Grocery-budget meal planning
Tell us your budget.
We plan the week.
Every other planner starts from a recipe. Mealconomy starts from your number — then works out what to cook, what to buy, and how to use all of it.
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This week · family of 4
£38.20
£1.80 left of a £40 budget
- Adana kebab€2.28/serving
- Air fryer patatas bravas€0.88/serving
- Ají de Aguacate Recipe (Colombian Spicy Avocado Sauce)€1.45/serving
Example plan. Prices vary by shop.
Three steps, then dinner
01
Tell us your budget
A weekly grocery number and who you're feeding. That's the whole setup.
02
Get the week + the shop
A full meal plan under your budget, and one shopping list ordered by aisle.
03
Cook, scan, adjust
Scan the receipt to see planned vs. actual. Next week's plan gets sharper.
Meal plans by budget
Real example weeks for common budgets and household sizes. Personalise any of them in a couple of taps.
The math, done for you
No AI guesswork. A deterministic engine prices every plan against real regional grocery costs and shows you the cost per serving on everything — so “within budget” means it.
Cost per serving, everywhere
On every recipe and every plan — not hidden until checkout.
Cook once, eat twice
Plans reuse what you buy: leftovers become lunches by design.
Planned vs. actual
Scan a receipt and see where your estimates were off.
On the go
Take the shopping list to the shop
Scan your pantry, check off the list aisle by aisle, and snap receipts to sharpen next week’s plan — the Mealconomy app is on its way to iOS and Android.
Want to know the moment it ships? Follow the blog — the web app works great in the meantime, on your phone’s browser too.