Question 1

What is GroshMe?

Accepted Answer

GroshMe is an AI-powered meal planner that builds your weekly grocery list around your real budget, your family's preferences, and this week's actual sale prices at your store. Tell us your household, your budget, and your store — we plan the meals and price the cart in about 60 seconds.

Question 2

How do I make my first list?

Accepted Answer

Tap 'New GroshCart' from your dashboard or the amber + button. Step 1: pick your store, zip code, household size, and budget. Step 2: choose your dietary preferences, cuisines, and cooking skill. Step 3: add must-haves and pantry items. Tap 'Let's GroshMe' and the meal plan + shopping list build automatically.

Question 3

What's a household profile?

Accepted Answer

A saved set of your household details — adults, children, dietary restrictions, preferred cuisines, store, and zip code. Create one for your usual setup so future lists pre-fill in one tap. You can have multiple profiles (e.g., 'Weeknight,' 'Date Night,' 'Family Visit').

Question 4

Is GroshMe free?

Accepted Answer

Yes — every feature is free during beta. No credit card required. Sign up with Apple, Google, or email.

Question 5

Do I need to download an app?

Accepted Answer

No. GroshMe works in any modern browser on phone, tablet, or desktop. You can also 'Add to Home Screen' on iOS or Android for an app-like experience. A native iOS and Android app is coming via the App Store and Play Store.

Question 6

How does the AI pick recipes?

Accepted Answer

GroshMe has a catalog of 50,000+ verified recipes. The selector filters by your dietary restrictions, cuisines, cooking skill, and budget, then picks meals that share ingredients across the week to minimize waste. Higher-rated recipes are more likely to appear, but variety is preserved across runs.

Question 7

What does 'Mix in weeknight classics' do?

Accepted Answer

When ON (default), recipes tagged as classic American family staples — Spaghetti, Burgers, Tacos, Chili, Chicken Parm, Lasagna, Mac & Cheese — get a score boost in the planner. They mix into your plan reliably without dominating it. Turn it off if you want exclusively new recipes every week.

Question 8

What is 'Mostly kid-friendly recipes'?

Accepted Answer

When ON, the selector skips recipes containing exotic proteins (liver, anchovies), aggressive heat (habanero, ghost pepper), strong cheeses (blue cheese, gorgonzola), and adult-styled dish names. Familiar flavors only. Mild jalapeño in salsa or wine in cooking is still allowed — only the obvious tough sells for picky eaters get filtered.

Question 9

What is 'Cook with this'?

Accepted Answer

On any pantry / on-hand item in Step 3, tap the 🍳 toggle to mark it 'Cook with this.' GroshMe guarantees at least one meal in your plan uses that ingredient. So if you have pork loin in the fridge, mark it — pork loin will appear in a recipe. If no recipe matches your filters and the must-use ingredient, you'll see a friendly banner explaining why.

Question 10

How do favorites work?

Accepted Answer

Tap the heart icon on any recipe to favorite it. Favorited recipes get a 3.5× score boost in future meal plans — they show up reliably without dominating. You can also choose 'Use only my favorites' in Step 2 to lock the selector to your hearted list.

Question 11

Can I swap a meal I don't like?

Accepted Answer

Yes. On any meal card in your shopping list, tap 'Swap.' You'll see 6 alternatives matching your dietary, cuisine, and cooking-skill filters. Apply protein, cuisine, speed, or 'Classics only' filters to narrow the alternatives.

Question 12

Why does my plan keep repeating recipes?

Accepted Answer

GroshMe tracks your recent recipe history (last 8 lists or 45 days, whichever is longer) and excludes those recipes from new plans — except favorites, which always stay eligible. If you're seeing repeats anyway, your dietary or cuisine filters might be narrowing the catalog too much. Try broadening them.

Question 13

How do I see all my favorites?

Accepted Answer

Tap 'Recipes' in the navigation, then the 'My Favorites' chip at the top of the filter bar. You can also see them on your Household profile page under 'My Favorites.'

Question 14

Can I add my own recipe?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Tap 'Recipes' → 'Add Recipe' (or the + button). Paste your ingredients (any format — '2 cups flour' or 'chicken breast'), and our AI parses and structures them. Your recipe is private (only visible to you) and auto-favorited.

Question 15

What are 'classics'?

Accepted Answer

A curated set of ~140 American family staples — Spaghetti, Burgers, Tacos, Chili, Chicken Parm, Mac & Cheese, etc. They get a soft boost in meal planning so they mix into your weeks regularly. The 'Classics' filter on the Recipes page shows the full set.

Question 16

How do I add a side or dessert to my list?

Accepted Answer

On any saved list, tap '+ Add a Side' or '+ Add a Dessert' (visible on both the shopping list tab and the meal plan tab). Search the catalog or pick from your favorites. The recipe appears as a 'Sides & Extras' day, and its ingredients merge into your shopping list.

