My Shopping List
January 10th, 2010 by ComputerBob
More than ten years ago, up in the Frostbite State, my wife and I used to shop at a Cub Foods store that had 22 double-length aisles filled with groceries.
The selection was tremendous and the prices were great, but the store was so huge that it always took a long time to find everything that we were looking for.
So, way back then, I created a spreadsheet checklist of the 164 items that we bought most often, arranged in the order of which aisle each item was in.
We kept a printout of that list in our kitchen, and checked off items as we ran low on them.
Then we’d take that list to the store, so we’d know exactly which aisles we needed to go to, and what we needed to get in each one.
It chopped our shopping time down to a fraction of what it had been.
I even put it on this Web site back then, so that several of my college students who shopped at the same store could download it and customize it to their needs.
My wife and I have lived in the Sunshine State for the past 6 years, but I never took the time to create that type of shopping list for the Publix grocery store that’s a mile west of our house, where we usually shop.
But then, without warning, at 7:00 PM on Christmas Eve a couple of weeks ago, that Publix store closed.
Permanently.
After 55 years in business.
So we had to find a new place to shop.
We ended up choosing a newer-but-smaller Publix store that’s a mile north of our house.
And because its 15 aisles and 5 departments are arranged completely differently than the Publix that we’ve been used to for the past several years, I decided to create a spreadsheet shopping list for it.
So yesterday afternoon, I found and edited our old Cub Foods shopping list spreadsheet, to remove the items that we no longer buy and to add some additional items that we buy now.
I had to ask my wife what we used to buy that was called “canned meat.” She couldn’t remember it either.
Then I took a printout of that draft list to our new Publix store and walked up and down every aisle, writing each item’s aisle number next to it and adding a few items that I saw on the shelves that I hadn’t thought of when I had created the draft.
When I got home, I opened the spreadsheet, added the new items, added the aisle numbers, rearranged the items so that the aisles would be in order, shaded the backgound behind the even-number aisles, left a blank space between each aisle, and put a mark next to each item that I know we can buy cheaper at either WalMart or Sam’s Club.
It took me awhile and several test prints to finally get the text to all fit into the columns and the columns to all fit onto the page, but when I finished, I had a new one-page shopping list spreadsheet of the 133 items that we buy most often, arranged in the order of their aisle numbers.
With plenty of space to write in the names of additional items, or to add items to the spreadsheet itself.
Our new grocery list is hanging on our refrigerator door.
And “skim milk” is already checked.
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February 21st, 2011 at 12:36 am
Love the site — any chance you would send me your Publix spreadsheet? Sounds like it would be a real jumpstart to a shopping list Macro I’m trying to put together. Thanks!
February 21st, 2011 at 10:27 am
Thank you for your kind words.
I just emailed it to you. Enjoy!
March 14th, 2011 at 9:02 pm
Thanks ComputerBob! The spreadsheet is awesome. Just what I needed to get me started…
March 14th, 2011 at 10:21 pm
You’re very welcome. I’m happy to help.
March 22nd, 2011 at 10:08 am
do you have the list of all the publix aisles you could email??? I would love to use it for my coupons.
thank you
March 22nd, 2011 at 1:23 pm
I just emailed it to you.
And then I deleted your email address from your comment above, so spambots won’t be able to harvest it.
March 23rd, 2011 at 9:47 am
Hi ComputerBob. This is exactly what I was looking for
Could you email me the Publix Aisle list and your shopping list…trying to get organized?!?!
Thanks so much! Off to read some more of your site…glad I found it!
March 23rd, 2011 at 9:54 am
I just emailed it to you. You’re welcome!
April 15th, 2011 at 5:25 pm
Could you email it to me as well? Thank you so much!
April 15th, 2011 at 5:49 pm
I just emailed it to you, too! You’re welcome!
April 17th, 2011 at 4:11 pm
Could I also get a copy? Thanks!
April 17th, 2011 at 11:13 pm
I just sent it to you! Enjoy!
April 18th, 2011 at 12:28 am
Could you please email me the aisle list for publix so I can organize my coupons? Thanks.
April 18th, 2011 at 7:08 am
Done!
April 19th, 2011 at 7:07 pm
Could you please email the shopping list to me? Thanks.
April 19th, 2011 at 10:11 pm
I just emailed it to you. You’re welcome!
OK, someone please tell me why I’ve suddenly gotten so many requests for my shopping list, more than 15 months after I originally wrote this Journal entry. Did someone mention my shopping list on a shopping Web site or something?
April 25th, 2011 at 11:02 pm
Could you email it to me as well? Thanks soooo much!
April 26th, 2011 at 7:31 am
Done!
And I’m still wondering why so many people want this after all this time.
