joining me now is andrea orrock. thank you for being on the show. a bunch of things to walk through here and i think it's really interesting. i just realized that this stuff is marked up so much. precut produce. >> that's right, you are looking at a markup of 40%. everything is sliced and diced and we talked. so skip the bagged produce and pick up the whole vegetable or whole foods. take an hour over the week or weekend and do all the prep work yourself. gerri: if you buy the cap'n crunch, you're going to pay for the cap'n crunch. >> that is exactly right. you can care the generic store brands, you're going to see that many of the manufacturers that produce these namebrand cereals also produce the generics. gerri: you may not have to save every penny at the grocery store, but you want to. you are looking at a markup of 100% on name brands. it could be because there's not a big variety. to save, go to at the good stories or natural food stores. you may not get a fancy container. you fill it up and you're saving huge amounts of money. gerri: i have a