How do you make up your grocery list?

I start my grocery list for the following week the day after I do grocerys. I keep a list on the counter and as we run out of things, we add to the list. This way when I go, I always know if I need soap, shampoo and that kind of stuff. Then when it is time to go shopping, I make a menu for the week. I go threw the menu and finish the list with things needed to make the meals for the week. If I go to the store alone, I usually will stick right to the list. If hubby or kids come with, watch out! They love to pick up the extras.

I usually look around the house to figure out what I have left after cooking for the week. Depending on what I want to cook the next week , I will buy according to that also.

I take a piece of paper and a pencil. that's how I make my list ;-) No seriously : there is allways a paper on the fridge, and whenever someone takes out the last item, e.g. egg, butter, milk, lettice, ... he/she writes it up so once a week we can fill up what's needed !

I have typed out a complete list of things that I usually buy, categorized as Freezer Section, Vegetables/Fruits/Juices Section, Breads/Pastries/Canned Goods Section and Miscellaneous. I print out many copies of the list and get one before I go out to shop, just tick out the items I've run out of. Then off I go.

Hi,reindawn!! I will make up my grocery list before I go to the grocery store.I will write down all the items I need for the whole week on my list before I go.Generally speaking,the items on my list are often food and aritcles of everyday use such as packs of tissues,shampoo or other items.

I have standard list of, bread, milk, eggs, cereals, vegetables and fruits, beverages, mineral water, nuts, butter and cheese, meat, frozen pizza and noodles, fruit juices and soup powders. i maintain this. i buy them first and when i find other essentils and if i really need them i buy them too.

We keep a white board in the kitchen and when you open the last bottle of ketchup you write it on the board to be replaced or the last bottle of laundry soap. This way we never run out of something. This works very well and once everyone is "trained" to this system of keeping the list you thing run smoothly. You don't wait until you run out. It must be when the last bottle is opened. This gives plenty of time to go to the store and to even wait for a sale sometimes.

i write down what i need as time passes and before i go shopping, i check the fridge and cubourds to make sure i have not left something off.

First i decide on what day i go shopping, then right before i go through all the drawers and such and write a list and about how much the things might cost me. That way i know pretty much around how much to take or spend, and then i added it up with the rest of the bills and see if i can afford it, and then i go shopping!

The first thing I do is go through my fridge, freezer and pantry. Then I plan my menu based on what is there. Then I make my grocery list to fill out the two weeks. I also check our staples to see if they need to refilled. Like rice, beans, potatoes, ketchup, mayo, etc. There are some items I buy no matter what like bread, milk, slice cheese and cream cheese. So they are always on my list. I type everything up on the computer, then print it out and we are good to go. As for non-food items, I have a separate list. It never changes and we buy the same items every two weeks. I almost have that one committed to memory.

As soon as we use something up here we put it on a list that I keep on the fridge that way everyone can add to it if they need something and nothing is forgotten. The day we go shopping is the day we plan the menu for the week. Right now I can't go shopping b/c I can't make it without being in alot of pain 9mos pregnant. I can't wait to be able to go shopping again. Maybe even leave the kids with hubby while I go woohoo. lol

I usually visualise myself walking down the aisles and make my list by whatI am going to run into first. If it is getting close to shopping day I jot that stuff I need down in advance, but usually I just make it all at once the night before I go. It's pretty easy anyway because much of the purchases are the same week after week and I could nearly do it in my sleep.

preparation of grocery list with out my wife consultation is big difficult for me. most of the kitchen item i don't know and how much quantity also thats way i will all ways keep last month's super market list with me so that quired items can add or reduce/ in cress the quantity depends up on consumption. mostly i will go super market and bring monthly quantity items once you go there we can purchase which are not in our list because it displayed with eye catching manner

I always have to have a list.I have a terrible memory.I would like to remember everything I need in my head but I always forget.

we do, as much as possible, try to make a list, but these are the things that are really necessary to have, you know - toilet paper, bath soap, toothpaste, sugar, salt, eggs, bread, rice (in our case but not always for others), laundry detergent, dishwashing soap, etc. other grocery items, we usually play it by ear and grab as we go through the store - certain meat or meat products, veggies, etc, depending on the need or what meals we have planned for the week or depending on the mood - what we feel like buying, etc.

I set down and create a 7 day menu, then make a list from that. Through out the week we have a list on the fridge were as we notice things we need or are running low on we can write them on there. I finish my list by checking that. I shop on Monday mornings as well so everyone knows where I am on that day and not to bother asking me to do favors, LOL.

I usually write down what we need the most in our household and go with that. I stick with a budget and get what is on the list.

I have the list all in my head so I don't even write it down anymore. You mention online diets though. I did Weight Watchers online and I did print on their menus when I was doing that plan for a while and it made it very easy for me to shop.

I just write it down then when I do shop, I just see something and thow it in if I can afford it. J

When I notice we are almost out of something, I write it down, leave the paper laying on the kitchen table, and we add to it as we start to run out of stuff. Then when I'm going to be in the neighborhood of the grocery store I take my list with me. I found by not buying according to what we need, I tend to pick up stuff that just sits in the cupboard or frig and never gets eaten. I hate wasting anything, especially food and money.