Plan Monday through Sunday in minutes, then shop with confidence. This Weekly Meal Planner & Grocery List Spreadsheet helps you build a full week from 20 recipe ideas, auto-calculate your grocery totals and category spend, and stay on your weekly food budget. You also track what you waste so your next week costs less.

What you get

• 4 color-coded tabs designed for quick weekly use.
• Weekly Plan with Monday to Sunday and columns for Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snack, plus Notes.
• Meal Ideas tab to expand beyond the starter set. Add recipes and the Weekly Plan dropdown updates automatically.
• Grocery List built with 26 pre-filled ingredients sorted by category, plus 60 ready rows.
• Shopping tracking with a Bought Y/N dropdown.
• Auto-totals for your grocery cost and category spend based on your selections.
• Weekly budget so you can plan meals and shop within a set number.
• Food waste tracking to record what you didn’t finish and reduce repeat spending.

How it works

Pick your meals from the dropdowns in the Weekly Plan tab. The spreadsheet updates your grocery list and cost math as you shop. Enter what you bought, compare totals against your weekly budget, and log waste after the week ends.

Why you should buy

If you want fewer “what’s for dinner?” moments and tighter food spending, this ready-to-use Excel file gives you a complete weekly workflow in one place. You plan meals, shop from a categorized list, and track costs and waste without spreadsheets math or guesswork.