diff --git a/cookbook/admin.py b/cookbook/admin.py
index c9d44307..4569404c 100644
--- a/cookbook/admin.py
+++ b/cookbook/admin.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from .models import (Comment, CookLog, Food, Ingredient, InviteLink, Keyword,
                      RecipeBook, RecipeBookEntry, RecipeImport, ShareLink,
                      ShoppingList, ShoppingListEntry, ShoppingListRecipe,
                      Space, Step, Storage, Sync, SyncLog, Unit, UserPreference,
-                     ViewLog)
+                     ViewLog, Supermarket, SupermarketCategory)
 
 
 class SpaceAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ class SyncAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
 
 admin.site.register(Sync, SyncAdmin)
 
+admin.site.register(Supermarket)
+admin.site.register(SupermarketCategory)
+
 
 class SyncLogAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
     list_display = ('sync', 'status', 'msg', 'created_at')
diff --git a/cookbook/forms.py b/cookbook/forms.py
index 2a583873..bacf2124 100644
--- a/cookbook/forms.py
+++ b/cookbook/forms.py
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ class KeywordForm(forms.ModelForm):
 class FoodForm(forms.ModelForm):
     class Meta:
         model = Food
-        fields = ('name', 'recipe')
+        fields = ('name', 'description', 'ignore_shopping', 'recipe', 'supermarket_category')
         widgets = {'recipe': SelectWidget}
 
 
diff --git a/cookbook/migrations/0102_auto_20210125_1147.py b/cookbook/migrations/0102_auto_20210125_1147.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8f5c7f87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cookbook/migrations/0102_auto_20210125_1147.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.1.5 on 2021-01-25 10:47
+
+import django.core.validators
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import django.db.models.deletion
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('cookbook', '0101_storage_path'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='Supermarket',
+            fields=[
+                ('id', models.AutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name='ID')),
+                ('name', models.CharField(max_length=128, unique=True, validators=[django.core.validators.MinLengthValidator(1)])),
+                ('description', models.TextField(blank=True, null=True)),
+            ],
+        ),
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='SupermarketCategory',
+            fields=[
+                ('id', models.AutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name='ID')),
+                ('name', models.CharField(max_length=128, unique=True, validators=[django.core.validators.MinLengthValidator(1)])),
+                ('description', models.TextField(blank=True, null=True)),
+            ],
+        ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='food',
+            name='description',
+            field=models.TextField(blank=True, default=''),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='storage',
+            name='method',
+            field=models.CharField(choices=[('DB', 'Dropbox'), ('NEXTCLOUD', 'Nextcloud'), ('LOCAL', 'Local')], default='DB', max_length=128),
+        ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='food',
+            name='supermarket_category',
+            field=models.ForeignKey(blank=True, null=True, on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.SET_NULL, to='cookbook.supermarketcategory'),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/cookbook/migrations/0103_food_ignore_shopping.py b/cookbook/migrations/0103_food_ignore_shopping.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4d530fd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cookbook/migrations/0103_food_ignore_shopping.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.1.5 on 2021-01-25 13:10
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('cookbook', '0102_auto_20210125_1147'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='food',
+            name='ignore_shopping',
+            field=models.BooleanField(default=False),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/cookbook/models.py b/cookbook/models.py
index 2f002105..0363a74b 100644
--- a/cookbook/models.py
+++ b/cookbook/models.py
@@ -144,6 +144,22 @@ class Sync(models.Model):
         return self.path
 
