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Post by monklady123 on Aug 11, 2015 15:00:22 GMT
I can't imagine going to the grocery store WITHOUT a list. I'd just wander around in there like a raccoon, picking up whatever caught my eye, and end up in the checkout lane with a cartful of Cheetos and eyeshadow. lol I go once a week, with a long list, for a big shopping. Then I might stop in once or twice during the week for vegetables or fresh rolls or something like that. Even when I'm going for just a few things though I always have a list. I'd forget something if I didn't. And I mostly don't buy any impulse purchases unless it's something that we use often that's on sale. My store is Giant and I have two of them that I got to regularly -- one is always FREEZING, so even though I'm wearing a sweater (that I keep in the car just for this store) I never linger because I'm still cold. The other Giant has garage parking where you get only one hour free. So since I refuse to pay for parking to go grocery shopping (since I hate grocery shopping) I hurry through there also, no browsing. Both stores should rethink things because I bet there would be a lot more people lingering and buying extra stuff if we weren't in a hurry to get out for one reason or another.
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Post by Susie_Homemaker on Aug 11, 2015 15:04:58 GMT
I use the ShopShop app that is very simple and straight-forward. Put your items in the list, touch them and they get marked through. Delete the marked through items when you're finished. It also stores all the items you've typed so it's fast typing and I can look down the list and think about other items I might need. I also use a paper list half the time. It just depends on my mood.
I had forgotten that when my kids were little and I had to try very hard to stay organized to be on top of everything, I had a master list that had main categories like Meat, Fruit/Vegs, Frozen, etc. I would fill in what I needed under each category. It worked pretty well for me at the time. This was before smart phones and lists on my phone.
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Post by disneypal on Aug 11, 2015 15:11:50 GMT
I keep a running list of items at home on a notepad that sits by my phone (landline phone in the kitchen). I don't have to go to the store often - maybe twice a month but I may make short stops once in a while if we run out of something (usually bread) before the next major trip to the grocery store. I generally stick right to the list when I shop.
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Post by psiluvu on Aug 11, 2015 15:11:57 GMT
I keep a running list of stuff we run out of on my fridge. On Friday nights I go through the flyers and make a menu from whatever is on sale and then write my list of other items needed. Dh and I usually shop Saturday mornings. I plan so that the less hardy vegetables are eaten earlier in the week ad the others later when they are still good. Mid week I usually run in for milk, fresh bread and fruit.
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Post by paigepea on Aug 11, 2015 15:13:43 GMT
I go twice or three times a week to the grocery store. It is so close and easy to pop in to or walk to.
I go on alternating days to the bakery / fruit/veg stand by my house. I walk there or walk in on my walk home from the gym, for produce and baked goods that I don't buy at the grocery store. Grocery store is for milk, eggs, cheese, butter, oil type stuff, and some canned goods, peanut butter, etc. I can miss two visits to the grocery store when I go to Costco. I buy meat at the butcher shop and fish at the fish store, all within close proximity and all walkable.
No list. I get inspired by what I see at the store and meal plan based on what I feel like and what is available.
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Post by laulley on Aug 11, 2015 15:17:37 GMT
Yes - I use the OurGroceries app on my phone. I like that it's shared between family members. I keep a list in the app for grocery store / Costco / drug store / home depot / Misc.
The misc list is for things I want to pick up at a mall on my next trip (lush, cosmetics, etc)
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Post by krazykatlady on Aug 11, 2015 15:18:03 GMT
I always make a grocery list. However, I only remember to take it with me about 50% of the time.
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Post by lorieann13 on Aug 11, 2015 15:20:23 GMT
I shop 1x a week and always use a paper list. I write out my menu, write out the items needed, every week items like snacks, water, lunches, breakfast. Then I check my cabinets and mark off what I have. Finally I write out my list in order of the store, so by isle.
Yea, yea I know but I am in and out with a big weekly trip in 40 min. That is arriving, shopping, and checking out.
