Weekly Grocery List Generator from Meal Planner
Why This is an Opportunity
The user is looking for a web app that connects meal selections with recipe ingredients to automatically generate a grocery list. This problem is specific, repetitive, and can be solved with a straightforward CRUD web application that allows users to manage meals and ingredients efficiently.
Key Pain Points
- •Difficulty in creating a consolidated grocery list from selected meals.
- •Lack of experience in using spreadsheets to automate the process.
- •Need for a tool that accommodates existing pantry items to avoid duplicate purchases.
Original Discovery
I am attempting to create a set of spreadsheets. The first one is a meal planner, the second is a list of the recipes and their ingredients and measurements, and the third is a grocery list. When I select the meal for each day, I would like for the third sheet to auto-populate a list of groceries that I will be using for the week, that will also double as a build-to that I can put in what groceries I already have in my pantry, and it'll tell me based on all of that information what I will need to buy. I know this is possible, but I am not experienced enough in Excel to make it a reality. [Meal Planner Sheet \(Generic Template from Online\)](https://preview.redd.it/0js24einirzf1.png?width=975&format=png&auto=webp&s=877429eb9ab777d87af7942d04f760e59211a534) On the sheet above, each day I can select a meal. Its a drop down selection that is connected to sheet two (Recipes). Ignore the Grocery List section. I would like to use that, but I think it might be too difficult. [This is the Recipe Page that is linked to the Meal Planner already. ](https://preview.redd.it/i18jsjk4jrzf1.png?width=975&format=png&auto=webp&s=3626792840451b97e5fbc91c0fadd32f0d514e73) Here is the Recipes page with a few of my meals and their ingredients. The Ingredients I am unsure of how to connect them to page three below and they make a proper grocery list
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