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  "description": "The average SoDu Shopping Basket total is $66.25, with Aldi still the lowest-cost option overall - and Publix’s basket at $78.01 keeping it in the higher-priced tier this week.",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-07T11:43:59.000Z",
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    "SoDu We Have Favorites 2026: Help South Durham Choose!I’m inviting Southpoint Access readers to nominate the people, places, and businesses they love most before voting begins.Southpoint AccessWes Platt",
    "SoDu Shopping Basket",
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  "textContent": "Your weekday local lowdown, powered by  _Southpoint Access_.\n\nSoDu We Have Favorites 2026: Help South Durham Choose!I’m inviting Southpoint Access readers to nominate the people, places, and businesses they love most before voting begins.Southpoint AccessWes Platt\n\n## SoDu Price Check - Week of May 7, 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 **$66.81**. **Aldi ($51.39)** leads again, with **Food Lion ($52.81)** and **Walmart ($53.55)** close behind. **Fresh Market ($98.69)** remains the most expensive overall.\n\n* * *\n\nDispatches Received in Error 4| 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 Holds the Lead as SoDu Grocery Prices Stay Steady This Week",
  "updatedAt": "2026-05-07T11:43:58.854Z"
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