Shopping list template to print

Whatever runs out in your home every week: milk, bread, fruit, vegetables, something to cook and toilet paper. Things you rarely restock don’t belong here. They go on the pantry list. The eleven areas on the sheet give the list its frame. They follow the order most supermarkets are laid out in, so nothing at the back of the shop gets forgotten.

Follow your route through the shop, not the alphabet. Write down ingredients rather than dishes: “Mince, 500 g” helps in the shop, “Bolognese” does not. Add the amount where it matters. And put the list where you will see it while cooking. The fridge is where you notice what is missing.

Because you don’t walk round a supermarket in alphabetical order. The eleven areas follow the order most shops are laid out in. Fruit and vegetables come first. Household and toiletries are near the end, and only “Other” comes after them.

Use the “Print” button above the sheet or press Ctrl+P. On a phone you go through “Share” and then “Print”. Only the list is printed, without the text or the menu.

Above the sheet you can choose between three forms and three colours. One form is sorted by area, one has no areas and one starts with the week’s meal plan. For anything else, use a pen on the paper. You don’t need any software or an account for it.

Then paper is the wrong choice. That is exactly what moj is for. You send “Milk and toilet paper”, and the list appears on every device in the family. The order is the same as on this sheet.