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Shopper combines your grocery list with a GPS.

Picture it: you’ve just moved into your new home.  There are boxes lining each and every hallway.  Cords from table lamps placed on the floor create a precarious Medusa-like tangle of wires.  Your kids are running through the mess throwing packing peanuts and screaming, “SNOWBALL FIGHT!”  Then, you hear it: the low rumble from your empty churning stomach as it echoes in the room.  Everyone stops and looks at you with hungry eyes.

You need groceries and you need them fast.  Where is the nearest grocery store?  Your first problem is that you don’t have your wireless Internet connection set up yet, but you do remember seeing a Whole Foods down the highway.  And then the next problem hits: you don’t remember where exactly it was.

If you’ve got an iPhone, you’re in luck.

Shopper, an iPhone application created by MidCentury Software, not only helps you find any grocery store you’re looking for with your phone’s built-in GPS but also organizes your shopping lists.  It even remembers the layout of any store where you frequently shop.

I know what you’re thinking: it sounds a bit complicated.  After all, this isn’t your great-great-grandmother’s shopping list.  But with the updated version, shopping has never been easier.  Its new interface is customizable and allows you to organize your shopping needs by grocery list, store, or aisle.

With Shopper, gone are the days of sending your husband out for a loaf of bread and having him call four or five times in utter confusion about how many grains the packaging says it should have.  And for new residents, the mystery and intrigue of finding a new grocery store are eradicated once and for all.