Do you write a shopping list?

freshpopcorn · 26-07-2018 07:32AM #1

I am mainly referring to grocery shopping here. It's something I or our household would rarely do. Maybe only at Christmas/Events.
I'm generally very good to remember what is needed and I don't buy extras because I don't have a list.
Do you write a shopping list?

Notorious · 26-07-2018 07:37AM

I type one.

somesoldiers · 26-07-2018 08:10AM

well the wife does, usually a big one for Aldi and a small one for Super Value. thankfully she does it in the order I need to pick stuff up as I walk around the shops

iamwhoiam · 26-07-2018 08:13AM

Yes . And in order too . Fruit and Veg Toiletries , Meat , etc in groups together . I also pack in groups and hate when some 14 year old boy packs for me for charity !

26-07-2018 08:15AM

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I am mainly referring to grocery shopping here. It's something I or our household would rarely do. Maybe only at Christmas/Events.
I'm generally very good to remember what is needed and I don't buy extras because I don't have a list.
Do you write a shopping list?

How can it be an extra or not if you don't have a list? If you see something and decide you need it is that an extra or not?

Yes - unless I am just getting milk and bread I try to write a list. There would be too many random bits to forget as I shop for about five or six days at a time.

Sometimes if I have time I re-write the list to group things together more logically to save time in the shop.

threetrees · 26-07-2018 08:15AM

Yes, usually scribble a list on a post it with the intention of sticking it to the trolley while shopping. I often forget the list itself though...

Graces7 · 26-07-2018 08:15AM

Yes indeed but it usually gets left on my bedside table in the scrum of getting out...I try to read the memory of it!i And my main shopping is now ordered by email so that is a list..

Living far from shops adds to the need for a list. I keep meaning to make a kind of universal list of everything I ever need... age affects memory.. :rolleyes:

Whispered · 26-07-2018 08:17AM

Yep. I usually end up soending a fortune and forgetting stuff if I don't.
I tend to do Tesco online for the same reason.

EPAndlee · 26-07-2018 08:17AM

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Yes . And in order too . Fruit and Veg Toiletries , Meat , etc in groups together . I also pack in groups and hate when some 14 year old boy packs for me for charity !

I hate those people that pack for you like they put the meat in with the washing powder

iamwhoiam · 26-07-2018 08:18AM

EPAndlee wrote: »

I hate those people that pack for you like they put the meat in with the washing powder

And big jars of gherkins on top of my bread

jester77 · 26-07-2018 08:18AM

You must have great memory, no way I'd remember all the ingredients I need for most of the recipes I cook.

Ciaran_B · 26-07-2018 08:21AM

I do. But I leave the list in the car or in the kitchen and end up forgetting half of what I went out for.

threetrees · 26-07-2018 08:23AM

I'm not at a stage where I need glasses for reading but my mother is. She writes a list without glasses so she can read it in the supermarket without glasses. Reckon that's a great tip!

Discodog · 26-07-2018 08:23AM

I use a app called Simple Shopping List

beertons · 26-07-2018 08:25AM

Absolutely. Otherwise I'd have a trolley of crap I don't need, and I'd be back out again in 2 days for more stuff.

whiskeyman · 26-07-2018 08:30AM

Always.
Nothing like the fear of driving home from the shop and the memory of a required obscure item pops into your head!

Nnnnoooooooooooo!!

OldMrBrennan83 · 26-07-2018 08:31AM

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SEPT 23 1989 · 26-07-2018 08:45AM

Tip for younger men starting off on the long hard road of married life

make a complete balls of doing the main shop and you will never be asked again

facehugger99 · 26-07-2018 08:48AM

Fcukin' A.

First though, I write a meal plan for the week. Then the shopping list.

I split it into the order that I walk around the shop too. Fruit and Veg, followed by meat, followed by dairy, etc.

Love a good list.

I also love making itineraries and to-do lists.

OldMrBrennan83 · 26-07-2018 08:49AM

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ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 26-07-2018 11:03AM

I use a Colornote app on my phone. Set up a list of anything we buy (as much in walk order round the shop as possible) and tick them on when it's something needs to be bought, having got it in the shop I tick it off, when all items are ticked off the shopping list title goes from bold to faint text.

26-07-2018 11:16AM

Shopping list on amazon echo, it’s brilliant. Just add stuff by voice to the list as you come across stuff you need and then it pops up in the Alexa app on both our phones so just open the app when shopping.

WoollyRedHat · 26-07-2018 11:47AM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Tip for younger men starting off on the long hard road of married life

make a complete balls of doing the main shop and you will never be asked again

I learnt this when I was a wee lad.. if you become a hindrance to the regiment you will be given an unhonorable discharge

WoollyRedHat · 26-07-2018 11:48AM

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Yes . And in order too . Fruit and Veg Toiletries , Meat , etc in groups together . I also pack in groups and hate when some 14 year old boy packs for me for charity !

Do you clean yourself with broccoli and wash yourself in lemon juice?

ablelocks · 26-07-2018 11:53AM

Kiara Odd Walkway wrote: »

Shopping list on amazon echo, it’s brilliant. Just add stuff by voice to the list as you come across stuff you need and then it pops up in the Alexa app on both our phones so just open the app when shopping.

ditto.

until you're in the shop, looking at the phone and wondering what the hell "Tyler" is actually meant to be.

Neyite · 26-07-2018 11:55AM

Yep I meal plan and live in the arse of nowhere so not like I can nip down to Aldi.

I've an app on my phone and I've also got my recipes on my phone so I can double check quantities I need. I generally budget well but the Aisle O' Sh!te often proves to be my downfall on occasion.

finla · 26-07-2018 11:57AM

Don't you just hate it when they change all the stuff around on the shelves....

iamwhoiam · 26-07-2018 11:58AM

Neyite wrote: »

Yep I meal plan and live in the arse of nowhere so not like I can nip down to Aldi.

I've an app on my phone and I've also got my recipes on my phone so I can double check quantities I need. I generally budget well but the Aisle O' Sh!te often proves to be my downfall on occasion.

Aisle O' Shoite made me laugh ! All placed so you pass it going to the staples !

Pogue eile · 26-07-2018 12:01PM

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Yes . And in order too . Fruit and Veg Toiletries , Meat , etc in groups together . I also pack in groups and hate when some 14 year old boy packs for me for charity !

I'm intriqued, this could be a real niche market

iamwhoiam · 26-07-2018 12:03PM

Pogue eile wrote: »

I'm intriqued, this could be a real niche market

It could ! See what a missing comma can conjure up !

Graces7 · 26-07-2018 12:45PM

whiskeyman wrote: »

Always.
Nothing like the fear of driving home from the shop and the memory of a required obscure item pops into your head!

Nnnnoooooooooooo!!

especially when you are in the middle of the ocean!

Do you write a shopping list?

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