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The Pantry tab (third tab, bottom right) keeps track of what you have at home — how much, and when it expires. It quietly feeds back into your shopping: a "Running low" nudge on your list, an expiry warning before food goes to waste, and a one-tap way to log everything you just bought.

Four ways items get in

  1. 1
    After a shop — finish a trip and the app asks "Add to pantry?". One tap logs everything you bought (more below).
  2. 2
    By hand — tap + on the Pantry tab: name, brand, category, emoji, quantity & unit, expiry date, notes.
  3. 3
    From a barcode scan — choose Add to Pantry (or both) when scanning. See the Barcode Scanner guide.
  4. 4
    From a recipe — send ingredients to the Pantry instead of (or as well as) the list. See Recipes.

Tap any pantry item to edit it; swipe it left (or long-press) to delete.

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Expiry dates, filters, and sorting

Each item can carry an expiry date, shown as a colour-coded chip — orange when it's getting close, red once it's past. The toolbar gives you:

  • Filters — All · Low stock · Expiring soon.
  • Sorting — Alphabetical, Time to expiry, or Getting low.
  • Search — by name or brand.
  • Collapsible categories — fold away the shelves you don't care about right now.
The Pantry tab with search, filters and items

The "Add to pantry?" moment

When you tap Done after a shop, the app offers to log what you bought:

  1. 1
    Add all — every basket item goes into the pantry with its quantity. If you already have milk in there, buying more tops up the existing entry rather than creating a duplicate.
  2. 2
    Choose… — pick exactly which items to log. Items you already stock show their current pantry quantity next to the checkbox.
  3. 3
    Skip — no pantry changes; the prompt is gone until your next shop.

Expiry dates aren't part of this quick flow — pop into the Pantry tab afterwards to add dates to the perishables you care about.

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Nudges on your list — and a daily heads-up

The pantry watches itself so you don't have to. On the List screen you'll see a "Running low" chip when stock drops, and an expiry banner when something is about to go off (red if it already has). Tap either to jump to the Pantry; both can be dismissed for the session.

Want a daily summary instead of checking? Turn on Pantry low-stock & expiry alerts in Settings → Pantry — one notification a day, only when there's something worth knowing.

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Tune it to your household

  • Low-stock threshold (Settings → Pantry) — how low a quantity gets before it counts as "running low". Default 1, adjustable 1–10.
  • Expiry warning window — how many days ahead the expiry warnings start. Default 3 days, adjustable 1–30.

Related guides: Barcode Scanner · Recipes · Settings