Printable grocery list
The products you buy again every week, sorted in store order. Stick it on the fridge, check off what runs out during the week, and take it with you. Free, no sign-up, in A4 or PDF.
The basic grocery list, by aisle
One A4 page, portrait. When printed, the sheet prints on its own, without the rest of the page.
My grocery list
Week ofFruits and vegetables
- Potatoes
- Onions
- Garlic
- Carrots
- Tomatoes
- Zucchini
- Lettuce
- Lemons
- Apples
- Bananas
Meat and fish
- Chicken
- Ground meat
- Ham
- Bacon bits
- Fish
Fresh and dairy
- Eggs
- Milk
- Butter
- Crème fraîche
- Yogurt
- Shredded cheese
- Cheese
Bakery
- Bread
- Sandwich bread
Savory pantry
- Pasta
- Rice
- Couscous
- Lentils
- Chickpeas
- Crushed tomatoes
- Canned tuna
- Broth
- Olive oil
- Vinegar
- Mustard
- Salt and pepper
Sweet pantry
- Flour
- Sugar
- Coffee
- Tea
- Cereal
- Jam
- Chocolate
- Cookies
Frozen
- Frozen vegetables
- Frozen fish
- Ice cream
Drinks
- Water
- Fruit juice
Household and personal care
- Toilet paper
- Paper towels
- Dish soap
- Laundry detergent
- Sponges
- Trash bags
- Body wash
- Toothpaste
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How to use a basic grocery list
- Print it and put it up on the fridge or inside a cabinet door, with a pencil next to it.
- Check things off during the week as they run out: that's when you think of it, not at the store.
- Add what your meals need for the week on the blank lines of the right aisle.
- Walk the store in the order of the sheet: produce first, frozen stuff last.
To plan the meals themselves, our printable meal planner has its own grocery column.
The basics to always have on hand
Leaving out pantry staples (salt, oil, spices…), four ingredients show up in a big chunk of the dishes in Popotam's catalog: onion (45% of dishes), garlic (30% of dishes), eggs (24% of dishes) and butter (22% of dishes). Keep them on hand, along with pasta, rice, crushed tomatoes and broth, and you've already got enough to throw together several meals.
The rest depends on your household: that's what the blank lines in each aisle are for.
Basic list or a list built from your meals?
The basic list reminds you of what you always buy again; it doesn't tell you what the week needs, or how much. A list built from your meals does the opposite: it adds up what the planned dishes call for, and anything used twice only shows up once. They work together.
Popotam does the second one on its own: it puts together the week's meals, builds the list sorted by aisle, and removes whatever you check as “Already have it”. Our guide to the free app for your grocery list compares the ones that do this, and our grocery list for under $60 a week gives you a full example.
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Frequently asked questions
What goes on a basic grocery list?
The products you buy again every week, sorted by aisle: fruits and vegetables, meat and fish, fresh and dairy, bread, savory and sweet pantry, frozen, drinks, household and personal care. Our template has 57 of them, with blank lines in each aisle for your own stuff. Before you head out, check off what's missing, and add what the week's meals call for.
How do you organize your grocery list by aisle?
In the order you walk the store: fruits and vegetables first, then meat and fish, fresh and dairy, the pantry aisles, and frozen last so it doesn't thaw in the cart. A list sorted that way gets done in a single loop, instead of crossing the store several times.
Which staples should you always have at home?
The ingredients that show up in the most dishes. In the dishes of Popotam's catalog, leaving out pantry items (salt, oil, spices…), they're onion (45% of dishes), garlic (30%), eggs (24%) and butter (22%). With pasta, rice, crushed tomatoes and some broth, you've already got enough to improvise several meals.
How do you print the grocery list, or save it as a PDF?
Click “Print the list”: only the sheet gets printed, on an A4 page in portrait. For a PDF, choose “Save as PDF” as the printer in the print window. It's free, no sign-up.
Basic grocery list or a list built from your menus?
The two go together. The basic list reminds you what you always buy again; the list built from your menus tells you what the week calls for, in quantities. Popotam makes the second one on its own from your meals, sorted by aisle, and takes off what you already have.
How do you make a grocery list on a tight budget?
Start from the meals rather than the aisles: you only buy what the week calls for, and an item used twice is only counted once. Our $56-a-week grocery list gives a complete example for two, with the fourteen meals that go with it.