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BigOven Celebrates 8 Million Downloads with release of Grocery List, Menu Planner, and New Facebook Friends Features

On April 20, 2013, In Tips, Tricks and How-To, By T2Rman


Seattle, Washington (PRWEB) February 25, 2013

BigOven announced that its immensely popular cooking apps now offer grocery list, menu planning and new Facebook features at no charge. Separately, BigOven announced that its app installs have exceeded 8 million across iPad, iPhone, Android, Windows Phone, NOOK and Kindle Fire platforms.

BigOven is committed to making it easier to cook at home, saving busy families time and money. Were excited to open up some of our most powerful features to everyone as we continue to innovate, says Steve Murch, BigOven founder and CEO.

BigOven, rated Best Recipe App by the readers of About.com for the past two consecutive years and recipient of numerous editorial accolades for ease of use, helps home cooks through the entire process of cooking: discovering new recipes, organizing recipes, planning menus, grocery shopping, cooking delicious meals, and sharing recipes with friends.

BigOvens grocery list lets cooks simply add recipes or individual items, and will automatically sort the list by grocery department. With BigOvens Menu Planner, cooks can plan days, weeks or months in advance, and then generate a sorted grocery list for any date range with a couple clicks. Grocery lists and menus can be edited on the web or mobile device, and changes are synchronized across devices. Previously available only to paying BigOven Pro members, the grocery list and menu planning features are now free for all cooks.

Separately, starting today, BigOven has made recipe sharing easier than ever by letting all cooks easily view the recipes added and favorited by Facebook friends. Cooks can view their friends recipes anywhere via BigOvens iPhone and iPad apps (coming soon for Android).

With BigOven, home cooks can have all their own recipes, recipes from friends, and more than 250,000 other recipes all in one place and portable.

BigOven Pro members ($ 19.99/year) enjoy an ad-free experience across all devices, plus access to advanced features such as private notes on recipes, adding recipes by URL and bookmarklet, detailed recipe nutrition info and more. Pro members also receive 25 credits for BigOvens innovative RecipeScan. Cooks just submit photos of Grandma’s recipes, cookbook favorites, or any handwritten or typed paper recipes. BigOven does all the work to type them as private, fully portable, scalable, searchable, categorized recipes with detailed nutrition info ready to add to the menu planner and grocery list.

BigOven is the ultimate kitchen tool that gets home cooks inspired and organized in the kitchen and on the go. With over 8 million downloads, BigOvens free Recipes and Grocery List apps are available for iPhone, iPad, Android, Android Tablet, Kindle Fire, Nook and Windows Phone. Listed in the iTunes App Store Food and Drink category Top 10, BigOven was named Readers Choice: Best Recipe App for 2011 and 2012 on About.com and Best Social App by Toque Magazine. BigOven has over 1.8 million members and was created by and for people who love to cook. Pro membership is optional for just $ 19.99/year, with a free trial available at http://www.bigoven.com/pro.







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Grocery Gadget

On March 18, 2011, In Mobile Computing, By admin



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Grocery Gadget® Shopping List Application Now Available for Android











Grocery Gadget Shopping List App for Android

Miami, FL (PRWEB) November 17, 2010

Flixoft, the developers of the high-ranking Grocery Gadget® shopping list application for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch announce the release of a new application version: Grocery Gadget Shopping List is now available for Android mobile devices, and is available for download in the Android Market.

