I need help developing a list to find groceries in the store

Bob Katin

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During this Corona virus, my wife is in the high risk category and cannot take the risk, to go grocery shopping. I do not know where to find things, and the 1st time, it took me 2 hours to locating things at the grocery store. I wrote an Excel spreadsheet to enter the location by isle (Produce, Dairy, Deli, Meat, Seafood and Aisle 1-20) and by sub-isle (A, B, C, D). I have also added a column refrigerated or non-refrigerated, so I can buy the non-perishable items, first.

So I have generated columns in my Excel spreadsheet:
Refrigerated (A),
location (B),
sub-aisle locations (C),
item name (D),
qty (E),
got it (F) for me to check off as I put it in my cart,
and recently added "Required" (G) so I could develop a Master List, but only print the "Grocery List" and look for groceries if it is "required".

I have a few questions:
1. Most locations are designated by the aisle number (1-20), but others are non-numbered aisles, such as Produce, Dairy, Deli, Meat, Seafood. How do I sort Column B Location to indicate aisle 20 to 1, and then alphabetically (Produce, dairy, etc)?
2. I added Column G for Needed (Y/N) to sort my master list for only groceries that I need to buy, this week. Can Excel determine that if Column E Quantity is greater than zero, make Column G Required go to "Y" or "N"?
3. Currently I sort by Column G Required Z to A; Column A, Refrigerated A to Z; Column B Location A to Z; Column C Sub A to Z.

Is there a better way to make this Master Grocery List so I can find things before my legs fall off?

I really appreciate your help.
 

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Perhaps you could commence by having headings for each isle/produce section and then list what is in each and leave next column free (for a tick )
That way when you go into say isle 6 you know exactly what products are there.
Your list could be the master and each week before shopping peruse list and in spare column put a tick for those items needed (Windings Font with formula =CHAR("252")
Haven't given much thought to the rest
 
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You could create a dropdown list fo the Aisles, so it could then include 1-20 AND the other items, produce, dairy, etc.
You could also filter by "Y" for col "G" rather than sort, that way you would only have the needed visible
 
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