 
+class Supermarket(models.Model):
+    name = models.CharField(unique=True, max_length=128, validators=[MinLengthValidator(1)])
+    description = models.TextField(blank=True, null=True)
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.name
+
+
+class SupermarketCategory(models.Model):
+    name = models.CharField(unique=True, max_length=128, validators=[MinLengthValidator(1)])
+    description = models.TextField(blank=True, null=True)
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.name
+
+
 class SyncLog(models.Model):
     sync = models.ForeignKey(Sync, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
     status = models.CharField(max_length=32)
@@ -169,9 +185,7 @@ class Keyword(models.Model):
 
 
 class Unit(models.Model):
-    name = models.CharField(
-        unique=True, max_length=128, validators=[MinLengthValidator(1)]
-    )
+    name = models.CharField(unique=True, max_length=128, validators=[MinLengthValidator(1)])
     description = models.TextField(blank=True, null=True)
 
     def __str__(self):
@@ -179,12 +193,11 @@ class Unit(models.Model):
 
 
 class Food(models.Model):
-    name = models.CharField(
-        unique=True, max_length=128, validators=[MinLengthValidator(1)]
-    )
-    recipe = models.ForeignKey(
-        'Recipe', null=True, blank=True, on_delete=models.SET_NULL
-    )
+    name = models.CharField(unique=True, max_length=128, validators=[MinLengthValidator(1)])
+    recipe = models.ForeignKey('Recipe', null=True, blank=True, on_delete=models.SET_NULL)
+    supermarket_category = models.ForeignKey(SupermarketCategory, null=True, blank=True, on_delete=models.SET_NULL)
+    ignore_shopping = models.BooleanField(default=False)
+    description = models.TextField(default='', blank=True)
 
     def __str__(self):
         return self.name
diff --git a/cookbook/serializer.py b/cookbook/serializer.py
index cadf4fb2..dd632ad1 100644
--- a/cookbook/serializer.py
+++ b/cookbook/serializer.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from cookbook.models import (Comment, CookLog, Food, Ingredient, Keyword,
                              RecipeBook, RecipeBookEntry, RecipeImport,
                              ShareLink, ShoppingList, ShoppingListEntry,
                              ShoppingListRecipe, Step, Storage, Sync, SyncLog,
-                             Unit, UserPreference, ViewLog)
+                             Unit, UserPreference, ViewLog, SupermarketCategory)
 from cookbook.templatetags.custom_tags import markdown
 
 
@@ -140,7 +140,14 @@ class UnitSerializer(UniqueFieldsMixin, serializers.ModelSerializer):
         read_only_fields = ('id',)
 
 
+class SupermarketCategorySerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    class Meta:
+        model = SupermarketCategory
+        fields = ('id', 'name')
+
+
 class FoodSerializer(UniqueFieldsMixin, serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    supermarket_category = SupermarketCategorySerializer()
 
     def create(self, validated_data):
         # since multi select tags dont have id's
@@ -153,7 +160,7 @@ class FoodSerializer(UniqueFieldsMixin, serializers.ModelSerializer):
 
     class Meta:
         model = Food
-        fields = ('id', 'name', 'recipe')
+        fields = ('id', 'name', 'recipe', 'ignore_shopping', 'supermarket_category')
         read_only_fields = ('id',)
 
 
@@ -309,8 +316,8 @@ class ShoppingListRecipeSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
 
 
 class ShoppingListEntrySerializer(WritableNestedModelSerializer):
-    food = FoodSerializer(allow_null=True)
-    unit = UnitSerializer(allow_null=True)
+    food = FoodSerializer(allow_null=True, read_only=True)
+    unit = UnitSerializer(allow_null=True, read_only=True)
     amount = CustomDecimalField()
 
     class Meta:
diff --git a/cookbook/templates/shopping_list.html b/cookbook/templates/shopping_list.html
index 8d7cf0e8..82601a52 100644
--- a/cookbook/templates/shopping_list.html
+++ b/cookbook/templates/shopping_list.html
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@
 
 {% endblock %}
 {% block script %}
-    
+
     <script src="{% url 'javascript-catalog' %}"></script>
     <script type="application/javascript">
         let csrftoken = Cookies.get('csrftoken');
@@ -358,16 +358,22 @@
                 display_entries() {
                     let entries = []
 