Android users expect the same suite of features that have made Grocery Gadget so popular in the iTunes App Store. Grocery Gadget features designed to help serious shoppers save time and money at home and at the grocery store include:


    Shopping List Sync: Grocery Gadget’s sync technology allows users to share lists across unlimited iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Android devices, and an online portal account located at GroceryGadgets.com. Any time a user updates their list, all list changes update across all Apple and Android devices within a group within a matter of seconds.
    Free Shopping List Portal: Shoppers can log into Grocery Gadget’s free online portal (GroceryGadgets.com) to quickly create grocery lists, match items to coupons, manage recipes, and import data from other sources. Create a “group” account to automatically sync lists between the portal account and unlimited mobile devices.
    Grocery eCoupons: On their device or in the online portal, shoppers can search for relevant eCoupon offers and add them to their supermarket club cards with a single click. Currently, there are 28 participating grocery chains, including Safeway and Kroger.
    Unlimited, Editable Grocery Lists: Grocery Gadget offers unlimited, editable shopping lists. With the “quantities” feature, shoppers can set an item quantity to “0” when it is not necessary to buy, and update the quantity to add an item to a shopping list. Shoppers never have to build a list over and over again.
    Free Cloud Backup: Shoppers can backup all their data in the cloud instantly and for free by creating a free group account. With a group account, shoppers never have to worry about loosing their list data.
    Photos: Users can take photos to accurately describe an item. All photos automatically sync across all household devices so the family shopper never buys the wrong item.
    Price Comparisons: Grocery Gadget identifies and compares item prices that a shopper inputs from one store list to the next. Best store prices appear in green, and the more expensive price appears in red.
    Import Recipe Ingredients: Users can access the recipe tab within the online portal to import ingredients into their shopping list. The portal can also be used to import ingredients from popular recipe software such as BigOven and HandyCookBook.
    Import Data from other apps: Shoppers can utilize the portal to import data from other applications including: CSV, GroceryIQ, Shopper, and Groceries. Additional integrations are currently under development.
Until now, Grocery Gadget has only been available for Apple devices. The Android version release solves a common problem for household members who have wanted to take advantage of the application’s sync feature across multiple device types. In coming months, users can expect the release of Grocery Gadget for additional mobile devices including Blackberry and Nokia. For more information on upcoming releases, please visit GroceryGadgets.com. For timely updates on recent Flixoft developments, follow company news on Twitter @GroceryGadget.

About the company:

Flixoft, Inc. is a U.S. developer of Internet cloud based smart phone solutions including the top-selling productivity application, Grocery Gadget®. Grocery Gadget offers a unique sync technology between multiple smart phones, and through its web-based portal integration platform. For additional information, please visit GroceryGadgets.com.

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ZipList Releases New Android App for Grocery Shoppers

On February 23, 2011, In Mobile Computing, By admin



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ZipList Releases New Android App for Grocery Shoppers











ZipList Grocery List


Sterling, VA (PRWEB) November 4, 2010

ZipList, an online shopping list and recipe search service, today introduced a free Android app to enable users to create and share grocery lists, as well as search recipes, while on-the-go. This new Android app further extends ZipList’s mobile capabilities following the release of a free app for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad users in April.

ZipList launched in February to enable users to share their grocery lists, automatically categorize items, sort lists by aisle or store, and update lists on the web or by text message, email or instant message. Users can also search more than 500,000 recipes and add ingredients for each one to their online shopping list with one click. They can also save all their recipes from across the web in one universal recipe box.

Shopping list apps are among the most popular lifestyle and productivity apps in the Android Market. Users can learn more about the free ZipList service at http://www.ziplist.com/android then click through to the Android Market to download the new Android app. Android users can also scan the QR code there to go directly to the free app in the Android Market.

“A shopping list app is one of the easiest ways to manage your grocery shopping, saving time in-store and reducing impulse purchases,” said Geoff Allen, Founder and CEO, ZipList, Inc. “The ZipList app enables users to sync and share lists that are created both on the web and on other mobile devices. Users can also search for recipes from a variety of sources and add ingredients to the list with one click, helping to streamline the overall grocery shopping experience.”

Key features of the new Android app from ZipList include:

Create and Update Shopping Lists: Build and share lists with family members to let them view, add or delete items using the web, iPhone, text messages, email, instant messages or other mobile phones. ZipList automatically categorizes items added to the list, including many abbreviations and misspellings. Users can prioritize items and sort lists by importance.

