Family kitchen

Plan the week and stay on budget

Put meals into a weekly plan, see what every meal costs, and keep the food shop inside your budget.

For families and households who want to know what the week's food really costs before they shop.

See how it works

14-day free trial
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A weekly meal planner with a household budget card

What you get

The cost of every meal

Each meal shows what it costs, and the week adds up as you plan, per person and per day.

A week in one tap

Press Suggest and CostBridge fills breakfast, lunch and dinner from your own recipes, favouring healthy, budget-friendly meals.

A budget you can watch

Set what you want to spend and a bar shows how much of it is left as you plan.

Cheaper, healthier swaps

Ideas show a cheaper meal for the one you picked and how much you would save. One tap to swap.

How it works, step by step

These are real screens from CostBridge, using the sample data every free trial starts with.

1
Start with the recipes you cook
Open Recipes in the Kitchen menu. Your free trial starts with sample recipes already priced, so you can try the planner straight away, and you can add your own or keep these.
Every recipe shows its cost, which is what the planner uses to price each meal.
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2
Let CostBridge suggest a week
Open Meal Planner and press Suggest a healthy week. Say how many people are eating and CostBridge fills the week from your recipes, then shows what the week costs, what you save by cooking at home and a healthy-eating score.
The saving is a rough guide, worked out against eating-out prices you can set in Settings.
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3
Drag, swap and adjust
Your recipes are on the left. Drag one into breakfast, lunch or dinner, or use + Add. Every day shows what it costs, and anything you do not like comes out with one tap.
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4
Set a budget and save more
Type a weekly food budget and the bar shows how much is left. Under Save more, stay healthy, CostBridge suggests cheaper swaps and how much each would save. Happy with the week? Press Save plan.
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Try the family meal planner yourself

Your free trial starts with sample ingredients, recipes and prices, so you can see plan the week and stay on budget working in minutes. No credit card needed.

14-day free trial
No credit card required
Cancel anytime

Included in every plan, from Family to Business.

Questions people ask

Do I have to enter every ingredient before I can plan?

No. A free trial starts with sample ingredients, recipes and prices, so the planner works straight away. Change a price to what you really pay and every meal cost updates.

Can I plan for the number of people eating?

Yes. Set how many people are eating and the plan shows the cost for the week, per person and per person per day.

How is the saving by cooking at home worked out?

It compares your meals with eating-out prices, which you can set in Settings. It is a rough guide, not a quote.

Which plans include the meal planner?

All of them. It is part of the Family, Starter, Pro and Business plans, and of the free trial.