Shopping

Build cheaper grocery baskets across your local supermarkets

  • Level Beginner
  • Setup~30 min (estimated)
  • Evidence Some evidence
  • CostNot stated in source
  • No-codeYes
Grok BotSource-linkedBeginner-friendly

What they did

A UK user told Grok Bot which supermarkets are near him, his preferences and whether substitutes are allowed, and keeps adding items as he goes. It builds his online baskets. If a basket misses a store's collection or free-delivery minimum, he uses it as a shopping list in that store's app instead.

How it went

He says his first two runs saved him up to £25, nearly the cost of his monthly X subscription, and found him cheap beer in a few taps.

Worth knowing

  • Self-reported X post; the savings are only shown in screenshots.
  • He calls it early days and keeps adding preferences as he goes.

Prompt

Cleaned version rewritten from the source — not a direct quote.

My local supermarkets are [store list]. My preferences: [brands, sizes, dietary needs]. Substitutes allowed: [yes/no]. Build baskets for [shopping list] at whichever store is cheapest for each item, show me the total per store, and tell me if any basket misses the free delivery or collection minimum.

Recommended

Try it in Grok Bot

  1. Copy the prompt (button below).
  2. Open Grok Bot chat and paste it. Replace any [bracketed] placeholders.
  3. Connect the listed tools (as needed) as connectors when Grok Bot asks.
  4. If the task repeats, ask: "Make this a daily routine."

Alternatives: the same prompt works in Claude, ChatGPT Agent, OpenClaw.

Set it up

Stack: Grok Bot

  1. Read the original source for full context.
  2. Connect the tools your agent needs.
  3. Paste the prompt and replace [bracketed] placeholders.
  4. Run once manually and check the output before scheduling it.

Generic suggested steps, not from the source.

Evidence

Self-reported X post; the savings are only shown in screenshots. He calls it early days and keeps adding preferences as he goes

Source: X · 2026-09-12 · Verified by us: not yet · Report broken or outdated

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