A somewhat seasonal list with ‘Xmas crackers’ included. Rather early for October. This list has a torn top and was written in black pen and ticked off with blue.
Home Bargains, Reading, 29th October 2026
Home Bargains
Shopping List From Croatia
A contribution to TheShoppingLists.com from a collector in Croatia!!!
The list is written in blue pen, and it looks like the pen did not work at first, as indicated by the scribble on the bottom right.
The hard shadow under the list suggests a sunny day.
The list was folded into 4 and then dropped on the floor before being photographed by our contributor, Sara.
She says,
„Hello, my name is Sara and I come from Croatia. This list for grocery was found on 19.03.2025 in the city of Rijeka. I have translated the list for you above”
For those not familiar with the language, the list says:
Liquid soap
Wide noodles
Apple cider vinegar
Salsa
Cookie
Dried cranberries
Saran Wrap = Cling Film
Many thanks to a contributor in the US who found and emailed this list.
Out of the 6 items, only the coke is for human consumption with the other items being mainly paper based, Kleenex, paper towels and napkins.
For U.K. readers, Saran Wrap is what we call clingfilm. Much like Kleenex, the brand name is used.
The author of this list has all caps writing in a black ink.
Found at Meijer in Michigan, February 2024
Plastic Container: Big & Med
Ring bound ruled notepaper. The hand is in black with some brilliantly stylish all caps script. I covert this hand writing.
Some kitchen basics here, eggs, bread, cheese,… but this person also needed some plastic containers, in two sizes. I wonder what they were for. Maybe Tupperware type for the kitchen, or could have been larger storage containers (such as this type).
Walmart Neighborhood Market, La Mesa, California, USA
Tacos Grocery List
Ruled white paper and a black ball point pen. The list has been ripped or cut down to a small rectangle and the corners folded over to make a lozenge shape.
The writing is heavily italicised, and maybe in an older hand.
5 items are required from the ‘store’. All staples I would say. 4 of which could be considered breakfast items. Not the tacos. I wonder what was to go in the tacos.
Walmart Neighborhood Market, La Mesa, California, USA
Beconase
A4, ring bound lined paper hosts this list, written in blue pen.
Items include normal groceries, a fair assumption is that the owner has a dog.
Beconase turns out to be nasal allergy relief spray.
Line spacing suggests that this list was not written in one sitting.
Morrison’s, Reading
June 2024
Who is this man?
A small shopping list torn from a newspaper or magazine.
The owner wanted focaccia, cereal, spinach/R and Moit?
The last two items are not clear at all! I wonder what they mean.
29th May 2024
Morrisons, Bridport, United Kingdom
Feline Busy
A furry feline friend is lifting the list above its head.
The shopping list includes, tin foil, chips, peas/corn, marmite, halloumi and salad.
Notably, no food for cats.
This person is organised in that they have purrpose made note paper for shopping. They have written the list in two sessions with two pens. A top up shop, not a main shop.
Morrisons, Reading, 16th March 2024
Bags/Smell
A torn piece of white paper hosts this shopping list written in pink pen. Notable items include bags that smell? Are these scented bin liners or some other smell related bags?
The owner of the list is also in the market for foxes. I would assume this refers to the brand who makes biscuits and confectionary, rather than orange quadrupeds.
Other more typical items includes eggs, cheese, milk and sausages.
There is a heavily underlined reference to CopperAndGreen.com who make and sell copper plant pots and copper garden planters.
Also what looks like it could be a password: PieCrust17!
Aldi, Reading, 25th January 2024
Whole Rolled Oats – Taste the Diff
This shopping list is a grateful contribution. Thank you
An attempt at interpretation:
- The list written in maybe two hands, but mostly by one.
- This person is a ‘crosser outer’, implying that they are somewhat organised. Likely using the list for a longer period of time than a single shopping episode. Crossing items off as they are acquired ahead of a main shop.
- The main list is likely meant for a visit to Sainsbury’s (Sainsb), with a reference to their quality line, ‘Taste the Difference’.
- The list has a Halloween reference, ‘stuff and treats’. Maybe for children or visitors to the house.
- It’s clear that the person prioritizes cooking from scratch with individual ingredients. No frozen or ready meals!
- The addition of Bristol Cream Sherry suggests a mature resident in the household.
- There is no red meat or chicken but there is fish, salmon.
- The owners of the list are somewhat house proud. They have a Espresso coffee machine and a dish waster, which they like to keep clean.
- The owners are somewhat garden proud also. They like to make sure their lawn is de-mossed before the winter weather comes.
- The author/s have mostly used pencil, which is more unusual in the genre than you would think.
- The paper used for the list is branded ‘Codora’ and has strange diagonal perforations across the top left. Interesting.
Many thanks for the contribution!
3rd November 2023