Question 17

What does 'Have it' do?

Accepted Answer

Removes the item from your shopping list and adds it to your persistent pantry, so it doesn't get added to future lists either. Use this when you discover something already in your kitchen mid-list. You can undo from your Household → Pantry page.

Question 18

How are items grouped on the list?

Accepted Answer

By grocery aisle — Produce, Meat & Seafood, Dairy, Bakery, Pantry, Frozen, etc. The order roughly matches a typical store layout to keep your shopping efficient.

Question 19

How do you find sale prices?

Accepted Answer

We pull weekly circulars from Flipp's network of 1,600+ stores including Kroger banners (Ralphs, Vons, Albertsons), Aldi, Target, Costco, Safeway, and more. Sale items show in red with the original price struck through. Sales typically refresh weekly.

Question 20

How accurate are the prices?

Accepted Answer

Three tiers: 'Live' prices come directly from Kroger's API and are exact. 'Sale' prices come from current weekly circulars. 'Estimate' prices come from our ingredient registry adjusted for your region. We show the price type honestly on every item — what you see is what we know.

Question 21

Can I print or share my list?

Accepted Answer

Yes. On any saved list, tap 'Print' for a clean printable view (no UI chrome, just the list). 'Share' copies the list to your clipboard as plain text — paste into a text or email to send to your partner.

Question 22

What is Shop Mode?

Accepted Answer

An in-store companion. Tap 'Shop This List' on a saved list and the screen shifts to a checkbox-by-checkbox flow: tap items as you put them in your cart, watch the running total update in real time. Color-coded so you know if you're under or over budget at a glance.

Question 23

Will my screen stay on while shopping?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Shop Mode requests a wake lock so your phone doesn't sleep mid-aisle. Some browsers (especially Safari) may still dim the screen — adjust your phone's auto-lock setting if needed.

Question 24

What happens when I finish shopping?

Accepted Answer

Tap 'Done.' We log which items you bought vs. skipped, mark the list as completed, and use those signals to make your future plans smarter. Skipped items stay on the list — they aren't deleted.

Question 25

What's /tonight?

Accepted Answer

A free public page that answers the question 'What should I have for dinner tonight?' Pick a few filters (people, time, diet) and get one beautiful recipe with a cost estimate. No signup required. When you're logged in, the dashboard version personalizes to your household, pantry, and favorites — and a one-tap button turns it into a full shopping list.

Question 26

What's /cook?

Accepted Answer

Free public recipe finder. Type up to 3 ingredients you have on hand — get back recipes that use them, sorted by best match. No signup. The full version (logged in) lets you turn any match into a full shopping list with priced ingredients.

Question 27

What's /sales?

Accepted Answer

Free public sale finder. Type your zip and an ingredient — see which stores near you have it on sale this week, sorted cheapest first. Each result has a 'Add to my list' button that signs you up and pre-fills the ingredient as a must-have.

Question 28

How do I delete my account?

Accepted Answer

Open your Household page → scroll to the bottom → tap 'Delete Account.' This permanently removes your profile, all saved lists, household profiles, pantry, favorites, and recipe history. The action cannot be undone. Most data is gone immediately; auth records purge within 30 days.

Question 29

Can I export my data?

Accepted Answer

Yes — email hello@groshme.com and we'll send a copy of all your data within 30 days. Includes shopping lists, household profiles, pantry items, favorites, and shopping history.

Question 30

Why do you need my email and zip code?

Accepted Answer

Email is your account identity (used for login, password reset, important account notices — no marketing without explicit opt-in). Zip code is required to find your local store and pull regional sale prices. Neither is shared or sold.

Question 31

My list won't generate / takes too long.

Accepted Answer

First-time generation can take 30-60 seconds (we're querying multiple APIs for prices). If it stalls past 90 seconds, refresh and try again. If the issue persists, your dietary / cuisine combination might be too narrow for the catalog — try broadening filters.

Question 32

Prices look wrong or items are missing.

Accepted Answer

Sale prices refresh weekly when stores publish new circulars. If a price looks off, your store may have just changed circulars and the data hasn't refreshed yet — try regenerating in 24 hours. Email hello@groshme.com with the list ID and we'll investigate.

Question 33

I'm not getting kid-friendly recipes even with the toggle on.

Accepted Answer

The kid-friendly filter is a soft preference — it strips out the obvious tough sells, but doesn't force every recipe to be a kid-fave. If too many are still missing the mark, narrow your cuisine filter to American or Italian, and turn on 'Mix in weeknight classics' for an extra boost toward family staples.

Question 34

Still stuck?

Accepted Answer

Email hello@groshme.com with as much detail as you can — what you tried, what happened, your list ID if relevant. Real human reads every email.

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