🍎 Summit Staples Snapshot – Fort Wayne Produce Prices Dip Slightly (Week 7, October 2025)

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🍎 Summit Staples Snapshot – Week 7: Produce & Fresh Goods (October 2025)

Part of the Summit City Scoop Series. Tracking Fort Wayne’s Real Grocery Prices

🛒 Summit Staples: Fort Wayne Grocery Price Tracker

Tracking how Fort Wayne’s fresh prices shifted month-to-month

Item	Kroger (Oct vs Sep)	Meijer (Oct vs Sep)	Walmart (Oct vs Sep)	Aldi (Oct vs Sep)
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.55 —	$0.55 —	$0.54 —	$0.33 ✅ (↓ $0.06)
Gala Apples (3 lb bag)	$3.99 —	$3.99 ✅ (↓ $1.40)	$2.96 🔺 (↑ $0.27)	$1.99 —
Potatoes (5 lb bag)	$3.19 ✅ (↓ $0.50)	$3.69 —	$2.47 ✅ (↓ $1.07)	$3.25 ✅ (↓ $1.14 adjusted for 5 lb)
Lettuce (iceberg head)	$2.39 🔺 (↑ $0.40)	$2.49 🔺 (↑ $0.10)	$2.57 🔺 (↑ $0.60)	$2.39 🔺 (↑ $0.04)
Carrots (1 lb bag)	$1.49 🔺 (↑ $0.10)	$1.49 🔺 (↑ $0.10)	$1.32 —	$1.10 (equiv. per lb) 🔺 (↑ $0.27)

✅ = Price down 🔺 = Price up — = No change

💵 Total Basket Comparison

Store	Current (Oct)	Last Month (Sep)	Change
Kroger	$11.61	$12.11	✅ – $0.50 (↓ 4.1 %)
Meijer	$12.21	$12.65	✅ – $0.44 (↓ 3.5 %)
Walmart	$9.86	$9.71	🔺 + $0.15 (↑ 1.5 %)
Aldi	$10.15	$9.75	🔺 + $0.40 (↑ 4.1 %)

🧠 Analysis

Overall produce costs dipped slightly for Kroger and Meijer, both showing healthy harvest-driven declines.
Walmart’s increase came mostly from lettuce and apples, though it still holds the lowest total basket overall.
Aldi’s swings reflect bulk buys and limited-time sourcing from regional growers (this week its potatoes were 10 lb bags).
Fort Wayne produce continues to run cheaper than state averages by 2–3 %, mirroring Indiana’s strong post-harvest supply.

🧮 Bottom line: Your fresh basket is still one of the most stable categories in the Summit Staples Index.

📌 Why We Collect This Data

National headlines about inflation can feel abstract. By tracking real, local grocery prices each week, Summit Staples provides a Fort Wayne-specific view of how much everyday staples cost.

Over a month, we’ll cover 20 items. At the end of the month, we’ll publish the Summit Staples Snapshot; a basket-wide look at where prices are heading. And each quarter, we’ll release the Summit Staples Index, a deeper dive to compare Fort Wayne’s grocery trends with national inflation reports like the CPI.

📌 Disclaimer

Prices recorded Wednesday, October 29, 2025 @ 11:01 AM from Walmart (46818), Meijer (46818), Kroger (46825), and Aldi (46818). Prices may vary by location and time. Summit Staples tracks trends only, not checkout guarantees.

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