April 26th, 2011 at 5:48 pm
Hi! I would love the Publix list you created also. I’m not sure why you are getting so many requests lately. LOL. I was trying to create a spreadsheet for my own shopping trips, but I was having trouble. So, i did a search for publix shopping spreadsheet. Your link popped up. I know that it isn’t a spreadsheet, but your list sounds great and easier for me to shop with. I’d appreciate it if you would e-mail it to me… please? Thank you!
April 26th, 2011 at 5:57 pm
My shopping list IS a spreadsheet. I just emailed it to you. You’re welcome!
May 14th, 2011 at 7:30 pm
Could you please e-mail me the spredsheet as well??
May 14th, 2011 at 7:50 pm
Done!
May 29th, 2011 at 5:21 pm
I too would love a copy of your spreadsheet to get me started! Our publix just opened here in AL, and it’s been slow going learning the isles - this may be the jumpstart I need! Thank you SO much!
May 29th, 2011 at 6:15 pm
I just sent it to you! You’re welcome!
June 3rd, 2011 at 8:11 pm
can you email me the aisle list for publix too pretty please
June 3rd, 2011 at 9:00 pm
I just emailed it to you.
June 5th, 2011 at 8:14 pm
Hi,
) A huge thanks ahead of hand, if you could do this for me!
I know you are probably already so tired of hearing this, but I really would appreciate the Publix aisle layout list. I am trying to organize my coupon folder, and it would be so convenient to organize it according to the aisles, since I work my way out from one side of the store to other (like most of the people, I assume
June 5th, 2011 at 10:34 pm
I just sent it to you, too. You’re very welcome.
I’m not tired of hearing that people want it — I’m just sort of bewildered.
June 7th, 2011 at 5:14 pm
Bob I would love to have your list as well.
And the sudden craze may have something to do with the fact people need to save time and money these days.
I know I need to be in and out of the store quickly. 3 kids means more items in the cart that i dont need. Thanks
June 7th, 2011 at 6:08 pm
OK, I just sent it to you, too!
June 11th, 2011 at 3:20 am
Would you please send Publix aisle layout list, I am starting to coupon and this would be help to me.
Thank you
June 11th, 2011 at 7:51 am
I just sent it to you, too.
June 11th, 2011 at 10:41 am
Oh would I ever love your aisle layout list. My hubby even more. Many thanks.
June 11th, 2011 at 1:47 pm
I just sent it to you. Say “hi” to your hubby for me.
June 11th, 2011 at 4:47 pm
Excited about your Publix spreadsheet!! Would you mind sending it to me? It’s just what I need.
June 11th, 2011 at 5:13 pm
I just sent it to you, too.
June 19th, 2011 at 4:36 pm
Do you have the Publix aisle layout? I’d appreciate a copy THANKS
June 19th, 2011 at 4:40 pm
I just sent it to you, too.
June 19th, 2011 at 8:00 pm
I also would appreciate your Publix aisle layout list, I too am starting couponing and this will help with organization. One silly question, would you happen to know how to create a price list? I am researching how to do this but I am not having much luck since they are based on comparison with multiple stores and I would like to stick with this particular Publix store only. Thank you ever so much.
June 19th, 2011 at 8:30 pm
I just sent it to you, too. I’m not exactly sure what you’re asking for about how to create a price list, but when I made my shopping list, I walked up and down every aisle with a notebook and a pen, writing down the name and aisle number of every item that we normally buy. I could have turned it into a price list if I had written down each item’s price, too.
June 23rd, 2011 at 7:16 am
Hello! I was checking to see if you can share your spreadsheet with me as well? It sounds like you put alot of hard work into creating it! Its taking every Ive got just to make a list…I can’t imagine having to come up with a spread sheet to organize it by isle. Maybe yours will help me!
Thank you,
Tasha
June 23rd, 2011 at 12:34 pm
OK, I just sent it to you, too.
June 25th, 2011 at 11:00 am
Hi, I was looking for ideas on a spreadsheet sample on the internet for grocery list and came across your post. I do a lot of meal planning and create weekly/monthly meals. I would love to see how you create your shopping lists. I know my local grocery store aisles pretty well but I would still like to be a little more organized when I do my shopping. Thanks so much!
June 25th, 2011 at 1:52 pm
And now I sent it to you, too.
June 26th, 2011 at 3:37 pm
Just found your website! I love it. Is it too late to ask you to send me that grocery spreadsheet?
Thank you!
June 26th, 2011 at 3:41 pm
It’s in your Inbox.
June 30th, 2011 at 12:40 pm
may I get a copy of your layout? Thanks!
June 30th, 2011 at 4:57 pm
Amy, I just sent it to you, too.
July 5th, 2011 at 9:37 am
I would love the Publix layout/aisle list please. Thank you.
July 5th, 2011 at 12:48 pm
Charlette, I just sent it to you.
