Party shopping list
Ordered by supermarket aisle rather than by category, so it works as an actual shopping trip. Quantities are for twenty people over an evening.
38 items
Makes your own editable copy. No account needed.
The items
- Drinks
- Beer×40
- White wine×5
- Red wine×4
- Sparkling×3
- Spirits
- Tonic and mixers×12
- Soft drinks and a good alcohol-free option×12
- Sparkling water×6
- Ice×5
- Fresh
- Lemons and limes
- Mint
- Cucumber
- Grapes
- Carrots and celery for dips
- Bread×3
- Fridge and counter
- Cheese, three kinds×3
- Charcuterie
- Houmous and other dips×3
- Olives
- Butter
- Something hot from the freezer aisle for midnight
- Cupboard
- Crisps×6
- Nuts×3
- Crackers and breadsticks
- Chocolate or sweets
- The non-food aisle
- Bin bags
- Kitchen roll×2
- Napkins
- Loo rollBuy it. Running out at midnight with twenty guests is its own kind of memorable.
- Cups or plastic glasses
- Paper plates
- Cling film and foil for the leftovers
- Hand soap
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Questions people ask
- What do people forget to buy for a party?
- Ice, bin bags, loo roll and something good to drink for the people not drinking alcohol. All four are the reason somebody ends up leaving to find a shop.
- How much ice do I need?
- About a kilo for every two guests if you are serving spirits. It is the single most underbought item at every party ever held.