diff --git a/cookbook/forms.py b/cookbook/forms.py
index 2cea2d07..7179c2c4 100644
--- a/cookbook/forms.py
+++ b/cookbook/forms.py
@@ -36,7 +36,10 @@ class UserPreferenceForm(forms.ModelForm):
     prefix = 'preference'
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        space = kwargs.pop('space')
+        if x := kwargs.get('instance', None):
+            space = x.space
+        else:
+            space = kwargs.pop('space')
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         self.fields['plan_share'].queryset = User.objects.filter(userpreference__space=space).all()
 
@@ -483,7 +486,7 @@ class ShoppingPreferenceForm(forms.ModelForm):
 
         fields = (
             'shopping_share', 'shopping_auto_sync', 'mealplan_autoadd_shopping', 'mealplan_autoexclude_onhand',
-            'mealplan_autoinclude_related', 'default_delay', 'filter_to_supermarket', 'shopping_recent_days'
+            'mealplan_autoinclude_related', 'default_delay', 'filter_to_supermarket', 'shopping_recent_days', 'csv_delim'
         )
 
         help_texts = {
@@ -498,6 +501,7 @@ class ShoppingPreferenceForm(forms.ModelForm):
             'default_delay': _('Default number of hours to delay a shopping list entry.'),
             'filter_to_supermarket': _('Filter shopping list to only include supermarket categories.'),
             'shopping_recent_days':  _('Days of recent shopping list entries to display.'),
+            'csv_delim': _('Delimiter to use for CSV exports.'),
         }
         labels = {
             'shopping_share': _('Share Shopping List'),
@@ -507,7 +511,8 @@ class ShoppingPreferenceForm(forms.ModelForm):
             'mealplan_autoinclude_related': _('Include Related'),
             'default_delay': _('Default Delay Hours'),
             'filter_to_supermarket': _('Filter to Supermarket'),
-            'shopping_recent_days': _('Recent Days')
+            'shopping_recent_days': _('Recent Days'),
+            'csv_delim': _('CSV Delimiter'),
         }
 
         widgets = {
diff --git a/cookbook/migrations/0162_userpreference_csv_delim.py b/cookbook/migrations/0162_userpreference_csv_delim.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e296ba95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cookbook/migrations/0162_userpreference_csv_delim.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.2.9 on 2021-11-30 22:00
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('cookbook', '0161_alter_shoppinglistentry_food'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='userpreference',
+            name='csv_delim',
+            field=models.CharField(default=',', max_length=2),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/cookbook/models.py b/cookbook/models.py
index 57b5d878..77affc5d 100644
--- a/cookbook/models.py
+++ b/cookbook/models.py
@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ class UserPreference(models.Model, PermissionModelMixin):
     filter_to_supermarket = models.BooleanField(default=False)
     default_delay = models.DecimalField(default=4, max_digits=8, decimal_places=4)
     shopping_recent_days = models.PositiveIntegerField(default=7)
+    csv_delim = models.CharField(max_length=2, default=",")
 
     created_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
     space = models.ForeignKey(Space, on_delete=models.CASCADE, null=True)
diff --git a/cookbook/serializer.py b/cookbook/serializer.py
index e5a4b9cc..3401d217 100644
--- a/cookbook/serializer.py
+++ b/cookbook/serializer.py
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ class FoodInheritFieldSerializer(UniqueFieldsMixin):
 class UserPreferenceSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
     # food_inherit_default = FoodInheritFieldSerializer(source='space.food_inherit', read_only=True)
     food_ignore_default = serializers.SerializerMethodField('get_ignore_default')
-    plan_share = UserNameSerializer(many=True, allow_null=True, required=False)
+    plan_share = UserNameSerializer(many=True, allow_null=True, required=False, read_only=True)
 
     def get_ignore_default(self, obj):
         return FoodInheritFieldSerializer(Food.inherit_fields.difference(obj.space.food_inherit.all()), many=True).data
@@ -165,14 +165,19 @@ class UserPreferenceSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
             raise NotFound()
         return super().create(validated_data)
 
