Meal Planning Spreadsheet

About this download

A meal planner spreadsheet for Google Sheets: pick meals from dropdowns for the week and the grocery list fills in by itself, grouped by aisle. Skip what you already have, reuse a 4-week dinner rotation, and print the menu for the fridge.

WHAT IS INSIDE (9 tabs)

• How To: steps, color key and notes for Google Sheets and the included Excel file.
• Setup: household name, the date Week 1 starts, currency symbol, 4 meal slot headings and 8 store aisles with a walk order. Rename an aisle or a slot and nothing moves.
• Ingredients: 300 rows, each ingredient once with its aisle number (the aisle name shows beside it), unit, an Always have tick for staples and an optional price per unit. 131 common ingredients are already listed.
• Meals: 120 meals plus built-in Leftovers and Eat out. A meal is a name plus up to 10 ingredients with quantities, no recipe steps. Rating (1 to 5), Favorite, Times in plan, Last planned date and a Not planned lately flag help you rotate.
• Plan: Weeks 1 to 4, each 7 days by Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Snack, with dropdowns that list only the meals for that slot (or type any meal). Pick the week you are shopping for, and the planner shows which rotation week today falls in.
• Grocery List: made for the week you pick, grouped by aisle, minus Always have items and anything ticked on Pantry. Got it ticks, an estimated cost total from your prices, and 90 lines on one printed page.
• Phone List: the same list in one narrow column with aisle headers and Got it ticks, for the store.
• Fridge Menu: the week as a clean printable grid (one landscape page).
• Pantry: tick what you have this week. Leave the amount blank to skip it, or type the amount on hand to buy only the rest.

𝗙𝗜𝗟𝗘𝗦 (𝟑)

• Meal-Planner.xlsx: blank planner, 9 tabs, 131 common ingredients prefilled.
• Meal-Planner_Sample.xlsx: the same planner filled with 40 fictional sample meals, a 4-week plan, pantry ticks and made-up sample prices.
• Meal-Planner-Start-Here.pdf: 2 pages, with your Google Sheets copy links and a quick start. Works in the free Adobe Acrobat Reader, Chrome or Edge.

𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗦 𝗜𝗡

• Google Sheets: use the Make a copy links in the Start Here PDF.
• No macros, no scripts, no add-ons. Ticks are TRUE/FALSE dropdowns so they work in both apps.
• Sizes: the Grocery List prints on one portrait page and the Fridge Menu on one landscape page (Letter or A4, fit to page).

ℹ 𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗞𝗡𝗢𝗪

• This planner tracks meals and groceries only. It has no recipes, nutrition or calorie information.
• The cost total is only an estimate from the prices you type.
• Type new items on the next empty row; don't insert rows.
• Digital download, nothing shipped.
• For personal use only.

Designed by me, created using AI tools.

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