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Shopping List (Website)

Shopping List (Website)

Help articles about Plan to Eat's fully customizable, digital Shopping List

Last updated on 22 Oct, 2025

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Getting Started: The Shopping List (Website)

The shopping list automatically generates an organized list of ingredients based on the recipes and ingredients on your meal planner.

Add Custom Grocery Stores (Website)

Use Stores in your shopping list to pair ingredients with where you like to shop.

Shopping List Categories (Website)

Categories act like the aisles of your grocery store.

The Staples List (Website)

The Staples list is a static list of frequently purchased items that can be used as a kitchen inventory.

Change the Dates of Your Shopping List (Website & App)

To ensure you are seeing the correct list of items, check the date range of your list.

Merge Ingredients on Your Shopping List (Website)

Ingredients merge when their title and unit match.

Add and Remove Shopping List Items (Website)

Customize your Shopping List by adding items you need and removing ones you already have.

Send Your List to Grocery Delivery or Pickup (Website)

Send your shopping list to grocery services for either pick up or delivery.

Share & Print Your Shopping List (Website)

Learn how to share and use your Shopping List outside of Plan to Eat.

Reset Your Shopping List (Website)

Reset your list to get ready for a new Shopping list.

How Ingredients are Automatically Sorted into Categories on Your Shopping List (Website)

Ingredients in your shopping list are automatically assigned to a grocery category for each ingredient.

How Your Grocery List is Sorted (Website)

How Plan to Eat organizes your shopping list by default.

Items on My Shopping List from Previous Date Ranges (Website)

Learn why these items are still on your list and how to remove them.

What To Do If Your Shopping List is Blank (Website)

If you've added recipes to your Planner and your shopping list is empty, or not showing the correct items, there are a few options to recover your missing items.

Standardize Your Shopping List Items (Website)

Update the recipe listing for ingredients to automatically merge items easier.

Bulk Shop for Non-Perishables

Set up your shopping list to accommodate bulk shopping.

A Digital Pantry Inventory: Does it really help?

Learn how we have designed our Shopping List to function the way it does and how we hope it benefits you.

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