Summit Staples Snapshot: Fort Wayne Grocery Price Tracker – September 2025

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🛒 Summit Staples: Fort Wayne Price Tracker

What It Is

Each week, Summit City Scoop tracks the prices of staple grocery items at Fort Wayne’s big three stores: Walmart, Meijer, and Kroger. Instead of chasing sales or coupons, we’re building a trend line that shows how food costs are really moving in our community.

Over the course of a month, we’ll cover 20 common items that families buy every week. At the end of the month, we’ll publish the Summit Staples Snapshot, a quick look at how much it costs to fill a cart in Fort Wayne right now. Every quarter, we’ll release the Summit Staples Index, our deeper dive into local price trends and inflation compared to national CPI numbers.

Why this matters: Grocery prices affect us all. Summit Staples helps you see which stores are consistently cheaper, where costs are creeping up, and how Fort Wayne stacks up over time. Think of it as a local version of the CPI, focused on the foods you actually put in your cart.

📊 Week 1: Core Staples

Item	Kroger	Meijer	Walmart
Milk (1 gal, 2%)	$2.59	$2.67	$2.57
Eggs (dozen, large)	$2.79	$3.29	$2.72
Butter (1 lb)	$4.19	$3.99	$3.72
Bread (white loaf)	$1.79	$1.48	$1.42
Coffee (11 oz can)	$5.99	$5.79	$5.99

📌 Disclaimer

Prices were recorded on Saturday, September 13, 2025 @ 6:24 PM from:

Walmart (46818)
Meijer (46818)
Kroger (46825)

Prices may vary by location, time of day, sales, promotions, or availability. Summit Staples is designed to track overall trends, not guarantee exact prices at checkout.

👉 Join the conversation!
What prices are you seeing at your local store? Share your grocery finds and snapshots in our Summit City Scoop Facebook Group. Your input may be featured in next week’s update!