# The shopping list fits a phone

Shipped · September 10, 2026 · Inventory

The list you actually carry round a supplier now fits the screen you carry it on, and a row is marked bought by holding it.

![The shopping list on a phone, its controls held under the top bar and a hint to tap a row to update it or hold it to mark it got. Cold brew concentrate reads Got 2 gal, and House espresso beans is being held, its fill part way across the row.](https://handbook.company/marketing/updates/shopping-list-on-a-phone.webp)

## It was built for a desk

The shopping list is used standing in an aisle holding a phone, and it was laid out like a table on a monitor. Names were squeezed to a few characters, the price and the quantity competed for the same space, and marking something bought meant hitting a small control next to a smaller one.

## What changed

- Rows are readable at phone width, with the item name given the room and the numbers underneath rather than beside.
- Hold a row to mark it bought, which is hard to do by accident and easy to do with one hand.
- The price shown is per the unit you buy in, not the unit you count in, because that is the number on the shelf edge.
- Something you have already checked in is not also still due.

## What people asked for

- Make the shopping list usable on a phone in a shop.
- Stop the item name being squeezed out by the price.

Source: https://handbook.company/updates/shopping-list-on-a-phone/

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