Web Sync: Sync shopping lists in real-time between the new Android app, the web, mobile web browsers on Blackberry, iPhone, Palm and Microsoft phones, and ZipList apps running on the iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad.

Add Items by Scanning a Product Barcode: With the new Android app, users can scan product barcodes using the camera built into their smartphone to add specific branded items, including store brand items, to their shopping lists. Android users without a camera can also key in product barcodes by number.

Support for Multiple Lists and Multiple Stores: Users can create and save multiple shopping lists, as well as build and save aisle-by-aisle lists for specific stores in their area. Users can also filter shopping lists by grocery store, as well as search for and map local stores.

Android Shortcuts: Users can update their shopping lists right from the home screen of their phone by using ZipList’s Android Shortcuts. This way, ZipList is at a user’s fingertips whether in the grocery store or planning the trip at home.

Robust Product Database: ZipList has more than 275,000 individual products in its grocery database, making it easy to add branded items to a grocery list on-the-go without having to type in the full product name.

Smart Item Entry: In many cases, users can enter just three or four letters and the name of the desired item will pop up. If the user has entered the item before, it will appear higher up on the drop-down list.

Recipe Search: Users can search more than 500,000 recipes and add required ingredients to their grocery lists with one click, helping to quickly resolve the “What’s for dinner?” question. ZipList also recognizes staples, such as salt and olive oil, which users may not need to add to their list.

Shopping Cart: Just check off each item as you shop to move each one to the new shopping cart section of the app. When you are done shopping, simply touch the “Checkout” button and all the selected items will be removed from your shopping list.

Additionally, users are able to set priorities for specific items, as well as assign quantities, coupons, notes and other information for each grocery item, among many other features.

Check out the ZipList blog at http://blog.ziplist.com for the latest recipes, product updates, money-saving advice and grocery shopping tips. Or, follow ZipList on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/ZipList.

Minimum Requirements: Android 1.6 or above: Note: the barcode scanner is only available to Android users with an auto-focus camera. However, all users can key in product barcodes to add items to their lists.

Pricing and Availability: The new Android app from ZipList is a free download and is available exclusively through the Android Market.

About ZipList, Inc.

ZipList is a free, easy-to-use online shopping list and recipe service that enables shoppers to create and share grocery lists with family members. Users can arrange their lists by aisle or store to maximize the efficiency of their shopping trips, while saving money through reduced impulse purchases and more organized grocery trips. ZipList can be found on the web at http://www.ZipList.com.

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ShopRite and MyWebGrocer Launch the First Retail Grocery Weekly Specials Android App

On February 21, 2011, In Mobile Computing, By admin



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Building off the success of ShopRite’s iPhone App, MyWebGrocer and ShopRite supermarkets have teamed up again to launch a new Android Application, ShopRite Weekly Specials™. The new App, which is free and available now through Android’s Market, is the first App dedicated to weekly grocery specials on Android’s Operating System.

ShopRite’s customers are spending more time on their mobile devices and this App is yet another way to make ShopRite’s customers’ lives easier. The App is a portable circular and pre-store planning tool that invites consumers to “start saving” by browsing hundreds of items instantly. Among its many groundbreaking features, ShopRite Weekly Specials enables consumers to see what’s on sale in real time at their neighborhood ShopRite store. Once they select an item, it is added to their shopping list, which is neatly organized by category with pictures, descriptions and real time prices. Shoppers can also use the voice command to add items to their list by speaking into the App. The App syncs and downloads store specials directly to any Android mobile device and can even sync with customers’ shopping list at ShopRite.com.

“Our customers are on-the-go more then ever, and by teaming up with MyWebGrocer we continue to make their busy lives easier,” explains ShopRite VP of Marketing Cheryl Williams. “Our Android mobile app is the perfect extension of our mobile strategy, providing our customers the opportunity to interact with our weekly savings circularwherever they are. Given the increase we’ve experienced in visits to ShopRite.com from Android phones, it was the natural next step.”

