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SoDu Shopping Basket: Target, Food Lion Prove Cheapest This Week

South Durham grocery prices are a bit higher on average this week, and the leaderboard shifts: Target takes the #1 spot with the lowest total basket, while Fresh Market remains the most expensive for the same 17 staples.

Wes Platt

Wes Platt

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SoDu Shopping Basket: Target, Food Lion Prove Cheapest This Week

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SoDu Price Check - Week of Jan. 29, 2026

Where 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.

This week’s SoDu Shopping Basket shows South Durham grocery prices shifting some this week, with the average basket at $67.36. Currently, Target holds the top of the local food Olympics podium with a shopping basket price of $53.38, followed by Food Lion and Wegmans.

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