Grocery List For Beach Vacation

Planning your own, self-catered beach vacation sounds like a great idea, right? Absolutely. In fact, this is something you should have done a long time ago, but now that you’re finally getting around to booking a week at the beach, it’s time to get serious about all the prep work you’ve still got left to do. Whether you’re staying in a distant beach location or just driving to a nearby shore spot, it matters not. This list will cover the essentials and make sure you are fully prepared for a trip to the sandy shore.

You’ve been thinking about going on a vacation for a while now, you even decided when to go. The only problem is that you don’t know what to bring (let’s face it, who likes making lists?). No matter what you do when packing your bags, last-minute issues might come up because of a forgotten something or other. The same thing happens in everyday life, doesn’t it? On my last vacation, I realized I forgot my favorite sunscreen. Although I waited until the day before leaving to purchase it, I was able to find a store still open that sold the product.

This beach trip meal plan and vacation grocery list are full of essentials you need for an extended family beach trip with grandmas, hungry brothers, snacky dads, and growing babies all in tow. We really tried to focus on easy lunches, healthy snacks, and dinners that we love even when we are back home.

Grocery List For Beach Vacation

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Our family, extended family, recently went to the beach for a week. It was Mr. McKinney’s parents and siblings and his 2 grandmothers. What a fun week for 3 generations to get away together.

I thought I’d share our menu for a week at the beach for 10 adults and the grocery list we set up through Walmart Pickup. Seriously that tool is one of the best gifts. Total first world luxury, but it sure made flying/driving in so much easier. We had everything in our cart a week out and then placed the order once the time slot came available. Then, we could add other things to the cart until it was pick up time. (If you missed it, I shared last month a list of 24 Dollar Store must-haves for a family trip to the beach)

Our vacation was spent in Tybee Island, GA, just outside Savannah and it was a perfect spot for picturesque days and island cottage nights ( I mean it was crazy hot while we were there, but I could imagine it in the ideal setting like a Mary Kay Andrews novel). Makeup is never required and beach waves are always appropriate. Mornings were slow with full cups of coffee and baby giggles and evenings were filled with board games, scrolling through newsfeeds, and eating snacks for days. It was just the kind of time we all needed away.

Menu for a Week at the Beach for 10 Adults

Arrival Day, check in late afternoon

• Breakfast – on the road as you travel
• Lunch – on the road as you travel
• Dinner – PIZZA – order ahead and pick up or have delivered
• Meal prep and set up the kitchen for the week, everyone gets settled in and have a family meeting. Host a simple family meeting and find out expectations, anything someone really wants to do, schedule for the week, menu and where snacks are that are fair game at any time.

Day 1 – first beach day

• Breakfast – cereal, toast, fruit, etc.
• Lunch – Ham and Cheese Sliders and Assorted Chips
• Dinner – Roast in the crockpot with carrots and potatoes, roasted veggies, dinner rolls
• Snack – Smore’s Dip

Day 2 – Tour day, visiting big town near by and being out

• Breakfast – Sausage and Cheddar Quiche, Fruit
• Lunch – Snacky lunch or lunch at a food market in touring town
• Dinner – Night Out with family in touring town – or crockpot soup and grilled cheese (just remember if someone is driving to have them bring a crockpot, or check availability with your host)
• Snack – probably will have snacked all day!

Day 3 – beach day and exploring

• Breakfast – French Toast & bacon, fruit
• Lunch – Chicken salad, crackers, veggies
• Dinner – Oven Fajitas, guacamole, cheese dip
• Snack – Sopapilla Cheesecake

Day 4 – another tour day – exploring, playing, shopping, golfing if that’s your thing

• Breakfast – Mama’s big breakfast with all the things – sausage, bacon, casseroles, biscuits, eggs, cinnamon rolls, fruit
• Lunch – Snack lunch – Charcuterie, fruit, veggies, crackers, pimento cheese, dips, pickles
• Dinner – Eat out night – for us it was siblings and grandparents stayed back with kids – grandparents menu was lasagna with salad
• Snack – this was originally left empty, but we filled it with a surprise dessert celebration for my sister-in-law who is graduating PA school at the end of summer – brownie sundaes

Day 5 – last beach day

• Breakfast – leftovers/cereal/toast
• Lunch – leftovers or out in town at a “lunch spot”
• Dinner – All family, fun dinner out
• Snack – ice cream at local dive

Day 6 – departure day

• Breakfast – whatever you can find
• Lunch – on road on your own
• Dinner – on road on your own

Vacation Grocery List for a Week at the Beach for 10 Adults

I’ll be honest, I’m addicted to Grocery Pick Up (and combining my savings with Ibotta). You can use whatever service and I was tempted to check in to delivery, but I knew where we were going it was not an option. But, placing our grocery order ahead of time for when we would get into town was so simple and I love how they pull everything for you and have it ready to load in your car. It saves HOURS of time on your vacation by not strolling the aisles of a new grocery store making decisions and trying to get everything you need. (you know, so long as they have everything… be prepared to make a quick trip inside for substitutions or things they left out)

Take your menu meal by meal and write down what you need. Add quantity to things already on your list and don’t worry about planning for a bunch extra. You don’t want to lug a bunch of groceries home. Just like when you do meal planning at home, focus and remove distractions when you make your grocery list to keep you on task and building the right structure. It is hard when you are buying for a group to determine brands, etc. Our default is going with the store brand unless we know it won’t work. And, if someone wants something special or needs food accommodations, consider that in your meal choices or let them get their own special foods!

Veggies and Fruit

• bananas – 10
• apples – 6
• clementines/Halos – 2 bags
• 2 lbs each – strawberries, grapes, carrots, broccoli
• 1 each – cantaloupe, pineapple
• red potatoes – 5 lb bag
• 1 each – white onion, cilantro bundle, purple onion
• small can crushed pineapple
• avocados – 6
• cherry tomatoes – 1 pint
• lime – 2
• cucumber – 4
• peppers – 3 bell + 1 bag mini sweet peppers
• Ceasar Salad Kit

Meat

• 2 lbs each – deli turkey and deli ham, breakfast sausage
• pork roast – 5 lb + (count 1/2 pound per person)
• Wright’s bacon – 2 packages
• Canned White Meat Chicken in Water – 2 cans
• Flank Steak – 3 lbs
• salami/meats – 16 oz
• summer sausage – 20 oz
• ground turkey – 1 lb

Bread

• 2 loafs each – white and wheat bread
• 2 pkg Sister Shubert rolls
• flour tortillas – 30
• corn tortillas – 1 pkg
• 1 loaf Texas Toast (wide cut)
• 1 box lasagna noodles

Snacks

• 2 bags – Veggie Straws, tortilla chips
• 1 bag each – Skinny Pop, trail mix, sour cream onion chips, BBQ chips, Doritos (or flavors your fam prefers)
• 1 box each – peanut butter crackers, graham crackers, Triscuits, wheat thins, nut thins/Good Thins, cheeze-its, goldfish
• M & M’s – your preferred flavor
• skittles/gummies
• granola bars
• chocolate chips
• big marshmallows
• microwave popcorn
• (mamas order special things for kids on their own)

Breakfast

• Cereal – 3-4 boxes, options
• eggs – 36
• pop tarts – 3

Drinks

• bottled water – 3 big packages
• sodas of choice probably 3-4 cases if soda drinkers
• flavored water – we like American Clear
• Tea Bags
• drink mix pouches – flavor enhancer