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Post by akathy on Aug 11, 2015 15:23:23 GMT
I'm there several times a week. Sometimes more and yes, I use a list. I've always got a running list and when I decide to go I re-write it and put things in the order of the grocery store lay out. It only takes a few minutes but saves me a lot of time at the store. I use a paper list. It works well for me. I tried putting my list on my phone but I hated how cumbersome it was at the store trying to shop. I'm the queen of post-it notes
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Post by crazy4scraps on Aug 11, 2015 15:24:36 GMT
I use the Checklet app on my phone and have several running lists on there because I buy different things at different places. I have a list for Costco (we go maybe 2-3x a month and buy most of our groceries there), one for Target (the cereal I like is WAY cheaper at Target than at the grocery store, especially with a coupon), and one for the grocery store too but I only go there maybe once every 4-6 weeks for things like salad dressing or peanut butter or other stuff that we don't buy in bulk, or the occasional rotisserie chicken. We get most of our beef and pork from a farmer so we only buy chicken breasts or sometimes fish from Costco.
When I was DH's office manager previously, I used to have to make several trips a week to the bank so I was going to the grocery store anyway (closest branch was in the grocery store) and would pick up whatever we needed for the next couple days. Now that we don't bank that way anymore and we have a kid that I have to mostly take with me everywhere, going to the grocery store several times a week doesn't work for me.
The Checklet app is nice because it allows me to have multiple lists going at once, and I can add stuff to any of them whenever I think of it because I always have my phone handy. A quick shake will alphabetize the items on any list for me, and as I check things off another quick shake drops all of the checked things to the bottom of the list with the stuff I still need to find up top. It's pretty cool. I used the free version for a while at first and liked it so much I sprung for the couple dollars the full version cost. I use it for other lists too, like things I need to remember to bring to the cabin, packing lists when we take a vacation, stuff like that.
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Post by iowgirl on Aug 11, 2015 15:26:29 GMT
I go about once every two weeks. I keep a list on the fridge of what I have ran out of. I usually forget that list.
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Post by tduby1 on Aug 11, 2015 15:28:15 GMT
I meal plan and make a list from that on Friday. I also shop on Friday. I try to stay out of the grocery store as much as possible. It stresses me out, lol.
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Post by sharlag on Aug 11, 2015 15:32:41 GMT
I'm snickering at how many people MAKE a list, then forget to take it!
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Post by brandy327 on Aug 11, 2015 15:36:27 GMT
I try to always go to the store with a list...otherwise, I come out with way more than I need and spend way too much. LOL I menu plan each week and make my list from that. I LIKE to only go to the store once a week...and during school time, I'm pretty good about it. During the summer, I'm more loosey-goosey and tend to go a couple of times a week. I use an app called Cozi for my grocery list. I also use it for Christmas lists, Target list, BJs or Sams, etc. I'm a list maker so I always have a bunch of lists going simultaneously. I love that I always have my list with me because I never leave home without my phone...so if I remember something I need to add to my list, then I can add it wherever I am.
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Post by anniebygaslight on Aug 11, 2015 15:38:40 GMT
I always use a list. I can't remember my own name some days so I can't rely on my memory in a supermarket. My mind clears as soon as I step over the threshold.
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Post by lorieann13 on Aug 11, 2015 15:39:05 GMT
I'm there several times a week. Sometimes more and yes, I use a list. I've always got a running list and when I decide to go I re-write it and put things in the order of the grocery store lay out. It only takes a few minutes but saves me a lot of time at the store. I use a paper list. It works well for me. I tried putting my list on my phone but I hated how cumbersome it was at the store trying to shop. I'm the queen of post-it notes Woo hoo Im not alone with writting the list in order of the isles!
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Post by freecharlie on Aug 11, 2015 15:39:52 GMT
More often than not I use a list. I go about once a week
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Post by IAmUnoriginal on Aug 11, 2015 15:54:55 GMT
I go a couple times a week.Typically, I use a list. I detest the grocery store anyhow, so going in without some plan of attack is just torture. Sometimes, I get cocky and run in acting like a hotshot who will remember the three things she needs. So much fail. I come out with five items, none of them being the three I went in for. If I use a list, I'm much more successful and less frustrated. We use the Buy Me a Pie app. It syncs between phones, so ODS or DH can add to the list, too.
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Post by Basket1lady on Aug 11, 2015 15:57:07 GMT
I seem to be the unusual one. I go every other week for the bulk of our food. The commissary is almost 30 minutes each way, so I definitely use a list. I keep a dry erase board on the side of the fridge and keep track of what we run out if. Then I transfer that to a paper list when I'm ready to shop.
I'll make a run in between commissary trips for bread or produce. But the commissary is so much cheaper, it's worth the trip.
