Guides

Practical help with the weekly shop, from the people making ShopLister.

• How to plan your weekly shop

  A simple routine for planning the weekly shop: check what you have, plan the meals, write the list from them, add the usuals, and put it in shop order.

• How to write a shopping list in aisle order

  How to write a shopping list in the order you walk round the supermarket, so you stop doubling back for the one thing you missed.

• How to share a shopping list with your household

  Ways to share one shopping list with the people you live with, and what makes a shared list actually work, so nobody buys the same thing twice.

• A shopping list that works with no signal

  Why phones lose signal in supermarkets, what goes wrong with shopping list apps when they do, and what to look for in one that keeps working.