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I was thinking about something similar for a personal meal plan app. I want the ability to keep a list of recipes, and when I chose meals for a day/week, have

I was thinking about something similar for a personal meal plan app. I want the ability to keep a list of recipes, and when I chose meals for a day/week, have the app take the ingredients list and scrape price sources (supermarket websites, etc.) and then give guidance on exactly where I should purchase each ingredient I need. Then simply track the scraped prices over time for the nominal inflation that you've mentioned.

nebula8804 4y ago
As an addition to your excellent idea: recommend recipes with ingredients that haven't inflated as much as others. I read somewhere that this summer strawberries have inflated a lot less in price compared to other fruits. It then led me to having this conspiracy theory that this is why I saw nonstop promotions for strawberry related products/promotions this summer.