British food, please
Sausage and mash, fish pie, jacket spuds, a proper roast. The meals on your plan should be the meals your family actually eats.
About us
We're Samantha and Wayne, parents of three. Make Me A Shopping List is the tool we wished we'd had when our kids were small and we were stood in Aldi at half four on a Wednesday with no idea what to buy.
our story
For years, the worst part of our week was working out what on earth to feed the kids. By Sunday evening we were standing in front of the fridge, both knackered, going "what are we even eating this week?" Neither of us had an answer. And whoever spoke first usually got "fish fingers, then" thrown back at them.
Then came the shop. We'd walk into Aldi with half a list scribbled on a Post-it and zero clue what most of those things were actually for. You'd pick up mince thinking "right, spag bol", then five minutes later you'd see chicken on offer and forget what you came in for. Half the trolley was guesses.
And even when we got it all home, there was still the bit nobody talks about: how do you actually cook this? "Throw a chicken in the oven" sounds easy until you're staring at one wondering what temperature, for how long, and whether the kids will eat it.
So we built the thing we wanted. Tell it who you're feeding, how much you've got to spend, and what you can't stand the smell of. It writes the week. It writes the list, grouped by the aisles you actually walk down. And it tells you, plainly, how to cook each one. No recipe-blog life story, no "let's dive in", just the steps.
We use it every week. So do our kids. If you're tired of staring at that fridge too, give it a go.
meet the household
Samantha
mum, chief cook
Runs the kitchen. Will eat absolutely anything you put in front of her.
Wayne
dad, co-founder
Builds the app. Does the Sunday roast.
Sophie
19, eldest
Will cook her own thing if she's in a mood.
Anthony
15, middle
Used to live on chicken nuggets. Now happily packs away a rice bowl.
Jasmine
11, youngest
Fussy, but improving. Adores taco night.
If a meal works for the five of us, it has a fighting chance with most UK families.
what we believe
Sausage and mash, fish pie, jacket spuds, a proper roast. The meals on your plan should be the meals your family actually eats.
Costs based on big-supermarket UK prices, in pounds and pence, not dollars. So the total you see is close to the total at the till.
Built for households with fussy eaters, packed lunches and a Wednesday-night swimming lesson. No 90-minute "weeknight" recipes pretending to be quick.
No glass jars in soft lighting, no protein-prep influencer aesthetic. Just dinners that work on a Tuesday after a long day.
no funny business
One way: the optional Family plan at £3.99 a month. That pays for the servers, the recipe filling and a little bit of someone's time.
We do not run ads. We do not sell your data. We do not pass your email to a third party. If we ever change any of that, we'd tell you in plain English first, and we think we won't need to.
The free plan stays properly useful, not gimped, because most weeks most families only need the one shopping list.
a quick note
Yes, we use clever software to build the meal plans. It's the same kind of technology you've read about in the papers. We use it to do the boring planning bit, and we keep the human bits like deciding which meals to put in the recipe book and which UK prices feel right.
free to try
It's free to start, and a working plan is about a minute away.