Grocery list system

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stored in brain

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I add items to my instant cart as they come up. Sometimes I order from there, sometimes I stop at a store and use it as a list. If I want DH to shop, I’ll text him a list.

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Anonymous wrote:We have a Google doc.
Everyone adds to the list
Whoever gets to the store picks up and updates list.

+1 this is what we use too, and check off items as we add to the cart. If we need something immediately though, we just note it verbally or over text (e.g., “are you able to pick up milk on the way home?”

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Anonymous wrote:Do you have an Alexa? We all (I have teens) add items to the lists which I can look at on my phone. We shop at Costco, Safeway and Target (toiletries). My kids are pretty good about saying which list to put items on. I do a quick review before heading out. It is really easy.

We use Alexa this way too.

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I use the notes on my iPad and we have a whiteboard on the fridge that DS writes what he wants on.

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Super annoying, but I developed two excel spreadsheets (one for summer; one for winter) with about 80% duplicates. It lists store and items, next to each other across four columns and a 5th column with lines for add-ons. I place this on the counter/in a drawer with a pen and folks can circle what is needed or write it in. The sheets are half the size of a sheet of paper, so each one gets you two lists.

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I keep pre printed paper lists of the grocery items that we typically buy each week in a drawer in the kitchen. During the week we just circle the item that we need to buy on the weekend grocery trip or add anything that is new for the week. It’s organized by store aisle.

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We have a personal chef who takes care of this for us. He meal plans and sends us the proposed menu Saturday morning, then he picks up the grocery staples on Sunday and picks up whatever he needs fresh every day or so.

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We use the Any List app (https://www.anylist.com). Each family member has access so can add/delete items, and whoever goes to the store can pick up what we need. We've got separate lists for Giant, Whole Foods, Target, Costco etc. It updates immediately so I can add something to the list while DH is at the store if needed. We upgraded to the $14.99/year version so we can access from computers as well.

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Anonymous wrote:We have a personal chef who takes care of this for us. He meal plans and sends us the proposed menu Saturday morning, then he picks up the grocery staples on Sunday and picks up whatever he needs fresh every day or so.

Congrats on sharing this irrelevant detail to yet another thread, PP! I hope you feel validated.

OP, I use the Grocery IQ app. I like that I can have lists going for different stores since we buy certain things at Costco, others at Giant, Trader Joe's, Penzey's, etc.

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We use Alexa, too. It's nice to be hands-free. One generic grocery list, and a couple of special lists for Trader Joe's, Target, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:We use OurGroceries as an app on our phones. For things that are needed immediately from whatever the next grocery run is, that goes on the Grocery list. For “items I can only get at Trader Joe’s” or “look for this next time at Costco”, we have specific lists for those stores. I do check both lists for the store I’m going to so I don’t miss anything.

We do this too! And it updates when youre in the store. We use it for HD and other places (returns to stores too) and packing lists.
The rule is if its not on the list you cant be mad the person who went didnt get it.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you have an Alexa? We all (I have teens) add items to the lists which I can look at on my phone. We shop at Costco, Safeway and Target (toiletries). My kids are pretty good about saying which list to put items on. I do a quick review before heading out. It is really easy.

We use Alexa this way too.

We use alexa as well. Anyone can say outloud “alexa add eggs to the shopping list”. We have two list, another for the beach house “alexa add milk to beach list”. Then we use the alexa app when in the store to mark off what is bought

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Anonymous wrote:I keep a list for each grocery store on my iPhone notes. I’m the only one who usually does the food shopping so it’s easy for me to keep track.

This is what I do and if for some reason my DH says he’ll do the Costco run I just text it to him. Then I get a text back with “Costco didn’t have x or y this time” so x and y go onto the Safeway list. It works pretty well.