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Grocery List/ Price Book App

You'd think there'd be an app for this already, but I can't find it.

Here's what I want:

1. I want to make a shopping list of general items. For example, Club Soda, or cookies; not specifics like brand and package size. I want to be able to specify what stores I might find these at, so that I can get a list of items to shop for at Target or Kroger or Home Depot, but not show the items that won't be there. For example, I can't get club soda or cookies at Home Depot, so I don't want those to show up on the list when I'm there. This is already available in an app or two. No new news here. If the app could know where I was automatically, that would be supercool, but not necessary.

2. When I'm shopping, I want to select the item I'm putting in my cart (eg. "club soda") and scan or enter the information for the specific item I'm buying. For example, if I pick up some Kroger-brand club soda, (which is called sparkling water and comes in 12 cans per case) I want to mark Club Soda off the list, and store the price as well as unit information. I also want a checkbox if it's a sale price, or the regular price. When I'm at Target, I want to enter the product I purchased at Target (LaCroix in an 8 can case) and enter price information for that product, but I want it all to be stored under "club soda".

3. Later, I want to be able to look up "club soda" and see the various products I've purchased and their prices, and the stores at which I've purchased them.

If I always bought the same brand and package size of everything, there would already be an app out there, but I don't, and I want to compare across brands and stores and package size.
 
I had a similar idea but I developed it on Google App Engine. I would bring the receipt home and have to manually type it in. I was planning on developing it on Android, but I have been working a lot of hours and I'm designing another project.
 
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BRoberts0107,

This looks like it would be an interesting project. If you would like to get with me, and we can work out the details of the UI, and design of the App, feel free to PM me. Love to see where this could go.

Mario
 
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