Learn how to use the Shopping list in PocketChef
The Shopping list builds, from your recipes, the consolidated quantity of each ingredient you need to buy for the production you planned — including supplies from base recipes used inside other recipes.
What it is for
- Plan the day’s or week’s production without adding up ingredients by hand.
- See in one place how much to buy of each supply, in the unit you registered.
- Take a PDF to the store or share the list.
The quantity you enter is the number of full recipe batches (how many times you will make the whole recipe), not individual slices or portions.
Before you start
- Register supplies with correct names and units.
- Build recipes (and base recipes, if you use them) with the right ingredients and amounts.
- Without ingredients on the recipes, the list stays empty — you will see These recipes have no ingredients registered.
How to open it
- Open the side menu (three-line icon).
- Under Kitchen, tap Shopping list.
- The screen shows a short guide and the first row to pick a recipe. The help icon (?) at the top explains the panel.
1. Choose recipes and batches
- In the Recipe field, choose the product you will make.
- In Quantity, enter how many full batches of that recipe you will make (for example, 2 if you will make the recipe twice).
- Below the row you see Yield: with the recipe’s registered yield — use it to check that the quantity makes sense.
- Tap Add recipe to include more recipes in the same plan.
- To remove a row, use the trash icon.
You need at least one recipe with a quantity greater than zero. Otherwise the app warns: Add at least one recipe with a quantity greater than zero.
2. Generate the list and PDF
- Tap Generate PDF.
- The app consolidates all ingredients from the selected recipes (adding up the same supply when it appears in more than one recipe or base recipe) and opens the PDF share sheet.
- On the screen itself, the Ingredients to buy section lists each item with quantity and unit.
The PDF is named Shopping list.pdf and includes:
- Selected recipes — with quantity and yield
- Ingredients to buy — a table with Ingredient, Quantity, and Unit
3. Practical tips
- Day’s production: add only the recipes for the shift and generate the PDF before you shop.
- Base recipes: if a cake uses a cream registered as a base recipe, the cream’s supplies are included automatically — you do not need to list the base separately.
- Units: quantities use the unit from the supply record (g, ml, pcs, etc.). Keep registration consistent so the list makes sense at the store.
- Orders: if you already know sales volume (from Orders or Simulations), convert that into batches and use the list to restock.
What the list does not do
- It does not reduce stock or mark a purchase as done.
- It does not post an expense to Cash Flow.
- It does not change prices or recipes — it only calculates what to buy for the plan you entered.
Summary
- Open Kitchen → Shopping list.
- Choose recipes and the number of batches for each.
- Tap Generate PDF.
- Check Ingredients to buy on screen and take the PDF shopping.
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