MyWebGrocer CEO Rich Tarrant said, “Our goal is to help our clients engage with their customers where ever they are in the digital space. We are very pleased to deliver an Android mobile solution for ShopRite. Ever since the early success of their iPhone savings App, we knew that a mobile strategy for multiple platforms made sense.”

The new ShopRite Weekly Specials App is available now as a free download on the Android Market by search “ShopRite” on your web enabled Android phone.

About MyWebGrocer:

MyWebGrocer drives digital connections between consumers, grocery retailers, and Consumer Packaged Goods brands. MWG creates and manages digital solutions for clients including websites, digital media, online circulars, email marketing initiatives, mobile applications, social media strategies, and customer acquisition programs. MyWebGrocer works with more than 100 retailers nationally, representing more than 5000 stores, and operates the largest grocery ad platform in the nation.

About ShopRite:

ShopRite is the registered trademark of Wakefern Food Corp., a retailer-owned cooperative, based in Keasbey, NJ and the largest supermarket cooperative in the United States. With more than 220 ShopRite Supermarkets located throughout New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Delaware and Maryland, ShopRite serves more than five million customers each week. A long-time supporter of key community efforts, ShopRite is dedicated to fighting hunger in the communities it serves. Through its ShopRite Partners In Caring program, ShopRite has donated more than $ 22 million to 1,500 worthy charities and food banks since the program began in 1999. As a title sponsor of the LPGA’s ShopRite Classic, ShopRite has raised more than $ 22 million for local schools, hospitals and community groups. For more information, please visit www.ShopRite.com.

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Flixoft’s Grocery Gadget Shopping List for iPhone and iPod Touch Receives Recognition from Apple

On February 21, 2011, In Mobile Computing, By admin



Flixoft’s Grocery Gadget Shopping List Application for iPhone and iPod Touch.

Miami, FL (PRWEB) September 29, 2009

With the introduction of the iTunes App Store in the summer of 2008, grocery shopping list applications have become very popular among users. There is a vast selection of grocery list applications available on the market, ranging from very simple list applications, to more complex applications offering users a total shopping solution. With this in mind, Flixoft is pleased to receive recognition from Apple® for Grocery Gadget: their flagship grocery shopping list application for iPhone™ and iPod® touch that topped the Apple staff member favorite list in the iTunes App Store earlier this week.

Over the last six months, interest in Grocery Gadget has also grown among users. With the introduction of Grocery Gadget Lite in June 2009, users were offered a free and simplified version of Grocery Gadget so they could sample paid version application features at no cost. In addition, with the launch of Grocery Gadget’s unique syncing capability and the online portal introduced earlier this year, Grocery Gadget naturally began to carve out its own unique classification against other shopping list applications for iPhone and iPod touch: The Grocery Gadget application was no longer a simple digital shopping list application, but rather a component of an overall total shopping solution for users.

In addition to being featured as a staff favorite within the iTunes App Store, Flixoft’s Grocery Gadget shopping list application received recognition during Steve Job’s presentation at the Apple Special Event in Canada earlier this month. “We are honored to receive such exposure,” says William Anllo, senior developer at Flixoft. “We are always working to improve upon Grocery Gadget applications and solutions, so our customers have the innovative features required to simplify their overall grocery shopping experience.”

With this in mind, Flixoft continues to develop improvements for their suite of Grocery Gadget shopping solutions. Stay tuned for updated application enhancements with the Grocery Gadget 2.1 release, scheduled for October 2009. Updated version features include improved syncing capabilities, intelligent store and item coupons, units of measure, aisle creation per list and store, as well as an overall enhanced user interface. With this version release, Grocery Gadget will also be available in Italian. For more information on upcoming features, or to download Grocery Gadget, visit the iTunes App Store.

Flixoft, Inc. is a U.S. based developer of smart phone applications specializing in Internet based integrated solutions. For additional information, visit GroceryGadgets.com.

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