Grocery Runnin' Total

Ever been surprised by your grocery bill at the register? Never be surprised like that again. When I was a kid, my mom always went to the grocery store with a calculator in hand. Every item that went into her basket went into the calculator too. By the time she got to the register, she already knew what her grocery bill was going to be. Grocery Runnin' Total is that calculator, rebuilt with a lot fewer buttons and a handful of groceries in mind. Here's the deal: When your goal is to avoid a surprise at the checkout counter, you don't need the exact total. You need one that's close enough. Grocery Runnin' Total helps you estimate your grocery bill. The goal is to keep you within about $5.00 of the price you'll end up paying when you check out. That keeps the interface simple: Four big buttons ($5, $1, 25¢, and 5¢) cover just about any item's price in a few taps: Grabbing something priced…