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Do you make a grocery list, or do you just go to the store and wing it? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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[–] 4 points 10 months ago (8 children)

I don't understand how that would work, everything runs out at different rates. Something like eggs, sure, just get a dozen every week. But things like mayo, laundry detergent, tofu, cheese, etc., these all need to be re-bought at very different random times.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    I'm also one person but if I don't keep a list I'll end up with no milk and 10 boxes of cereal (real example)

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    There's the rub, I straight up can't trust my memory like that, I might remember needing to do something but then forget that I already did it.

    With that milk example, I'll remember that I need more milk, get the milk, go home, open the fridge, see milk already there, remember that I already got more milk a couple days ago, put new-new milk next to old-new milk, and legit fucking do it again a couple days from now leaving me with three jugs of milk. Memory is borked I guess.

    Fun fact: I have so, so much tooth floss and white rice rn due to this fun phenomenon

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  • [–] 0 points 10 months ago

    Exactly. I'm not sure what op is misunderstanding, but cereal is another perfect example. You don't buy cereal on every shopping trip, so when you go shopping you need to know if you need to get cereal on that trip

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago*

    For me it worked with a family as well, given that I do all the cooking.

    A big part of it is I buy in bulk when possible. Not only do I have a large stock of laundry detergent but I have a chest freezer with large stock of meat.

    • I don’t need a list for Costco runs because it’s every few months and the things I’m low on are top of mind. Also, I try to buy ahead and keep them in stock so no big deal if I miss something and have to go back a couple months later.
    • what I buy at the grocery is much smaller and dominated by things I buy every week

    Eggs, milk, bread, produce every week. Meat if it’s not in the chest freezer. Double it if a kid is home from college

    Mayo is from Costco. Normal size, Believe it or not, they’re the only ones I know who carry kewpie mayo. So I’ll get it and an extra to keep in stock, and worry about it next Costco run. If I forget, no big deal, we can go without mayo or I can get something on next grocery run

    I do use a recipe manager, which can import recipes from any URL, and can generate a categorized grocery list. If I want a recipe, it’s probably there, so I’ll look at that list

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