Grocery Budget & Meal Planner

Plan your meals, shop from one list and keep your grocery spending on budget, all in one spreadsheet. Add your family's recipes once, pick meals for the week, and the Grocery Budget & Meal Planner builds your shopping list for you: every ingredient added up and grouped by aisle. Log each shopping trip and the dashboard shows how much of your monthly grocery budget you've used, week by week and store by store. WHAT'S INCLUDED • Grocery dashboard: monthly budget, spent, left to spend, average per trip, cost per person and number of trips, with a month picker • Week-by-week table with a progress bar for each week, plus charts of spending by week and by store • Weekly meal planner: 7 days x breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks, with an estimated cost per day and per week • Recipe cards for up to 40 meals, each with up to 8 ingredients (quantity, unit, aisle and estimated cost) • Automatic shopping list from your meal plan, combined and grouped by aisle, with check-off boxes and an Extras section • Grocery spending log with store dropdown (400 rows) • Setup tab for your budget, household size, stores and aisle order • Start Here guide • Two files: a blank planner and a filled-in example WORKS WITH • Microsoft Excel (2010 or later, Windows and Mac, and Excel online) • Google Sheets (free): upload the file to Google Drive and open it with Google Sheets HOW IT WORKS 1. Purchase and download instantly from your Etsy Purchases page. 2. Open the file in Excel, or upload it to Google Drive and open it in Google Sheets. 3. Fill in the Setup tab, add a few recipes, plan your week and log your shopping trips. PLEASE NOTE • This is a digital download. No physical item will be shipped. • Amounts are in US dollars ($). Currency formatting can be changed in your spreadsheet app. • Costs on the meal plan and shopping list are your own estimates; actual prices vary by store. • For personal use. Please don't resell or share the file. How we make it: Every Penny & Pencil template and worksheet is designed in-house with AI-assisted tools, then each page, formula and answer key is checked and tested before it is listed. Questions? Send us a message. We usually reply within a day.