July 8th, 2011 at 11:19 pm
Could you email me a copy
July 9th, 2011 at 7:28 am
Mariah, I just sent it to you.
July 10th, 2011 at 4:32 pm
Sounds great. I’d like one.
July 10th, 2011 at 6:05 pm
Dave, I just sent it to you, too.
July 24th, 2011 at 10:27 am
Could you please send me a copy of your Publix spreadsheet as well!? P.S. I googled Publix shopping list by Isle and this conversation came up. I’m assuming this is why your thread is so popular! Thank you in advance!!
July 24th, 2011 at 11:56 am
Jessica, I just sent it to you, too.
July 24th, 2011 at 5:49 pm
may i also have a copy of your spreadsheet…i was just searching the internet for this so i can make the right coupon/store matchups! thanks
July 24th, 2011 at 7:21 pm
OK, Gina, I just sent it to you.
July 30th, 2011 at 7:18 pm
Hi Bob, can you please send me your Publix aisle spreadsheet, I lost my job and I’m trying to save money with coupon. I would also like to be more organized so I could get my shopping done faster. Thank you and many blessings.
July 30th, 2011 at 7:31 pm
Mayra, I just sent it to you, too!
August 5th, 2011 at 6:12 pm
I would love a copy of your publix layout
August 5th, 2011 at 7:33 pm
I just sent it to you, too, Alanna!
August 19th, 2011 at 9:22 am
Could I please get that Publix spreadsheet also? Thanks
August 19th, 2011 at 9:32 am
OK, Bryan — I just sent it to you, too.
September 21st, 2011 at 3:57 pm
Could you please send me a copy of the spreadsheet? Thanks!
September 21st, 2011 at 5:43 pm
Allie, I just sent it to you.
October 10th, 2011 at 12:24 pm
http://www.aislebyaisle.com/publix-grocery-store.htm
Just found a link fof a shopping per aisle software for Publix for their store sites.
I am elderly and asking for your spreadsheet. Thanks and HUGS
JMD
October 10th, 2011 at 4:00 pm
JM, I just emailed it to you.
November 4th, 2011 at 12:43 pm
Just found your site and shop at Publix ALL the time. Would love a copy of your spreadsheet too! Thanks.
November 4th, 2011 at 1:56 pm
Lana, I just sent it to you.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:19 am
Can you please send me the Publix aisles spreadsheet. THANKS & Happy Thanksgiving.
November 22nd, 2011 at 7:58 pm
OK, Peggy, I just sent it to you, too.
November 22nd, 2011 at 11:58 pm
ComputerBob
Would really be grateful to receive the Publix store spreadsheet and layout
Thanks and good job.
JT
November 23rd, 2011 at 8:45 am
I just sent it to you, John.
November 28th, 2011 at 5:12 pm
Could you please send me the Publix aisles spreadsheet? Do all Publix stores have the same aisle map? I saw your site by searching for “Publix aisle map” on google. Thanks very much!
November 28th, 2011 at 5:15 pm
Vin,
You happened to catch me at home on my lunch break, so I already sent it to you.
No, all Publix stores do not have the same aisle setup.
December 2nd, 2011 at 3:06 pm
Please send me the spreadheet. I’m unable to open it from your site. Thank you in advance for your hard work and creative ventures.
December 2nd, 2011 at 4:17 pm
Pat,
You were unable to open if from my site because it is not on my site — it is only available from me. I have emailed it to you.
December 13th, 2011 at 8:47 pm
You’re seriously THE best thing on the planet right now. Could you please send me your spreadsheet too?!! =)
December 13th, 2011 at 10:35 pm
Dear Kaye,
I was very happy to show your comment to my wife, which caused her to acknowledge that, out of the billions of people on the planet right now, I AM the best.
Oh, and I also sent my spreadsheet to you.
January 14th, 2012 at 1:21 pm
FANTASTIC!!! I have been trying to organize my food shopping in a similar fashion but YOUR IDEAS ARE FAR BEYOND ANYTHING I EVER CONSIDERED. PLEASE…PLEASE…send me your spreadsheet. Do you have one for Cub? [I was unclear what store[s] you have one for]. Otherwise, any grocery store layout would be just fine. They all tend to have similarities in their layouts.
I am soooo happy to come across your site.
I am also trying to do the same with Menards (hardware store).
I am excited to hear back from you. And my’thank you’s” ahead of time….You are a very smart & organized man!
Regards,
janna kritz.
January 14th, 2012 at 2:33 pm
Dear Janna, Wow - thanks for your very kind words.
I have emailed you both my current Publix shopping list spreadsheet and my very old Cub Foods shopping list spreadsheet.
February 6th, 2012 at 3:36 pm
Wow….I’d love to have the shopping list as well. Thanks a bunch!
February 7th, 2012 at 1:37 pm
Dear Julie, I just sent it to you!