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  "description": "Aldi leads at $51.25, with Walmart ($54.44) and Food Lion ($54.86) close behind. Fresh Market tops $85.70 - a $34.45 spread for the same 17 staples.",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-23T12:36:05.000Z",
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    "Parkwood Starts Monthly Drive for Food HubNeighbors seek donations off shelf-stable items to support South Durham’s Parktown Food Hub.Southpoint AccessWes Platt",
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  "textContent": "Your weekday local lowdown, powered by  _Southpoint Access_.\n💌 [Subscribe Free]\n\nParkwood Starts Monthly Drive for Food HubNeighbors seek donations off shelf-stable items to support South Durham’s Parktown Food Hub.Southpoint AccessWes Platt\n\n## SoDu Price Check - Week of April 23, 2026\n\nWhere can you stretch your grocery dollars the furthest in South Durham this week? We priced 17 everyday items - from eggs and milk to meat, pasta, and toilet paper - at nine major grocery stores serving the SoDu area.\n\nThis week’s SoDu Shopping Basket shows grocery prices are **steady overall** this week, with the average basket at **$64.77**. **Aldi** remains the lowest total at **$51.25** , while **Walmart ($54.44)** and **Food Lion ($54.86)** are close behind. On the high end, **Fresh Market drops into the mid-$80s** this week at **$85.70** , with **Sprouts ($83.85)** close by.\n\n* * *\n\nDispatches Received in Error | A Southpoint Access SerialA weekly serial fiction project for paid subscribers, unfolding through a growing archive of documents from an alternate-universe Southpoint.Southpoint AccessWes Platt\n\nDonate!\n\n### This post is for subscribers only\n\nBecome a member to get access to all content\n\nSubscribe now",
  "title": "SoDu Shopping Basket: Aldi Stays Lowest as Overall Price Gap Narrows This Week",
  "updatedAt": "2026-04-23T12:36:04.773Z"
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