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NOW CLOSED: ZipList: The Grocery List that’s Always with You + Giveaway (5 Winners)

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When I was at the Blissdom Conference this month, I was able to attend a special information session by Ziplist. After the presentation, I could not wait for Ziplist to Launch! It is a very exciting FREE online shopping list and recipe service.

What was most fascinating about the presentation was the amount of shopping lists they said they studied to make Ziplist the most functional for you!

Key Features:

  • Share your list with anyone in your family!
  • Update or access your list anywhere. You can do this online at Ziplist.com, via text message, email, or instant message. There is also going to be a iPhone application in the near future as well!
  • Sort your list by store or category. If I want to see the items just on my list for Meijer, I can easily sort by Meijer.
  • Products are automatically categorized. Then you can rearrange your list by store layout! (This is very cool!) How many times have you got through the store then realize the last thing on your list is all the way across the store, where you just came from!
  • Prioritize needed items so a household member can make a quick strop to the store.
  • Search recipes, including online at MarthaStewart.com. Find a recipe, just click Add to List and all the ingredients are added to your shopping list! You can also add the Ziplist Recipe Clipper to your browser to add any recipe to your shopping list.

Oh, and one thing my friend Andrea pointed out, is you do not have to register to start using Ziplist. It is counter intuitive as most sites you have to register first to use it. Go ahead and start using Ziplist to find out for yourself!

Ziplist has been kind enough to offer 5 readers a gift pack. The gift pack will include: (1) Blue Avocado Chill Bag (assorted colors) and a copy of Everyday Food: Fresh Flavor Fast by Martha Stewart.

Entry Methods

You can enter up to 5 times with the following methods:

1. Leave a comment on this post about your current grocery list system.

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Please leave a comment for each additional entry. Ends around 2/21/2010 at 11:59pm EST. Winner, chose by random.org will be announced on the Giveaway Winners Page. Be sure bargainbriana@gmail.com is in your safe sender list as you don’t want to miss the email if you are the chosen winner. If winner doesn’t respond to my email within 48 hours, I will pick another winner. U.S. Entries only.

Want to win more? Enter to win the rest of my current giveaways!

This giveaway was sponsored by Ziplist. Post was written 100% by me and was not edited by the sponsor. Read more on my Disclosure Policy.

Comments

  5. Right now, I check the sales and make a list from that, then combine that list with what I have on hand to make my menu. Then I fill in the odds and ends I need to round out the plan. The sale list+odds and ends is my list.
    .-= Cindy ´s last blog ..It’s A Major Award! =-.

  9. Right now we use the good old pad of paper on the fridge. But I want to move more towards electronic, but the problem is I washed my Blackberry in a load of laundry and I’m using an old phone without internet.
    .-= Tiffany´s last blog ..The Broadway Grill =-.

  19. I check the sales fliers first, then I plan out my meals for the week. I write out a list, and follow it to the letter when I go out shopping.

    runningmatey at hotmail dot com

  21. My current grocery list system is an accoridan file full of coupons with a notepad attached to the front for my list of items.

  22. My grocery list now is a piece of paper on fridge and when i need something I write it on the list (piece of paper)

  31. I use a spreadsheet in Google Docs with a tab (worksheet) for each store we shop at :) *Thanks* for the giveaway!

  42. I use TheGroceryGame to plan my shopping (and I organize by store layout by memory). Recipe planning is not a forte unfortunately.

  43. I currently cut and paste deals that I find into an email that I send to myself. This makes it easy for me to access my list while I’m out and about. I signed up for ZipList yesterday and look forward to trying it out. Thanks!!

  53. I do it the very old fashioned way….pen and paper! LOL! I definitely need to update my system!

    Stacie

  54. I’m a facebook fan!
    .-= Angie @ Just Like The Number´s last blog ..Review: Yummie Tummie Boyfriend Tank =-.

  55. I’m a subscriber!
    .-= Angie @ Just Like The Number´s last blog ..Review: Yummie Tummie Boyfriend Tank =-.

  56. I used to have a master grocery list, organized by the layout of the grocery store, that I would keep on the fridge. Then I switched to a different grocery store and I never got around to updating the list! Now I just keep a magnetic notepad on the side of the fridge and write things down as I run out of them. On my shopping day I fill it in with the other things I need from my menu plan.
    .-= Angie @ Just Like The Number´s last blog ..Review: Yummie Tummie Boyfriend Tank =-.

  58. Basically, we just write stuff on a post-it pad on the fridge, and whoever takes the last of something has to write it down.