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Post by NoWomanNoCry on Aug 11, 2015 16:01:15 GMT
We go to the store every.single.day!!! I hate it. DH is picky and he is like "I never know what I want to eat from one day to the next" so we make daily runs. Another reason is we have to climb 53 stairs just to get to our apt door so it's really hard to bring up a week worth of groceries anyways more so when we can't find decent parking by our building.
As for a list- I make one but sometimes I forget it.
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Post by pmk on Aug 11, 2015 16:10:44 GMT
I always shop with a list but since I loathe grocery shopping I tend to shop online and have it delivered. I spend less that way too - no impulse buys!
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Post by ~Susan~ on Aug 11, 2015 16:45:46 GMT
I keep a running list on my fridge for both Kroger and Costco. I meal plan and so I transfer my running list to my meal list that I make out on a business size envelope. If I have any coupons, I put them in the envelope so I will not forget those. I go shopping every 7-10 days just depending on what we have planned and I shop Costco once a month for meat and other things I buy in bulk.
If I should run out of something, I can either pick it up after picking DD up at school or text DH and he can run by and get it.
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Post by georgiapea on Aug 11, 2015 17:12:25 GMT
DH and I keep a list going, and I make a trip to Walmart almost daily. Yesterday DH had a Dr. appt. in the morning and I missed my Walmart run. This morning I asked the greeter if she missed me yesterday. Everything I bought was in the grocery realm except a set of letters to add our name to the mailbox.
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Post by janeliz on Aug 11, 2015 17:14:58 GMT
Almost always, and I go to the store several times a week.
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Post by myshelly on Aug 11, 2015 17:16:01 GMT
I hate grocery shopping, so I go as little as possible.
I refuse to go more than once a week and try to go less than that.
I usually do one big monthly trip and buy as much as I can - all the frozen, dry, canned, jarred, and boxed food we will need for the month plus all household supplies (like laundry detergent) and personal supplies (like shampoo). I don't make a list for that one bc I am going down every aisle anyway.
Then I do very small weekly trips for produce and bread. I make lists for those bc I am only getting a very few specific things.
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Post by beachbum on Aug 11, 2015 17:17:13 GMT
If I'm going for just a few things I won't make a list, but for a big trip I make a list. If I'm lucky I even remember to take it with me.
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Post by coffeetalk on Aug 11, 2015 17:27:45 GMT
DH does all the shopping and we use the app Grocery IQ, which is synced to all our devices. We meal plan for 2 weeks at a time, fresh fruits and veggies for week one and then frozen for week 2. Occasionally, he'll pop into the grocery for a few items as needed. There is NO WAY that dear man could shop w/o a list.
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Post by creativegirl on Aug 11, 2015 18:15:32 GMT
Yes. I do not like grocery shopping so I try to be as efficient as possible. I make a list in order of how I go through the store in hopes that I can get in and out quickly and not forget things.
Before I shop, I usually clean my fridge/pantry and jot down stuff that's running low and make a mental note of what we have already, make a menu for the week, make a list and then I'm good to go. Usually works pretty well and helps me stay on budget.
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Post by PepsiGal on Aug 11, 2015 19:04:33 GMT
I have my list in GroceryIQ and it is lined up by aisle. DH will tell me to "put it in my phone" when we run out of anything. GroceryIQ scans the code and will put it in the automatically and then I put it on the correct aisle. Yes, I'm one of those people. GroceryIQ does not recognize Sam's codes so I put them in myself. And yes, I do have the amount of the item also. If Walmart moves stuff around in the store, then I change that item to the new row. We only go about once every two weeks and the pantry and freezer are stocked. We go to Sam's about once every three months for meat. I do however go to another grocery store that carries the liquor we like on an as needed basis.
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Post by birukitty on Aug 11, 2015 19:43:15 GMT
Yes, absolutely! I sit down and plan what meals I'm going to make for dinner and write down about 7 or so on the left side of my 5x7 journal that I always keep in my purse. Then on the right side I write down what ingredients I need for those dinners, adding other items we are out of from the dry erase board that is on our fridge. I grocery shop for 1 and 1/2 weeks at a time, going for a small run until the next payday (every 2 weeks) for fresh produce and other items as needed in one additional trip.
Keeping a list saves me money and makes shopping less frustrating. It also means I can shop where I want-in Trader Joe's and Whole Foods.
Debbie in MD.
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