CartTally

CartTally is a weekly dinner planning system built for real kitchens, helping Kiwi households plan around their rules, their pantry, and their budget.

16/10/2026

Two pack sizes? Before you choose, check three things: the unit price, the total cost of the pack, and whether you’ll realistically use the extra.

Sometimes the larger pack will make sense. Sometimes the smaller one will.

There isn’t one right answer for every household or every week.

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15/10/2026

The bigger pack can have the better unit price while your pantry is already full.

Pack comparisons can tell you what costs less per unit, but they can’t see what you already have, how much space you have, or whether this is something you actually use often enough to buy more of.

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14/10/2026

Dinner needs 300 g and the pack is 1 kg. That leaves 700 g for something else.

That can be completely sensible if you already know where the rest is going, whether that’s another dinner or something the household uses regularly.

The bigger pack isn’t the problem. The question is whether the rest has somewhere realistic to go this week.

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12/10/2026

The bigger pack can have the better unit price and still be the wrong amount for this week.

Before it goes in the trolley, check what the extra is actually for.

Another dinner? Something you use all the time?

If you can’t see a realistic use yet, the unit price hasn’t made the whole decision for you.

Compare the packs, then check the week.

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09/10/2026

You can like a dinner for months and then be completely over it.

That is not a contradiction. Preferences change, and a planner should be able to respond without treating every preference like a hard rule.

CartTally’s Favourite and See less controls can influence later eligible plans. See less doesn’t block a recipe, and food rules still take priority.

The planner should be able to take the hint without treating every hint like a rule.

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07/10/2026

A quick dinner isn’t helpful if it breaks a food rule.

If Wednesday needs to be quick, use that to choose between meals that already fit the household. If the household would prefer tacos, that can help too.

The food rule is different. It is not something to trade away because the quicker option looks convenient.

Start with the things that have to hold, then use time and preferences to choose between the meals that are still on the table.

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05/10/2026

A good recipe can still be completely wrong for tonight.

If you have 25 minutes to get dinner moving, a 50-minute recipe does not become useful just because it looks good on paper.

That's the main piece a weekly plan needs to account for. Put the quicker dinner on the night that is short on time, and keep the longer one for somewhere it makes more sense.

The recipe did not change. The night did.

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03/10/2026

If the same dinner leaves the same leftovers every time, that repeat can be useful.

Maybe it can always become tomorrow's lunch. If so, great, plan for it.

If nobody actually wants them, maybe the next plan should make less of that meal.

No guilt needed. The real part is noticing what keeps happening and planning from it.

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01/10/2026

You planned leftovers tonight, then life happened.

The leftovers are still there, but their place in the week is not. Recheck whether they realistically fit another lunch or dinner. If storage becomes the next decision, follow current New Zealand Food Safety guidance.

The old plan does not need to stay frozen just because it was written down first.

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