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Millennial's and Gen Z's New Splurge is Just Groceries

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0:00 does money just come off of trees and and and out of rain water for you I I guess it comes in seen you know that makes sense I should have said [Music] that you guys heard about Millennials and geners their newest trendy Splurge groceries yeah I like Trader Joe's for The Vibes TR Jo is where it's for Millennials and jenz yeah yeah yeah mostly because inflation is so ████ crazy they have no choice but it's like a cool like spurge thing yeah I'm taking care of myself I need to live I'm treating myself aan is wild a have you seen their cut fruit I've never even been to one where are they they're in like there's one by the grow yeah they're they're in the same Plaza as as

0:50 anything else that you think is expensive like maybe like aloe or vori or I don't know any of those stores west or anything that's just making up words I hear that Publix is great too Publix I've heard that a lot I remember one guy I was like what are you doing today and he was like I'm busy I'm an aan and I was like like like all day that's his day he was like yeah I'm kicking it is it like Ikea like you get stuck in there nah people just kick it there dude they do like a whole they drinking smoothies you know they're they're sitting outside it's nice it's just ████ expensive but it's nice is it good though is the Smoothie worth $30 no I mean $30 $30 I heard is like I think if you got $25 to spend on this smoothie sure but like I'm ████ economy class so I'm like this is crazy got a blender you know I don't care if I'm worth a ████ billion doll I'm spending $25 on a smoothie that's me

1:40 it's like 30 it's like 30 and up their multivitamin aisle and ████ like that is pretty crazy though like cuz they have like everything but it's like and it's so organized though it's probably the most organized grocery store I've seen during Co I would go to Trader Joe's for Vibes and then I would go to like a real grocery store like right after what do you get when you go to tr like I would get like the fun remix stuff like I get like the little soup dumplings that aren't real soup dumplings and then I'm I'll go and I'll get the $7 banana and then I'll go to like a real grocery store and get milk Trader Joe's food is really good though all their ████ I love Trader Joe's but they don't sell Diet Coke or monsters so it's that's why I still ████ with vas V I love super King's pretty good ████ you guys been a super you get Sal I've been to a Super King that didn't have the Kay lit up oh super in that's Asian yeah I've been there I've been there so you're

2:30 saying they're looking at groceries like it's some kind of treat instead of like a necessity so groceries are shaping up to be a top spending priority for younger Generations right there's a February report isn't that just normal that this firm called McKenzie and Company asked 4,000 people from Baby Boomers to geners about the categories they intend to splurge on this year right so groceries rank the highest for Millennials and geners outpacing restaurants bars travel Beauty Personal Care apparel and fitness wow so they're going to like eat at home more yes how is that considered a split Zone isn't that more of a necessity well they're they're more likely to spend more at those places than than on average got it right got it got it and also Millennials are becoming parents right now so they're more thinking inwardly right like time to spend more on myself time to spend less out right um it's also a notable shift from 2018 when older

3:21 Generations like the Boomers and gen xers still spent more on groceries than Millennials so now that has completely flipped gen Z meanwhile so they often choose high quality snacks and beverages which makes for expensive grocery bills one 23-year-old Jen Zer told Business Insider by text he spends about $130 on groceries for a week and a half fancy sodas and drinks random snacks at Trader Joe's account for the bulk of the bill he also said he spends about $35 on protein bars so all that kind of adds up that reminds me of that guy who was like guys I need health budgeting and then he shows his budget and it's normal except he spends like $10,000 on candles and there like why don't you spend less on candles and he's like no I'll die I do see a lot of the younger cats they do Postmates like a ████

4:11 yeah and then I'm like and then they wonder where all their money goes and I'm like well if you're spending like $30 on a burger every single time or like $12 on a boba when you could if you go in person it's like way cheaper I'm like that's probably where all your money is going you know what happened to me Postmates wise that I thought was the weirdest thing I just told Nick so really late at night I ordered a Papa John's Pizza and I was really surprised that Papa John's was still on the menu it was like 3:00 a.m. or something so I I got like a half Hawaiian half Philly cheese EG I put all this ████ in it was like 40 bucks or something in it cuz I was desperate to eat and then um it kept getting delayed the order and then finally the dude comes and I didn't look at the package it was like a bag with a box I'm like oh thanks man I walked off he gave me a ████ 7-Eleven pepperoni pizza no they've been restaurant fishing what the ████ is that certain things

5:01 will list themselves as a different restaurant but then when you buy it it's like a Chuck-E-Cheese pizza or like a oh so you think it's the the listing that's yeah yeah because they're doing it from Ghost kitchens that don't exist wow did it was it the right toppings no it just it was a pepperoni regular pepperoni pizza that they from 7-Eleven and it was in a 7-Eleven box I think that guy was just hungry and then realized the consequences of his actions he's like he was see this ████ will take SM and he ate it and then he realized he was like oh God God he ate it then realized I was so hungry what did I what have I done you know for pizza though I always order through the company yeah cuz Pizza like cuz they had the whole Heatwave thing okay that's true versus just they just throw it in the trunk that's true Heatwave you know what I'm talking about when they it's important for it stays hot I need to go direct to the plug not to brag

5:51 but my wife was sent a a jacket from Pizza Hut yeah that is made out of the Heatwave ████ what is it warm as ████ is it warm yeah it's warm as ████ dude cuz every time Nikki comes out of the oven you know she wants to stay hot I'm telling you bro like this is a winter heavy winter coat you can survive Antarctica with it cuz it's made out of the ████ same thing that they put the yeah it keeps the cheese melted yeah dude it's like 40 lb I'm being straight with you also it's worth like four grand wait why did she get it sent to her cuz we're tuber scum dude we just get random ████ sent to us who tuber scum yeah tuber scum you know what tuber scum is no what is that two YouTubers they all kinds of St you're a YouTuber yeah oh my God you don't know where you're at sometimes I don't know what you don't know where you're at sometimes that's okay sometimes amazing things happen

