General
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Grocery lists
It would be nice to be able to create a list of groceries from the browser. Some things you could do with this list:
Print it off.
Find the cheapest store.
Add full recipes to it.4 votes -
Least expensive from n stores
Allow the shopper to pick their favourite stores and then create the least expensive shopping list from those stores. So buy milk and eggs at store A and cheese and bread from store B.
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Mashup with Gmaps to provide cheapest groceries vs gas money
Google maps can now factor in cost of driving with directions.
This provides a unique opportunity to make your product useful. Above and beyond simply providing maps to stores for cheapest prices on every item, you should take into account the cost of driving to these locations before recommending users visit them.
For example:
I'm looking for milk and cereal.
Cereal is 1.99 at market 1 and 1.50 at market 2.
However, milk is on sale (savings of 1 dollar) at market 1.
BUT, the cost of the trip from store 1 to store 2 is 1.15. Therefore, it is… more3 votes -
Find cheap prices for recipes.
It would be nice to be able to calculate the price of a recipe at various stores.
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Map stores.
It would be nice if either
a) store addresses linked through to Google Maps, or
b) this was integrated somehow into the site itself (e.g. directions to this store, map stores near here, etc.)2 votes -
Compare Prices Per Unit
Make it easier to see if $1.99 for 350 grams is a better deal than 6.75 for 1 KG by listing price per unit. You already have the data.
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OpenID login.
Let's support a growing standard and make it easier for people to use Grocerus.
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List produce.
PLU listings (not sure how comprehensive these are) can be found at http://www.plucodes.com/ in "Excel format" (i.e. HTML.) Having a way for users to enter prices on produce would expand the scope nicely.
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Items without barcodes?
I see you have Pita Pit as a store. Their pitas do not have barcodes but specials and prices would still be useful. Do you have the ability to add these items as well despite not having a barcode?
-- Barbara
1 vote