i love talking about groceries! lol

i have always done a rough meal planner, then made a list after a quick check of the pantry... these days (because i seem to have all the time in the world atm!) my shopping list writing takes me about 45 mins... lol dp rolls his eyes when he see's me with my pen and paper on thursday nights!!

first i make a rough list (which usually starts the day after i did last weeks shop ) when things run out or get low etc, then i go through the catalogues, and generally pick either Coles or Safeway, depending on who has what i need on special (sometimes i have been known to go to both, plus Aldi) then i make a meal plan, checking what we have in the fridge/freezer/pantry- i may have half a bottle of Honey soy marinade, or 500g mince still in freezer, so i go from there. i write what meat, what veg and whatever else eg steak/schnitzel (i dont eat red meat) with mash/peas/boiled egg- so for that meal i know im going to need 1xsteak, 1xschnitzel (dd has a little of eat meat) 5x potatoes, and 4 eggs...... then all that gets incorporated to my list!

mum thinks im a bit obsessive when it comes to my list... BUT it works for us! we never throw out any fruit or veg. all the meat gets used eventually! the only thing i wish is that i could have an extra $50 a week to spend.. as i like to have a stock up... rather than 'uh oh, we're onto our last toilet roll!'

dp also likes that i can tell him 'groceries will be roughly $140 this week' or '$100 if you can grab the meat' (we get our meat from his mates families butcher)

i dont think ive really helped any, but as i said, i love talking groceries! lol

ETA: i have done 2x safeway online shops. i liked it, i would be happy to be able to do it once a fortnight, and only pay the $9 delivery once. as for pricing... i didnt notice higher prices? then again, i only get minimal stuff from there.. and half is home brand. and Aldi has everything else i need.