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"description": "Aldi posts the lowest total at $51.29, followed by Walmart ($53.80) and Wegmans ($55.83). Fresh Market climbs to $105.83, creating a $54.54 spread for the same 17 staples.",
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"Huck’s Heavenly Hangout | Pet Obituaries | Southpoint AccessSouthpoint Access is launching a pet-obituary feature honoring beloved companions, named for Huckleberry and open to families across Durham and beyond.Southpoint AccessWes Platt",
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"textContent": "Compiled by Wes Platt\nwes.platt@southpointaccess.news\n\nThis week's SoDu Shopping Basket brought to you by:\n\nHuck’s Heavenly Hangout | Pet Obituaries | Southpoint AccessSouthpoint Access is launching a pet-obituary feature honoring beloved companions, named for Huckleberry and open to families across Durham and beyond.Southpoint AccessWes Platt\n\n## SoDu Price Check - Week of June 4, 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 **nudged upward this week** , with the average SoDu Shopping Basket landing at **$67.48**.\n\nThe familiar pattern holds: value-focused stores keep the lowest totals, while premium grocers can push the same basket dramatically higher, making smart store choice (or a strategic two-stop trip) one of the easiest ways to protect your weekly budget.\n\nDispatches Received in Error 8 | 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\n* * *\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 Cheapest This Week As Average Basket Price Rises",
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