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Cut your grocery bill without starving everyone
The food shop costs more every week. Get swaps, a smarter list and a weekly spend target that still feeds everyone.
The prompt · ChatGPT
Help me cut my grocery bill. What I spend on food each week: [amount] Who I'm feeding: [e.g. 2 adults, 2 kids, a fussy eater] Where I shop: [big supermarket, discount store, online delivery] A typical shop: [list the main things you usually buy] Things that can't change: [allergies, a brand someone insists on] Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. A realistic weekly target. 2. Eight to ten swaps or changes, ranked by how much they'd likely save, marked easy or harder. 3. Three habits that cut waste. 4. A short template list I can reuse each week. Don't invent exact prices: use "less" or "more" unless I've given you the figures. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, figures or products. UK English. Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. amount: a short note you already have. e.g. 2 adults, 2 kids, a fussy eater: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
This does not give tax advice. The books stay in the accounting system.
The prompt · Copilot
Help me cut my grocery bill. What I spend on food each week: [amount] Who I'm feeding: [e.g. 2 adults, 2 kids, a fussy eater] Where I shop: [big supermarket, discount store, online delivery] A typical shop: [list the main things you usually buy] Things that can't change: [allergies, a brand someone insists on] Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. A realistic weekly target. 2. Eight to ten swaps or changes, ranked by how much they'd likely save, marked easy or harder. 3. Three habits that cut waste. 4. A short template list I can reuse each week. Don't invent exact prices: use "less" or "more" unless I've given you the figures. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, figures or products. UK English. Stay in this Copilot chat. Leave plugins off, and do not open a file from OneDrive.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. amount: a short note you already have. e.g. 2 adults, 2 kids, a fussy eater: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
You say what you spend, who you feed and what a usual shop looks like.
The assistant asks where you shop and what can't change.
You get a weekly target, swaps ranked by saving and a few habits that cut waste.
What happens
Use Copilot to cut your grocery bill without starving everyone
The food shop costs more every week. Get swaps, a smarter list and a weekly spend target that still feeds everyone.
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