diff --git a/backend/app/services/orchestrator/steps.py b/backend/app/services/orchestrator/steps.py
index 75728a9..9625779 100644
--- a/backend/app/services/orchestrator/steps.py
+++ b/backend/app/services/orchestrator/steps.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 from app.config import settings
-from app.models import FamilyMember, FamilyProfile, MealPlan, MealPlanItemStatus, MealPlanVote
+from app.models import FamilyMember, FamilyProfile, Ingredient, IngredientGroceryMatch, MealPlan, MealPlanItemStatus, MealPlanVote
 from app.services.approval import issue_token
 from app.services.email import get_email_backend
 from app.services.orchestrator.alerts import send_admin_alert
@@ -122,6 +122,57 @@ def step_email(run: "WeeklyRun", db: "Session") -> None:
             "days old — the Friday scrape failed and stale data was used.</p>"
         )
 
+    # Build shopping list preview once (shared across all member emails)
+    all_ingredients: dict[str, tuple[str, str, str, str]] = {}
+    for item in plan.items:
+        if item.approval_status != MealPlanItemStatus.PENDING:
+            continue
+        for ing in (item.recipe.ingredients or [] if item.recipe else []):
+            ing_name = ing.get("name", "").strip()
+            if not ing_name or ing_name in all_ingredients:
+                continue
+            match = (
+                db.query(IngredientGroceryMatch)
+                .join(Ingredient, IngredientGroceryMatch.ingredient_id == Ingredient.id)
+                .filter(Ingredient.name_lower == ing_name.lower())
+                .order_by(IngredientGroceryMatch.confidence.desc())
+                .first()
+            )
+            grocery_name = match.grocery_item.name if match and match.grocery_item else "—"
+            price = (
+                f"${float(match.grocery_item.current_price):.2f}"
+                if match and match.grocery_item and match.grocery_item.current_price
+                else "—"
+            )
+            all_ingredients[ing_name] = (
+                ing.get("qty", ""),
+                ing.get("unit", ""),
+                grocery_name,
+                price,
+            )
+
+    if all_ingredients:
+        shop_rows = "".join(
+            f"<tr><td style='padding:4px 8px'>{html.escape(name)}</td>"
+            f"<td style='padding:4px 8px;color:#555'>{html.escape(qty)} {html.escape(unit)}</td>"
+            f"<td style='padding:4px 8px;color:#555'>{html.escape(grocery)}</td>"
+            f"<td style='padding:4px 8px;font-weight:bold'>{html.escape(price)}</td></tr>"
+            for name, (qty, unit, grocery, price) in all_ingredients.items()
+        )
+        shopping_preview = (
+            f"<hr style='margin:24px 0'>"
+            f"<h3>Estimated shopping list</h3>"
+            f"<table style='border-collapse:collapse;font-size:13px;width:100%'>"
+            f"<thead><tr>"
+            f"<th style='text-align:left;padding:4px 8px;border-bottom:1px solid #e5e7eb'>Ingredient</th>"
+            f"<th style='text-align:left;padding:4px 8px;border-bottom:1px solid #e5e7eb'>Qty</th>"
+            f"<th style='text-align:left;padding:4px 8px;border-bottom:1px solid #e5e7eb'>At Lucky</th>"
+            f"<th style='text-align:left;padding:4px 8px;border-bottom:1px solid #e5e7eb'>Price</th>"
+            f"</tr></thead><tbody>{shop_rows}</tbody></table>"
+        )
+    else:
+        shopping_preview = ""
+
     backend = get_email_backend()
     for member in members:
         item_html_parts = []
@@ -135,19 +186,70 @@ def step_email(run: "WeeklyRun", db: "Session") -> None:
             recipe_name = html.escape(
                 item.recipe.name if item.recipe else str(item.recipe_id)
             )
+
+            # Image block
+            img_block = (
+                f'<img src="{html.escape(item.recipe.image_url)}" '
+                f'style="width:200px;height:140px;object-fit:cover;border-radius:8px;" alt="">'
+                if item.recipe and item.recipe.image_url else ""
+            )
+
+            # Ingredients list
+            ingredients = item.recipe.ingredients or [] if item.recipe else []
+            ing_rows = "".join(
+                f"<li>{html.escape(str(ing.get('qty', '')))}"
+                f" {html.escape(str(ing.get('unit', '')))}"
+                f" {html.escape(str(ing.get('name', '')))}</li>"
+                for ing in ingredients
+            )
+            ing_block = (
+                f"<ul style='margin:4px 0;padding-left:20px;font-size:13px;color:#555'>{ing_rows}</ul>"
+                if ing_rows else ""
+            )
+
+            # Estimated cost: sum top-confidence grocery match prices
+            est_cost = 0.0
+            for ing in ingredients:
+                ing_name = ing.get("name", "").lower()
+                match = (
+                    db.query(IngredientGroceryMatch)
+                    .join(Ingredient, IngredientGroceryMatch.ingredient_id == Ingredient.id)
+                    .filter(Ingredient.name_lower == ing_name)
+                    .order_by(IngredientGroceryMatch.confidence.desc())
+                    .first()
+                )
+                if match and match.grocery_item and match.grocery_item.current_price:
+                    est_cost += float(match.grocery_item.current_price)
+
+            cost_block = (
+                f"<p style='font-size:13px;color:#888'>Est. cost: ~${est_cost:.2f}</p>"
+                if est_cost > 0 else ""
+            )
+
             item_html_parts.append(
-                f'<li>{recipe_name} — <a href="{vote_url}">Vote</a></li>'
+                f'<div style="border:1px solid #e5e7eb;border-radius:8px;padding:16px;margin-bottom:12px">'
+                f'{img_block}'
+                f'<h3 style="margin:8px 0 4px">{recipe_name}</h3>'
+                f'{ing_block}'
+                f'{cost_block}'
+                f'<a href="{vote_url}" style="display:inline-block;margin-top:8px;padding:8px 16px;'
+                f'background:#2563eb;color:white;text-decoration:none;border-radius:6px;font-size:14px">'
+                f'Vote on this meal</a>'
+                f'</div>'
             )
 
         if not item_html_parts:
             continue
 
         email_html = (
+            f"<div style='font-family:sans-serif;max-width:600px;margin:0 auto'>"
             f"<h2>This week's meal suggestions</h2>"
             f"{stale_banner}"
-            f"<p>Hi {html.escape(member.name)}, please vote on this week's meals by Fri 17:00 PT:</p>"
-            f"<ul>{''.join(item_html_parts)}</ul>"
-            f"<p>Silence = approved. Any denial removes that meal.</p>"
+            f"<p>Hi {html.escape(member.name)}, please vote on this week's meals by Fri 17:00 PT. "
+            f"Silence = approved. Any denial removes that meal.</p>"
+            f"{''.join(item_html_parts)}"
+            f"{shopping_preview}"
+            f"</div>"
         )
         backend.send(
             to=member.email,