"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 23 Jun 2013 15:52:15 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>> I usually sit down once a week and plan out what I will be making for the
>> week. I make several lists. One for each store I am going to.
>> Sometimes I
>> will add an item to more than one list with a question mark. I do this
>> because I am not sure if that store carries the item or if it will be a
>> good
>> price at that store.
>>
>> I am leaving soon to go to Albertsons. Am mainly getting ingredients
>> that I
>> don't have for the enchiladas I am making. I do have most of the stuff.
>> And husband wants some cherries! I think he is finally realizing that
>> diet
>> might indeed affect it.
>>
>> But I will be going to Winco later in the week because they have the best
>> prices overall. They are further away though so I don't go there often
>> and
>> when I do go, I try to stock up on the non-perishables. I am getting to
>> the
>> point of needing more tomato sauce and canned beans.
>>
>> Once in a while I will make a list on my computer. I only do this when I
>> am
>> really low on food. In that case I take the same list to every store and
>> just cross things off as I buy them. But it is much easier and quicker
>> to
>> tailor my lists to the specific stores. I write things down in the order
>> in
>> which they are kept in the store.
>>
>
> Oh, god NO! I would never devote that amount of time and effort to a
> organizing a grocery list.... or in your case a set of grocery lists.
> I'm capable of looking at mine and figuring out which items can be
> found in the aisle I'm on at the time. If I need to go somewhere else
> for a certain item, the asterisk is in my head - not on a separate
> piece of paper.

But I shop at a lot of stores in any given week! So I need the individual
lists. I also make notes if I have coupons for the items.