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KitchenMonki: Cool Menu Planner with Grocery List Manager

abhijeet — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 06:15:49 +0000

Kitchen Monki is a perfect web based tool for the stay-at-home Mom or Dad who often goes shopping and cooks meals for the family. It combines menu planning with grocery lists and aims to make cooking fun by helping users share recipes, print recipes, create shopping lists in one click, schedule meals on the online calendar, find ingredients for new recipes and queue them up and much more.

You can sign up for free or instantly log in using your Facebook account. Shopping lists can be printed out and the site can be easily accessed through a cell phone.

Check out the YouTube video which shows how it works.

Features:

Online menu planning and grocery list manager tool.
Create and share recipes and shopping lists.
Print out recipes.
Print out the shopping lists before you go for shopping.
Access the site through your mobile when you’re out.
Instantly log in via Facebook.

Check out Kitchen Monki @ www.kitchenmonki.com [via Lifehacker] (By Abhijeet from Appscrazy)

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MeNotForget: Simple Grocery List Manager For Mobile

azim — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:11:49 +0000

MeNotForget is a dead simple grocery list manager optimized for mobile phones, particularly iPhone. Using it you can store grocery or any other list online. It lets you add, delete and edit tasks via easy to use interface.

Features:

Simple to-do list manager.
Add/edit/delete tasks via simple interface.
Use it online or print out for offline use.
Optimized for iPhone.
Free, no sign up.
For more similar tools see MakeUseOf “ToDo / Calendars” section.

Check out MeNotForget @ www.menotforget.com

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NutritionToolbox: Food Nutritional Information Database

azim — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:08:58 +0000

NutritionalToolbox is a comprehensive food nutritional information database which lets you look up information (e.g. calories, vitamins, minerals) on more than 40,000 foods including brand name grocery items and fast food products.

You can browse foods by categories (fish, fruit, beverage etc) or search with keywords. There is an “Add to total” button next to each food, which you can use to add several foods to a list and then view the total calorie amount of the selected items.

Features:

Quick nutritional information look up.
View nutritional information of more than 40,000 popular grocery food items and fast food products.
Browse foods by categories (fish, fruit, beverages etc) or search with keywords.
Add several foods to a list and view their total calorie amount.
Similar websites Fatburgr and ShugarStacks.

Check out Nutritional Toolbox @ www.principalhealthnews.com/topic/nutritiontoolbox

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GroceryWiz: Create Grocery Shopping List

kaly — Sat, 30 May 2009 22:53:31 +0000

GroceryWiz is a website which lets you create grocery shopping lists and manage them in one place online. Created lists can be shared with a group of people (family, roommate… etc) allowing everyone add items they need to the same list. Quite useful when planning parties.

Once you have registered on the site you msy start adding groceries from the rich list of items categorized into several categories. In cases when the item you are looking for is not listed there is an option for you to add it manually. When the list is ready you may share it with others by forwarding them a URL or print it out.

For more info watch demo video below:

Features:

Grocery checklist maker.
Manage and create as many lists as you like.
Share lists with others.
Allow others to add items to your grocery shopping list.
Similar websites: Grocist, Listingly and GroceryGuide.

Check out GroceryWiz @www.grocerywiz.com

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Shortcuts: Link Discount Coupons To Your Store Card

azim — Sun, 24 May 2009 05:20:54 +0000

Shortcuts is a direct-to-card paperless coupon service that links coupons to your store cards. Here is how it works: You register on the site and add your store loyalty cards to your account. Then browse coupons on the site and start linking them to your store cards. It takes a single click to link desired coupons to your store card. Next time you go to the store, you just swipe your card at the checkout register and the coupon is automatically applied to your purchase.

You no longer have to cut and collect coupons from newspapers or remember every time to bring them to the store. There is also an option to create shopping lists and access/view your coupons from your mobile phone.

Currently Shortcuts supports over 15 partner stores including Kroger, Owen’s, Baker’s, Dillon’s and many others. If you don’t see your local store on the list, you can request the management to add it to the program.