-                    //TODO merge multiple ingredients of same unit
-
                     this.shopping_list.entries.forEach(element => {
                         let item = {}
                         Object.assign(item, element);
-                        if (item.list_recipe !== null) {
-                            item.amount = item.amount * this.servings_cache[item.list_recipe]
+                        if (entries.filter(item => item.food.id === element.food.id).length > 0) {
+                            let entry = entries.filter(item => item.food.id === element.food.id)[0]
+                            entry.amount += item.amount * this.servings_cache[item.list_recipe]
+                            entry.entries.push(item.id)
+                        } else {
+                            if (item.list_recipe !== null) {
+                                item.amount = item.amount * this.servings_cache[item.list_recipe]
+                            }
+                            item.unit = ((element.unit !== undefined && element.unit !== null) ? element.unit : {'name': ''})
+                            item.entries = [element.id]
+                            entries.push(item)
                         }
-                        item.unit = ((element.unit !== undefined && element.unit !== null) ? element.unit : {'name': ''})
-                        entries.push(item)
+
                     });
 
                     return entries
@@ -380,20 +386,6 @@
                     return text
                 }
             },
-            /*
-           watch: {
-               recipe: {
-                   deep: true,
-                   handler() {
-                       this.recipe_changed = this.recipe_changed !== undefined;
-                   }
-               }
-           },
-
-           created() {
-               window.addEventListener('beforeunload', this.warnPageLeave)
-           },
-           */
             mounted: function () {
                 this.loadShoppingList()
 
@@ -430,14 +422,6 @@
                     } = e;
                     this.onLine = type === 'online';
                 },
-                /*
-                warnPageLeave: function (event) {
-                    if (this.recipe_changed) {
-                        event.returnValue = ''
-                        return ''
-                    }
-                },
-                 */
                 makeToast: function (title, message, variant = null) {
                     //TODO remove duplicate function in favor of central one
                     this.$bvToast.toast(message, {
@@ -561,9 +545,8 @@
                     console.log("IMPLEMENT ME", this.display_entries)
                 },
                 entryChecked: function (entry) {
-                    console.log("checked entry: ", entry)
                     this.shopping_list.entries.forEach((item) => {
-                        if (item.id === entry.id) { //TODO unwrap once same entries are merged
+                        if (entry.entries.includes(item.id)) {
                             item.checked = entry.checked
                             this.$http.put("{% url 'api:shoppinglistentry-detail' 123456 %}".replace('123456', item.id), item, {}).then((response) => {
 
@@ -572,7 +555,6 @@
                                 this.makeToast(gettext('Error'), gettext('There was an error updating a resource!') + err.bodyText, 'danger')
                                 this.loading = false
                             })
-
                         }
                     })
                 },
@@ -625,22 +607,25 @@
                         "recipe_name": recipe.name,
                         "servings": servings,
                     }
-
                     this.shopping_list.recipes.push(slr)
 
-                    for (let s of recipe.steps) {
-                        for (let i of s.ingredients) {
-                            if (!i.is_header && i.food !== null) {
-                                this.shopping_list.entries.push({
-                                    'list_recipe': slr.id,
-                                    'food': i.food,
-                                    'unit': i.unit,
-                                    'amount': i.amount,
-                                    'order': 0
-                                })
+                    this.$http.get('{% url 'api:recipe-detail' 123456 %}'.replace('123456', recipe.id)).then((response) => {
+                        for (let s of response.data.steps) {
+                            for (let i of s.ingredients) {
+                                if (!i.is_header && i.food !== null) {
+                                    this.shopping_list.entries.push({
+                                        'list_recipe': slr.id,
+                                        'food': i.food,
+                                        'unit': i.unit,
+                                        'amount': i.amount,
+                                        'order': 0
+                                    })
+                                }
                             }
                         }
-                    }
+                    }).catch((err) => {
+                        this.makeToast(gettext('Error'), gettext('There was an error loading a resource!') + err.bodyText, 'danger')
+                    })
                 },
                 removeRecipeFromList: function (slr) {
                     this.shopping_list.entries = this.shopping_list.entries.filter(item => item.list_recipe !== slr.id)