in it. And the noodles or any kind of pasta, if it's not like zucchini noodles, it's 52 grams of carbs is way too much. You're not, it's going to raise your blood sugar and you're going to gain weight from these supposedly healthy meal kits. And next is, you know it's going to be higher in carbs is asparagus risotto. And then this clocks in at 67 grams of carbs. Way too much. You're going to be hungry. You're going to eat afterward. An hour afterward, you're going to be hungry after eating this meal. And lastly, they have something, some chicken kebab. And this was the blood sugar-raising kingpin here at 81 grams of carbs. It blows up your whole diet. So I think Kings is probably doing the right thing, jumping on this trend because a lot of people like it. It's nifty. It's easy. It takes the thinking out of making a meal. And I guess you can have some sort of taste that you're not used to and explore the world of tastes. But we wouldn't do it. We like simple meals. We don't need concoctions or flavors or hype or trending. I'd rather just eat a hamburger with, I'll dip it in mustard if I want to live a good life. So that's it. That's this week's supermarket tips and new news coming out of Kings. We'll see you next time. We'll probably do another one next month. Have a good week.