+    def update(self, instance, validated_data):
+        # don't allow writing to FoodInheritField via API
+        return super().update(instance, validated_data)
+
     class Meta:
         model = UserPreference
         fields = (
             'user', 'theme', 'nav_color', 'default_unit', 'default_page', 'use_kj',
             'search_style', 'show_recent', 'plan_share', 'ingredient_decimals',
             'comments', 'shopping_auto_sync', 'mealplan_autoadd_shopping', 'food_ignore_default', 'default_delay',
-            'mealplan_autoinclude_related', 'mealplan_autoexclude_onhand', 'shopping_share', 'shopping_recent_days'
+            'mealplan_autoinclude_related', 'mealplan_autoexclude_onhand', 'shopping_share', 'shopping_recent_days', 'csv_delim'
         )
+        read_only_fields = ['user']
 
 
 class UserFileSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
diff --git a/vue/src/apps/ShoppingListView/ShoppingListView.vue b/vue/src/apps/ShoppingListView/ShoppingListView.vue
index a265dcd5..f71063e8 100644
--- a/vue/src/apps/ShoppingListView/ShoppingListView.vue
+++ b/vue/src/apps/ShoppingListView/ShoppingListView.vue
@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@
                     <i class="fas fa-download fa-lg nav-link dropdown-toggle text-muted px-0" id="downloadShoppingLink" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false"></i>
 
                     <div class="dropdown-menu dropdown-menu-center" aria-labelledby="downloadShoppingLink">
-                        <a class="dropdown-item" @click="download('CSV')"><i class="fas fa-file-import"></i> {{ $t("Download csv") }}</a>
+                        <a class="dropdown-item disabled" @click="download('CSV')"><i class="fas fa-file-import"></i> {{ $t("Download csv") }}</a>
                         <DownloadPDF dom="#shoppinglist" name="shopping.pdf" :label="$t('download_pdf')" icon="far fa-file-pdf" />
-                        <a class="dropdown-item" @click="download('clipboard')"><i class="fas fa-plus"></i> {{ $t("copy to clipboard") }}</a>
-                        <a class="dropdown-item" @click="download('markdown')"><i class="fas fa-plus"></i> {{ $t("copy as markdown") }}</a>
+                        <DownloadCSV :items="csvData" :delim="settings.csv_delim" name="shopping.csv" :label="$t('download_csv')" icon="fas fa-file-csv" />
+                        <a class="dropdown-item disabled" @click="download('clipboard')"><i class="fas fa-plus"></i> {{ $t("copy to clipboard") }}</a>
+                        <a class="dropdown-item disabled" @click="download('markdown')"><i class="fas fa-plus"></i> {{ $t("copy as markdown") }}</a>
                     </div>
                 </b-button>
                 <b-button variant="link" id="id_filters_button" class="px-0">
@@ -346,6 +347,19 @@
                                     </em>
                                 </div>
                             </div>
+                            <div class="row">
+                                <div class="col col-md-6">{{ $t("csv_delim_label") }}</div>
+                                <div class="col col-md-6 text-right">
+                                    <input type="string" size="sm" v-model="settings.csv_delim" @change="saveSettings" />
+                                </div>
+                            </div>
+                            <div class="row sm mb-3">
+                                <div class="col">
+                                    <em class="small text-muted">
+                                        {{ $t("csv_delim_help") }}
+                                    </em>
+                                </div>
+                            </div>
                         </b-card>
                     </div>
                 </div>
@@ -451,6 +465,7 @@ import ContextMenu from "@/components/ContextMenu/ContextMenu"
 import ContextMenuItem from "@/components/ContextMenu/ContextMenuItem"
 import ShoppingLineItem from "@/components/ShoppingLineItem"
 import DownloadPDF from "@/components/Buttons/DownloadPDF"
+import DownloadCSV from "@/components/Buttons/DownloadCSV"
 import GenericMultiselect from "@/components/GenericMultiselect"
 import GenericPill from "@/components/GenericPill"
 import LookupInput from "@/components/Modals/LookupInput"
@@ -465,7 +480,7 @@ Vue.use(BootstrapVue)
 export default {
     name: "ShoppingListView",
     mixins: [ApiMixin],
-    components: { ContextMenu, ContextMenuItem, ShoppingLineItem, GenericMultiselect, GenericPill, draggable, LookupInput, DownloadPDF },
+    components: { ContextMenu, ContextMenuItem, ShoppingLineItem, GenericMultiselect, GenericPill, draggable, LookupInput, DownloadPDF, DownloadCSV },
 