  67. I keep a pad of paper and pen in the kitchen and add needed items to it as I think of them or when we run out. Not very sophisticated, but it works! I also try to base my grocery list on what is on sale in the grocery store circulars.

  69. I keep a magnetic pad on the fridge and as we fun out of something (or are running low), I add the item to the list. Everyone knows that if they use something up, or need something, to put it on the list. Thanks for the review and giveaway!

  71. For the drugstores, I know their layout by heart, so I make my list in order of where things are. For grocery stores, I buy more, so I actually….end up doing a lot of walking around. Oh well, it’s exercise, right?

  75. I try to take inventory of what we need and add that to the list. I try to keep in mind what is on sale too.

  77. I have a separate envelope for each store. I make a list and compile coupons for each envelope before I shop. Not the most sophisticated I know …

  84. My current grocery list system consists of me trying to remember everything during trips to the store. I then return home and see what I forgot and “re-add” it to my mental list for next time.
    .-= The Happy Wife/Danielle´s last blog ..Over or Under =-.

  85. I actually have the Smart Shopper which I loved until we got a stainless steel fridge and I can no longer stick it to it, and I haven’t found a good spot on the wall yet to mount it. So now I just walk down every aisle to make sure I don’t forget things, since I also loose my lists!

    ckachelmuss at gmail.com

  87. Oh my, it is not much of a list. I take my coupons that I am going to use and improvise with the rest. Isn’t that horrible. I do average 55% savings though.

    denise_22315 at yahoo dot com

  91. I usually make a paper list. Excited about the iPhone app. I’ve tried a few but didn’t stick with them.

  92. I definitely look for deals and try to pair them up with coupons I have when we shop for groceries.

  96. My current system is a white board in my pantry where I write down items needed that I ran out of. Then every Sunday I make a menu for the week and go by what I don’t have!

  100. My current grocery list is generally written on a scrap piece of paper, divided by store & then torn in half – one to me, one to the hubby.

  106. For shopping I usually cut and paste my favorite deals into a Word document and print it.
    I then try to sort out all the necessary coupons and put them in front of my coupon organizer.

    Thanks for the entry!
    http://www.myfavedeals.com

  112. I just use a notebook and use separate pages for different stores. I am VERY interested in Ziplist, but I guess that means i need to get a smart phone! :)

  115. I make a list on Sundays, trying desperately to think of all the things I’ve remembered I need to buy during the last week.

  117. My current system is a hodgepodge; sometimes I’ll input it into an app on my iPod Touch, sometimes I’ll input it into an app on my BlackBerry, but 90% of the time it ends up on a piece of paper – that I always leave on the kitchen counter.

  119. This sounds awesome!!!! I currently use a pen and paper! LOL, the old fashioned way! I need to move up!!!
    Thanks for the giveaway!

  128. I look at the ads and write down the sale items I want to buy on a recycled envelope (very old school!). Then I check my fave. mommy web sites for deals at my local grocery stores.

  129. Pen and paper, very disorganized :( But this sounds great!
    .-= Macey´s last blog ..Spiderman Table and 2 chairs, $15 shipped! While supplies Last =-.

  130. You are on my blogroll and to respond the prior comment (because I can’t read directions) my hubby and I do the list together! Then i used my coupon system and flyers.
    .-= Beth´s last blog ..Not My Daughter =-.

  132. My current system is awful. I just have a magnetic pad on the side of the fridge to jot down things we need, then weekly I make a menu/grocery list. Its completely unorganized (as far as categories) so this sounds VERY cool.

  137. I am nto good about list unless I am going to CVS, now my husband on the other hand makes al ist for everything.

  138. I print off the Kroger shopping list and write my other store lists on the back side of the page.

  153. I have a binder clip holding pieces of scrap paper with a pen clipped on, sitting on the counter, where I keep a list of items I’ve just run out of.

  156. We have a magnetic list from Real Simple hanging on the fridge for the “need to buy” list. I keep a Google Doc spreadsheet of the deals that get listed online that are too good to pass up, sorted first by store and then by layout of the store. Then I transfer the written list to the spreadsheet for my trip and pull all the coupons. Google Docs is so awesome for this because you can access it from anywhere, I can update it from work or home and even my phone! Ziplist sounds even better! That recipe thing ROCKS!

  157. I have a notepad with a magnetic back on my refrigerator. Items are added as needed, the page ripped off and taken to the grocery store.

  161. I copy and paste all deals w/ coupons needed to Microsoft Word and also separate by store. Then pull coupons and go shopping.

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