Weekly Menu & Grocery Shopping 2014

Hello Everyone,



Objective:  To plan a weekly meal menu and shop for items on the list.  To identify prices and differences in quality of different items.  To be able to accurately create a personal menu, shopping list, and translate your purchases into an online budget form for evaluation.



Steps:

1.  Complete Weekly Menu Form - Get it Approved.

2.  Complete Grocery List Based on Menu Choices - Get it Approved.

3.  Shop online for items on Grocery List and compare quality and prices.

4.  Total your Grocery Spending and Enter All Items on Shopping List in Budget Online (PMB)

5.  Share your menu and list with class during final presentations.



Please use the handout to plan your menu for a week.  I would like you
to plan at least 2 dinners for 2 and a family dinner (6 people or more)
for the weekend sometime.  It can be breakfast, lunch, or dinner, but
include anything you would normally serve.  Once your menu is complete,
make a grocery list.  In addition to groceries, there is a list of
other items (BELOW) that you will need to keep at your home. 
Detergent, soap, etc.  You may also include any items you might
actually use regularly to your shopping list.  Finally, go to the
website below and price everything you will need.  You may need to make
substitutions, but you will get a good general idea of prices for your
weekly shopping trip.  You will enter these figures on your monthly
budget (remember that this sheet and shopping list is only for one week) when you are finished as actual costs.



Here are a couple of places to shop.  You may also look for other online
grocery stores, pharmacy's or other providers.  They must list
individual item pricing and you need to figure out delivery if you do
not have one of the stores local to your new apartment.  (Example:  You
can price things at Target.com, but you must figure out shipping costs
if you do not have a Target store locally.  You must also figure out how
to get your purchases home if you do not have a car.)



https://www.freshdirect.com/index.jsp



http://www.amazon.com/

Additional Items to Buy:

Laundry Detergent, Soap, Shampoo,
Deodorant, a Mop,  a Broom, All-Purpose Cleaner, Light Bulbs, Dish Soap, 3 2-Liter Bottles of Soda (ie.
Coca Cola, Pepsi, etc.), Band-Aids, Cold Medicine, and a
Bucket, Tylenol or Advil, Batteries and a Flashlight, a Basic Tool Set, a Wiffle Ball Bat Set, and M&M's.



YOU MUST ADD
EVERY ITEM ON YOUR SHOPPING LIST TO THE PERSONAL SHOPPING LIST PAGE OF
YOUR DATA SHEET ON THE FAMILY MONTHLY BUDGET.  MAKE SURE YOU CREATE AREA
FOR YOUR GROCERY SHOPPING FROM THE SHOPPING LIST YOU COMPLETED FOR YOUR
MOVING DAY!



SEE EXAMPLE BELOW:

If you need copies of the forms in MS Excel or Printable, click the form below and download or print a copy:





Weekly Menu PDF (Printable):

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzY9jTFcLEUWdW9scGRJQTBYRWs/edit?usp=sharing



Weekly Menu MS Excel:

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzY9jTFcLEUWWTRGSkNyR2U1UlU/edit?usp=sharing



Grocery List PDF (Printable):

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzY9jTFcLEUWNHpwazhVaV9DSDg/edit?usp=sharing





Grocery List MS Excel:



https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzY9jTFcLEUWaVlFZ2xGc296MnM/edit?usp=sharing



Good Luck,

Mr. S