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In British english at least, 'going shopping' is a normal way to say 'getting groceries for the week'.

Yeah groceries is "shopping"

"walking the strip and dreaming of buying random clothing" is "window shopping"

In Swedish, shopping has been loaned to mean window shopping. Buying groceries is commonly called att handla.

I think "go/do shopping" is the same in French, Spanish, Italian and German, as opposed to faire les courses / ir de compras / fare la spesa / einkaufen.

In US english (at least as I speak/understand it) "shopping" is any act of browsing/looking at/selecting something for purchase. It can be groceries, clothes, a car, anything really and it can be online or in person at a store.

"I'm going shopping" with no other specifics would normally mean "for groceries" or other general household supplies, though.

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