Revolutionizing Meal Planning: The Ultimate Grocery List Application
GroceryList++ simplifies meal planning by integrating multiple functionalities into one app. Users can easily find recipes that align with their dietary needs, create and manage shopping lists from recipe ingredients, and share lists with others to prevent duplicate purchases. Additionally, it provides nutritional information and substitution suggestions for items on the list. Our application enhances efficiency in meal preparation, encouraging healthier eating habits while allowing for seamless coordination among users. Explore our interactive UI prototype and learn about our design process and testing results.
Revolutionizing Meal Planning: The Ultimate Grocery List Application
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GroceryList++ Staci Menz Darrin Cole Peter Huss Anna Kong Brian Chan
The Problem Meal planning entails many different tasks:finding recipes, shopping, coordination.Current applications typically focus on one aspect.Those that combine functionality don't offer much flexibility.
Our Solution Combine the following into one application: • Searching for recipes that fit dietary needs • Creating shopping lists from recipe ingredients • Managing and sharing lists with others • Finding nutritional information and substitution suggestions for items on a list
Overview Explain what our application can do Illustrate the design process Explain results of our testing Demonstrate our current UI and interactive prototype
Tasks Simple: Shop from a listModerate: Find a recipeModerate: Share a listComplex: View detailed product information
Task 1:Shopping From a List • Check off items from a list • Mirrors pen-and-paper list • Our app’s most basic function
Task 2 Finding a Recipe to Fit User's Diet • Use filters, keyword search or both • Add ingredients directly to a list • Other core idea behind our application • Helps users easily find recipes and keep track of the ingredients
Task 3Sharing a List with Others • Create household shopping list • Like list on fridge, now mobile • Helps users avoid duplicate purchases • Connects users, helps them communicate
Task 4Finding Additional Information About Items • Scan barcode or select list item • Can often be difficult to find the information you need about an item (is it gluten-free?) • Users want to save money, and eat healthier
Contextual Inquiry & Task Analysis Results We found that our typical user: • wants to find recipes that fit their diet • writes down their shopping list by hand • has a good idea of what they already have Eliminated pantry/fridge feature during task analysis
Design EvolutionUser Testing Results We found our users want: • A quick way to find information about items • Suggestions for substitutes • Keyword search for recipes
Current UI Design DEMO
Ideas for Future Improvements • Allow searching for recipes using items in one of the user’s lists • Recipe favorites • Commenting and annotating recipes
Summary GroceryList++ helps users be more efficient in their meal planning by: • Combining recipe finding and list making • Allowing users to share lists • Providing users with additional information about items while shopping
