Glossary

Meal planning

Deciding what you'll eat over a period of time — and what to buy for it — before you shop.

Meal planning is the simple practice of choosing your meals for the days ahead and turning them into a shopping list, instead of deciding meal-by-meal. It saves money, cuts food waste, and removes the daily “what's for dinner?” decision.

A good meal plan accounts for your budget, your goals (like protein or calories), how many people you're feeding, and what you actually like to eat.

Grovio automates meal planning: give it a budget and a goal, and it builds the week's meals plus a combined grocery list in seconds.

Cheap meal plans Meal planning on a $70/week budget

More terms

Grocery budget

The amount you plan to spend on groceries over a set period, usually a week or a month.

Macro tracking

Keeping track of the protein, carbs, and fats in what you eat, alongside calories.

Meal prep

Cooking meals (or components) ahead of time so they're ready to eat through the week.

See it in action

Enter a budget and a goal — Grovio builds the meals, the macros, and the grocery list.

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