Shop for or order food and kitchen supplies and equipment.

“Shop for or order food and kitchen supplies and equipment.” is a core task performed by Cooks, Private Household. Among the occupation's 13 rated tasks, workers place it 10th by importance (#4 most important). About 100% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Purchase goods or services. in Monitoring and Controlling Resources

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.50. Automation potential label: T1.

How AI is actually used on this kind of task

The Anthropic Economic Index observes how people actually use AI on tasks like this one across millions of real conversations.

• 0.003% share of AI-use records mapped to this task
• Most common interaction: directive
• Average autonomy of the AI: 3.4 (1–5; higher = more autonomous)
• 100% of interactions still needed a human in the loop

Observed AI use describes people choosing to use AI as a tool on this kind of task today. It is augmentation and assistance, not a measure of jobs replaced.

Working with AI vs. handing it off

Of the AI conversations mapped to this task, the split between people working alongside AI and people delegating the task to it.

How people interact with AI on this task

Other tasks in this occupation

• Peel, wash, trim, and cook vegetables and meats, and bake breads and pastries. · importance 4.8
• Cool, package, label, and freeze foods for later consumption and provide instructions for reheating. · importance 4.8
• Plan menus according to employers' needs and diet restrictions. · importance 4.7
• Prepare meals in private homes according to employers' recipes or tastes, handling all meals for the family and possibly for other household staff. · importance 4.5
• Keep records pertaining to menus, finances, and other business-related issues. · importance 4.5
• Stock, organize, and clean kitchens and cooking utensils. · importance 4.4
• Specialize in preparing fancy dishes or food for special diets. · importance 4.1
• Direct the operation and organization of kitchens and all food-related activities, including the presentation and serving of food. · importance 4.1
• Plan and prepare food for parties, holiday meals, luncheons, special functions, and other social events. · importance 3.6
• Create and explore new cuisines. · importance 3.6
• Serve meals and snacks to employing families and their guests. · importance 3.2
• Travel with employers to vacation homes to provide meal preparation at those locations. · importance 2.2

See all tasks on the Cooks, Private Household page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-task-9502,
  title  = {Shop for or order food and kitchen supplies and equipment.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-9502}
}