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Grocery shopping is an every time challenge, although it appears simple. It is mystifying that no matter how efficiently you organize your shopping trip, you will return home, quite often forgetting something that you wanted to buy. How do you get over this enigma? Here are a few ideas that you may want to try.

Tip 1: Draw up Weekly Menu

Draw up a weekly menu which will be the basis for your grocery shopping. The idea is to help an efficient grocery shopping rather than planning rigid meal regime in a given week. Allow flexibility in the meal plan and list out all the ingredients needed.

Tip 2: Prepare a Comprehensive Grocery List

Replace your memorized grocery list with a written one. Do not do multi-tasking when you write down the list. Do not depend on your memory. If your shopping can be done comprehensively, it saves you a lot of time and bother.

How do you make this comprehensive list? It just demands focus and an hour of peaceful time. Dividing the requirements into categories helps you. For instance, divide your needs into Vegetables, Condiments, Canned products, Bakery items, Pastas, Snacks or Cereals, Paper products, Baking, Beverages, Cleaning supplies and so on. Write down the item details under each of these categories. Remember, this is a one-time exercise that you may want to just revise and update when necessary.

This list is the Bible of your Grocery Shopping. Save it on your computer. Take multiple prints. Each time you go grocery shopping, take a copy and mark your needs. If you need an item that does not go under a specific category, write it down in the list separately by hand.

Tip 3: Have an in-store movement map done

It may look unimportant, but often you mess up your shopping process because of haphazard running around within the store. You will know the complete lay out of your regular grocery store. Use this knowledge and draw up a movement plan on the basis of your grocery list for that trip. This will not take you much time. It will save you back-tracking time and losing track of your list. In fact, some of the stores will have printed shop floor layout available. If you can obtain one, it will make your job easier.

Tip 4: Maintain a “Stray List”

Working with the master grocery list before your shopping plan is not very easy. While the master list serves as a tool, you still need to do the main job. It is common that the grocery needs will keep occurring to you now and then as stray thoughts. It is a good idea to put these into a “Stray List” as and when they occur so you will not forget them when you make the shopping list.

You can have a magnetic board stuck on your refrigerator so you can keep maintain a running list of the needs that occur as stray thoughts. Typically, items that you purchase very rarely can be written here since you may not have put them on the master grocery list. This stray list will be very helpful when you finalize your grocery shopping list next time.