Yes and yes! I love it and use it on a regular basis. I've also noticed that if I am trying to buy a sale item and they are out of it, my account "stores" the coupon until the item is back in stock.

Isn't technology grand?!?!?!?!

Alexa

So I must have done something wrong because my security system kicked in with "high risk" so I quickly exited.

jude

I have never thought to look and see if my grocery stores have websites. I tend to be in them at least 3 or 4 times a week, picking up this or that...milk, fresh fruit or veggies, some little thing I have a craving for,...so I only make an actual list if there are a number of the more obscure items I want to make sure not to forget. My list stays on the counter, and my husband knows to jot down anything he particularly wants.

I enjoy meandering up and down the aisles, and find lots of "managers specials" that aren't listed in the sale ad (the ads are put out by district, not individual store) for things I use regularly.

I know many people don't particularly enjoy grocery shopping and find it a chore, so the thought of going several times a week might horrify some. But for some reason, though I loathe shopping for clothes or shoes or suchlike, I really like stopping at the grocery store. :)

I use a smart phone that has a grocery shopping app on it. It even allows me to scan bar codes if I want to. I have it sorted by the aisles and the order I shop in so I can check things off as I go. It has a favorites section where I've added my normal purchases to and over time added in prices as well. Now most of my purchases comes from that and I can see before I even go how much things are going to cost me at checkout.

Since getting this app - the whole grocery list making and time I spent on it has gone down a lot and it is so easy to add to the list if I remember I need something during the day as I usually have my phone with me.

I no longer forget to add or miss some base stuff that often needs to be bought every week because I just scroll through the favorite section and add as needed. It serves as a reminder in a way too.

I still don't like grocery shopping as it is still a chore, but things go so much smoother now. List is in isle order and no going back and forth because I didn't see it on the list when I was at that side of the store. I'm in/out in

I use my grocery stores web site and make my list whenever I doing a major grocery stock up.

Like now!

Nancy

I access the ads online, but use a scribbled list from home.
Most of the things I buy aren't on sale. Sometimes I add things that are after checking the ads.

We are well stocked and my list is pretty basic.
When we open the last jar/box/bag of something, it goes on the list. When I decide to go shopping, I grab the list.

Rarely do I need to make a stop at the last minute.
I only shop for groceries about once every 2 weeks other than fresh produce or dairy. Even those are once a week.

Deanna

One store I shop at has computers on the shopping carts. You make your list on their website at home and then access it from the cart. It is very cool....no paper list!

The computer also has a "find" option. You input the product name and it tells you exactly where it is in the store.

Safeway has just rolled out a computer based program here, where they give you special coupons based on your own shopping. But I took at look at the "privacy" policy and see that it isn't very private after all. That's what I don't need, oodles of more spam, and not the kind that comes in a can, either.

I'm not signing up any time soon.

My grocery store doesn't have a website anymore, it had one for a while, I don't know what happened.

I do write a list, which I forget most of the time. I don't have a smart-phone and my cell phone is not charged most of the time, so that doesn't work for me either, LOL.

Like Rachelellen, I do not enjoy shopping for shoes or clothes, etc., but I like to grocery shop and I like to shop for cooking/kitchen items. Go figure...

Annie

I'm one who would rather do anything than go shopping, grocery or otherwise. It occurred to me that if I used my head I could eliminate the backtracking that nearly doubled my time in the grocery store. Since I typically shop at the same store, I mapped each aisle and used the aisle numbers to organize the list of items I buy most often. I laid this out in Excel, allowing a few blank lines here and there. This list fits 2/page on letterhead size paper. The last section is dry cleaning/fish market/pharmacy/library/hardware so I can plan my route, save gas and reduce the number of side trips. I print 2-3 sheets at a time and post one on my refrigerator. Whenever I am low on something it goes on the list and it's rare I run out of anything. We staple coupons to the list and when it's time to go shopping, half the work is already done. Even DH, who is ultra disorganized, has gotten with the program. If he knows his errands will be near a grocery store, he will take the list or call home and I can rattle it off in seconds. Any store layout changes (a pet peeve) are easily updated in the Excel file. The 15 minutes this took years ago has repaid me many times over.

Wow, Cross Stitch, I never would have thought of mapping a store on paper, but I pretty much know where everything is in the stores I shop the most frequently. Besides, I mostly shop the perimeters of the store. The only aisles I go down are the baking, frozen veggie, canned veggie, pickle-condiment, and pasta aisles. Oh, and the detergent/soap/etc. aisle.

All that hooking into their system with my system, then connecting to it at the store would make me nervous. It sounds a little too big brother to me.

As for making lists, I'm terrible at it. I should write down what I'm out of when I run out, and I should look up recipes and write down what I need for it, but I usually do things backwards, and try to fit what I have on hand to a recipe, or just wing it. I need to improve on that, and start planning ahead, as the way I do it gets us into ruts of the same-ol same-ol.

Sally

I wish the peapod delivery service from Stop & Shop was more complete. I love that my lists are stored on the site and it's so easy to check off items for delivery. Unfortunately, they don't carry many of the items I need, so I only rarely use the service.

I keep a list on the refrigerator that we all are supposed to add to, but I'm the only one who ever does with the exception of the kids writing things I'll never buy (cocopuffs, pringles, etc). My phone has an app, but I never use it, I find it easier to email myself a list.

AM