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Splitting grocery costs fairly with a roommate can avoid awkward conversations later. One common method is to keep all receipts and use a shared expense app that calculates who owes whom at the end of the month. Some roommates prefer to alternate: one person buys groceries one week, and the other buys the next, which works well if both people eat roughly the same amount. For shared items like dish soap or paper towels, it often makes sense to split the cost evenly regardless of who buys them. Problems tend to arise when one roommate buys personal snacks or specialty items and expects the other to contribute, so many households agree in advance to separate personal purchases from shared ones on the same receipt.