Understand your grocery list

Where items come from, how it's organized by aisle, and how to add things by hand.

Olivi's grocery list on iPhone, generated automatically and sorted by aisle for shopping without backtracking

Where items come from

Your list fills up automatically from:

  • Your week plan: all the ingredients of the planned recipes
  • Your manual additions: what you type into the top bar
  • Photo of a dish: that screen can also add to the list
  • An open recipe: the "Add to my list" button with ingredient selection

Organized by aisle

Items are grouped by aisle in the walking order of a typical grocery store: produce, meats, fish, dairy, bakery, frozen… all the way to snacks, personal care, household products, pet and pharmacy at the end. You follow the list top to bottom and walk in a straight line. So the list covers your whole grocery run, not just your recipe ingredients.

Add by hand

Type in the top bar. Olivi suggests:

  • Common products (with their aisle): over 2,000 everyday products, including store brands (Compliments, Selection, No Name…)
  • Items you've already added to previous lists (personalized autocomplete)

Search is accent-tolerant: typing "boeuf" finds "Bœuf haché", "cafe" finds "Café", and so on.

Can't find your product in the suggestions? No problem: type whatever you want, then tap the first line "➕ Add "…"" (or press + / the Enter key). Your item is added as-is and automatically filed under the right aisle. You're never forced to pick a suggestion.

Hide the checked items

Checked items are hidden by default to keep you focused. Toggle "Show checked" at the bottom to see them again, or delete them in bulk.