     data() {
         return {
@@ -488,6 +503,7 @@ export default {
                 mealplan_autoexclude_onhand: true,
                 filter_to_supermarket: false,
                 shopping_recent_days: 7,
+                csv_delim: ",",
             },
             new_supermarket: { entrymode: false, value: undefined, editmode: undefined },
             new_category: { entrymode: false, value: undefined },
@@ -570,6 +586,11 @@ export default {
             })
             return groups
         },
+        csvData() {
+            return this.items.map((x) => {
+                return { amount: x.amount, unit: x.unit?.name ?? "", food: x.food?.name ?? "" }
+            })
+        },
         defaultDelay() {
             return Number(getUserPreference("default_delay")) || 2
         },
@@ -595,7 +616,6 @@ export default {
         supermarketCategory() {
             return this.new_supermarket.editmode ? this.new_supermarket.value.category_to_supermarket : this.shopping_categories
         },
-
         notSupermarketCategory() {
             let supercats = this.new_supermarket.value.category_to_supermarket
                 .map((x) => x.category)
@@ -645,6 +665,7 @@ export default {
 
         this.settings = getUserPreference()
         this.delay = this.settings.default_delay || 4
+        this.delim = this.settings.csv_delim || ","
         this.supermarket_categories_only = this.settings.filter_to_supermarket
         if (this.settings.shopping_auto_sync) {
             window.addEventListener("online", this.updateOnlineStatus)
diff --git a/vue/src/components/Buttons/DownloadCSV.vue b/vue/src/components/Buttons/DownloadCSV.vue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d85947ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vue/src/components/Buttons/DownloadCSV.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<template>
+    <div>
+        <a v-if="!button" class="dropdown-item" @click="downloadFile"><i :class="icon"></i> {{ label }}</a>
+        <b-button v-if="button" @click="downloadFile">{{ label }}</b-button>
+    </div>
+</template>
+
+<script>
+export default {
+    name: "DownloadCSV",
+
+    props: {
+        items: { type: Array },
+        name: { type: String },
+        icon: { type: String },
+        label: { type: String },
+        button: { type: Boolean, default: false },
+        delim: { type: String, default: "," },
+    },
+    methods: {
+        downloadFile() {
+            let csvContent = "data:text/csv;charset=utf-8,"
+            csvContent += [Object.keys(this.items[0]).join(this.delim), ...this.items.map((x) => Object.values(x).join(this.delim))].join("\n").replace(/(^\[)|(\]$)/gm, "")
+
+            const data = encodeURI(csvContent)
+            const link = document.createElement("a")
+            link.setAttribute("href", data)
+            link.setAttribute("download", "export.csv")
+            link.click()
+        },
+    },
+}
+</script>
diff --git a/vue/src/locales/en.json b/vue/src/locales/en.json
index 80bba4da..7b909ca1 100644
--- a/vue/src/locales/en.json
+++ b/vue/src/locales/en.json
@@ -265,11 +265,9 @@
     "CategoryInstruction": "Drag categories to change the order categories appear in shopping list.",
     "shopping_recent_days_desc": "Days of recent shopping list entries to display.",
     "shopping_recent_days": "Recent Days",
-    "Coming_Soon": "Coming-Soon",
-    "Auto_Planner": "Auto-Planner",
-    "New_Cookbook": "New cookbook",
-    "Hide_Keyword": "Hide keywords",
-    "Clear": "Clear",
     "create_shopping_new": "NEW: Add to Shopping List",
-    "download_pdf": "Download PDF"
+    "download_pdf": "Download PDF",
+    "download_csv": "Download CSV",
+    "csv_delim_help": "Delimiter to use for CSV exports.",
+    "csv_delim_label": "CSV Delimiter"
 }