Features:

Link coupons to grocery card online.
Coupons are applied automatically at the checkout register.
Browse coupons by type such as food, magazines, child care etc.
View your active coupons and track the total amount saved.
Add shopping items and coupons to your account and access them from your cell phone.
Free, sign up to start using.

Check out AOL Shortcuts @ www.shortcuts.com

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CouponChief: Find Coupons For 1000s Of Retail Stores

kaly — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 03:37:02 +0000

CouponChief is a website where you can browse and find coupons, discounts and deals for thousands of retail stores. The site lets you search for coupons browse them by stores and popular product tags. All listed coupons are up to date and rated by community so that you don’t have to waste your time on expired coupons.

Additionally to searching you can also rate coupons and share them with anyone you want. Registering on the site lets you setup email alerts for coupons for your favorite retailers and keep a log of your coupon searches. You can also earn some cash by submitting coupon codes through CouponChief’s Pays-2-Share program.

Features:

Find coupons for 1000s of retailers.
Search for coupons and browse by product category.
All coupons are valid and rated by community.
Rate coupons and leave comments.
Set coupon alerts and view your browsing history.
Share coupons with friends and relatives via email.
Submit coupons and earn some cash.
CouponChief demo video.

Check out CouponChief @ www.couponchief.com

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Grocist: Barcode Driven Grocery List Creator

kaly — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:50:59 +0000

Grocist is a web based grocery list creator that provides you with both interesting and easy way to keep your grocery lists online. Unlike other grocery list services this one works with a barcode scanner. The idea is rather straightforward, first you plug the barcode scanner into your computer and scan the barcodes of any packages before you discard them. Grocist looks up the product’s information from the UPC database and nicely lists items and related information on your list.

This way you can easily keep track of the foods your like and purchase often, remember what brands to repurchase and quickly print lists when you go shopping next time.

In addition the site lets you add your loyalty or club card details and have it printed right on your grocery list.

Features:

Barcode driven grocery list maker and organizer.
Barcode scanner is needed (you can buy it on Ebay for cheap).
Keep track of products you buy and never forget the brands you like most.
Option to add items manually.
Print your list whenever you need.
Get an RSS feed for your grocery list.

Check out Grocist @ www.grocist.nfshost.com

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Listingly: Online List Creator

TehseenBaweja — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 04:06:23 +0000

Listingly is an online list creator that lets you create lists for almost anything, it can be groceries, office supplies, home depot stuff or just plain simple to-do lists. All lists can be shared, printed and accessed from any computer. There are no limitations, you can create as many lists as you like.

Specially remarkable is the grocery list feature which has an auto-suggest option for your item and groups similar items together for ease of use.

Listingly also has a very convenient iPhone application that makes it very simple to carry your lists around with you. Other handhelds like Treo, Blackberry phones and Windows Mobile devices are also supported.

Features:

Online list maker
Create and store as many lists as you like.
Smart grocery list with an auto-suggest feature.
Print your lists or carry them on your handheld device.
Share lists with your friends track who’s editing what.
Add due dates to your to-do lists.
To-do items that are due soon are highlighted upon login.

For alternative web apps see recently published, “5 Great Online To-Do Lists You Should Check Out.

Go to Listingly @ www.listingly.com (Contributed by Tehseen Baweja from Ijaar.com)

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GroceryGuide : Grocery Coupons and Deals

Aibek — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 00:08:58 +0000

Grocery Guide can be a big money-saver for any grocery shopper. It helps you quickly locate all grocery sales and coupons for almost all grocery stores in the nearby vicinity.

GroceryGuide: “If you buy groceries, we can save you a lot of money. Kiss those long trips up and down the isles goodbye.”

GroceryGuide Features

Search for grocery sales in the nearby grocery stores and malls (US only).
Sort grocery deals by GroceryGuide ratings, brand, product category, store and sale end date. Refine groceries by store name and category.
For each listed grocery item view its quality rating and price charts (showing whether the price is expected to rise or go down).
Grocery Coupons: See if there are any coupons for grocery products you’re looking for.
Sale / Coupong Alerts: Get notification alerts for new deals and coupons.
Add desired grocery deals to your shopping list. Print shopping list.
For more information go to GroceryGuide tour here.

Check out GroceryGuide @ www.groceryguide.com

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