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Grocery list

A blank shopping list organized by store section, with a checkbox on each line. It is for anyone who wants their list to follow the order they walk through the store.

By Paul Gunder. Free to print for home, classroom and office use; see how our printables are made.

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What prints

The portrait page is headed Grocery List, with a Store line and a Date line. The body is eight panels in two columns, four rows deep. Each panel has a heading and a stack of empty checkbox lines. In order, the headings are:

  • Produce
  • Meat and seafood
  • Dairy and eggs
  • Bakery
  • Frozen
  • Pantry
  • Snacks and drinks
  • Household

Everything is blank. The sheet does not prefill any items, so you write only what you need. If you want common items already printed, use the grocery checklist instead.

The settings

  • Heading. Type a store name or a trip name such as "Costco run" to replace the standard title (40 characters maximum).
  • List. Blank by store section, or a checklist of common items. This page opens on the blank list.

There are no options for row counts or sections. The panels share the height of the page equally.

Writing a list that saves steps

Write the list at home as you notice things running low, then sort it into the panels as you copy. Stores differ, so if your store puts bakery near the entrance, number the panels in the order you will walk. Frozen and dairy go last so they stay cold.

Put quantities next to each item: "milk 2", "apples 6". A line with no number often means a second trip.

Use the Store line when you shop in more than one place. A list for the farmers market looks different from a list for the warehouse club, and a page for each stops items from ending up on the wrong one.

On the way home and in the kitchen, the safe-handling pages at FoodSafety.gov explain how quickly cold items should get to a fridge. For help picking what to buy, MyPlate has ideas for each food group.

Worked example: a Saturday trip for the week

Store: Corner Market. Date: Saturday. Produce: bananas 6, spinach, lemons 2, onions, carrots. Meat and seafood: chicken thighs, ground turkey. Dairy and eggs: milk, eggs, shredded cheese. Bakery: whole wheat bread. Frozen: peas, berries. Pantry: lentils, canned tomatoes, olive oil, rice. Snacks and drinks: pretzels, seltzer. Household: dish soap, trash bags.

In the store, work through the panels in order and tick each line as it goes in the cart. When you reach the end, any unticked line is something to look for again or leave until next week.

Plan the dinners first with the weekly meal planner, then write the list from the plan. Compare the total with your monthly budget afterward.

Sources

  1. FoodSafety.gov: Shopping and storing foodsafety.gov
  2. USDA MyPlate myplate.gov