diff --git a/application/models/Grocery_crud_model.php b/application/models/Grocery_crud_model.php
index 24930055..33ce7b58 100755
--- a/application/models/Grocery_crud_model.php
+++ b/application/models/Grocery_crud_model.php
@@ -584,4 +584,9 @@ function escape_str($value)
     	return $this->db->escape_str($value);
     }
 
+    function group_by($by, $escape = NULL)
+    {
+        $this->db->group_by($by, $escape);
+    }
+
 }