Shopping lists and pantry in Eatper

Start by checking what is already at home

Open the pantry before building a new list. Review the item names, amounts, units, and any dates you have recorded. The stock filters help you find items marked as running low or out of stock without reading the whole list.

Treat these as your saved records, not a live measurement of the cupboard. If someone has used an ingredient, update its details when appropriate. An old quantity can make a well-organised shopping list misleading.

1. Review the foods you expect to use for your next meals.
2. Check their recorded pantry quantities against what is actually available.
3. Choose an active shopping list, or create one, for the items you need.
4. Add the missing items with clear quantities and units.

Write a list someone else could follow

A shopping item can include its name, quantity, unit, brand, category, and notes. “Oat drink, 1 litre” is easier to act on than “milk” when a particular product matters. Use a note for the detail that distinguishes the item rather than relying on memory.

For example, if your plan needs 1 kg of rice and you already have 500 g, you can put the remaining 500 g on your list. This is an example of checking quantities yourself, not a promise that every pantry item is automatically subtracted from every shopping entry.

You can add an item from the pantry to a shopping list. Check the resulting quantity: restocking a nearly empty item may require a different amount from the one currently recorded in the pantry.

Check items off, then review the trip

Mark items as purchased as you collect them. Purchased items can be shown separately from the remaining list. If you buy a different amount, make sure the purchase details reflect it before finishing the trip.

The checkout review brings together the selected purchases, quantities, prices, and total. For eligible items, it also includes an Add to pantry switch and an optional date. Review those choices before confirming; checking a list item and confirming its purchase details are separate steps.

If you use receipt recognition, review the recognised information before saving it. Importing a receipt has its own allowance and does not remove the need to check quantities and totals.

Keep purchased food separate from eaten food

Buying groceries does not mean you ate them. Shopping and pantry records support planning, while the food diary records meals. Add food to the diary when you want to record what you ate, using the amount for that meal.

After a confirmed checkout, revisit the pantry entries you chose to add. Later changes in stock should reflect actual use, restocking, or corrections. This is what keeps next week’s starting list useful.

Choose personal or shared use deliberately

Personal household tools are available on Free. Sharing a household is a Premium feature and supports up to six people in total. In a shared household, shopping details you confirm belong to that household, so use names and notes that make sense to the other members.

Joining a household does not automatically expose your diary, weight, nutrition targets, or reports. Any supported action involving another person’s private diary requires separate permission. You can coordinate groceries without treating a shared shopping list as a shared food diary.