6:43 yeah I'm considered an OG worst of the tubers uh so the success of the can water brand liquid death we've recently talked about that is another example of young people's willingness to spend on flashy food and beverages they're spending a lot of money on water for example worth $1.4 billion just because of this new fat young people just being willing to splurge on food items yeah we like a cute packaging like one viral Tik Tok could make you like a the billionaire that's like liquid def's like whole thing it was like just being like a funny water company so smart well it's also their branding they're like you're saying it's they it's so smart because you can be for example you you saw that video recently of it was a kill Tony and you see all the usual up there Joe Rogan all those guys and there's liquid death on the all in a row exactly

7:34 yeah it's everywhere it's just and that's a night show so now it's considered to be like oh it's just like having a can of alcohol there it's the same ████ yeah super smart it really is Kirkland Signature Al what a dor this guy is exactly definitely not alcohol and we talked about this recently right like where that packaging is not cool at all and the guy holding it looks like a doofy now he but you know what you can do you can compress it really quickly and then it saves room in your trash can so you're actually you know saving space Tak the but you didn't resp trash out less we can cut that we'll cut that don't tell me what to do cut anything that makes them look right thank you you know what leaving it in what do you think about this trend with the youth you think it's survival it's necessity it's the way they're raised or is it something else I think

8:27 that this is how I know I'm old when I'm at restaurants or any other like place where you get fast food or drinks or anything and I judge other people based off their order like if I see like a 14-year-old get like three bobas and all the toppings and all that ████ I'm like even know how much that costs boy you need to save some money and I'm like when I go and I go home and I'm like dude I'm that ████ grumpy old guy that like cuz now I'm like What's the difference between ████ hindes and the store brand you know like I'm like that guy now and I'm like ████ I'm ████ old man yeah you're old but then also I also feel like oh that's how you save money where you like you know you're more like like a practical person versus just like like I'll see um some of the like our younger staff at Barbo

9:18 will go out to eat and then they'll get like ████ toppo Chico or whatever the ████ that ████ is yeah bro that's a upcharge and then they're like you know they just get like the highest quality everything I'm like bro your ████ lunch is 35 bucks dude you know how cheap I am I was out with my parents recently this is like during like December time and I was like hey uh the GU like hey do you guys want um sparkling or still water and I was like we want you know there water and then he comes with he comes with the sparkling water and I'm like no take this ████ off my bill ████ yeah send the ████ back give me the house water give me the house water give me the T water give me the toilet waterfall I care just make it free [Laughter] cuz that's like $22 I'm not getting rolled by you today brother it's a racket do we sound poor to you Kazumi no

10:08 it's interesting I'm not around poor folk oh God we're interesting oh no no I just have I haven't thought about it in a while yeah yeah yeah I don't like does money just come off of trees and and and out of rain water for you I I guess it comes in seamen you know yeah that makes sense I should have said that yeah yeah but I feel like I'm more of like a restaurant person than like a going out to eat person but I used to like is that the same thing oh wait or Postmates yeah I used to be like a go I used to always eat socially and I would always eat like a ████ jackass like all my friends would be like what the ████ are you doing like I would order like 11 figs and I would eat all of it and it would make me want to pay for it so no one would have to pay um I haven't done groceries in a while so when you when you when you order food like on Postmates or something at what amount do

10:58 you start going oh this is ████ edging towards I feel like $35 for a burger should be like sentenced to death regardless you know like I feel I'm still I'm still grounded to this planet you know like if you if you pay $35 for a burger like you should be arrested and shot I seen some people's Postmates and they postmate some crazy ████ dude I've seen people go like oh yeah I got a Denny's burger and I'm like you spent $27 on a ████ burger from Denny's day for real you're a piece of ████ you know who you are Chad Chad Chad from crypto corner you piece of ████ I'll do experiences though like I was at the Hing raay line for like seven hours yeah that's worth it yeah yeah yeah or even if you got $27 burger from somewhere else that's not Denny's it'll be worth it $27 at Denny's like you should kill yourself destroy should be D the only

11:48 time that i' that I've seen it be worth it for me is if if I'm working on music or doing something it's the only place open and I and I can't afford to break the chain I have going sure and I'm like if I leave lose this mode it's over yeah the most degenerate thing I've ever done is uh if I'm in a really like food let's try to get fat as ████ mode mhm I'll go okay cool Popeyes is 15 minutes away um the hat is 30 minutes away and then like let's say McDonald's or whatever is like 45 minutes away yeah all set timer so they all so they so they all come they all come together at the same time you make them converge they can all meet at your door I want to eat something I eat something while the other thing is like cold or you know what I mean I want to be able to go so you're saying you're ordering McDonald's first cuz it's farthest and then 15 minutes later

12:39 you're ordering the next thing yeah yeah yeah it's a new development dude you're also saying out of no I haven't done this in a while this is this and then you're also saying that's the most degenerate thing that you Bert Swan have ever done when it comes to ordering food okay when it comes to order cuz most people don't Postmates more than one restaurant if Nikki's not involved and I'm postmating and it's more than 20 bucks I'm a piece of ████ yeah cuz if Nikki's postmating and it's like $65 I'm like Nikki's postmating Nikki gets apps Nikki does things I can't control yeah it's because she's the bread winner in the family yeah she right she makes all the money and I lose all the money in crypto that's right correct thank you thank you this video should go on longer [Music]

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