Observed arrival · 2026-08-23
The Cart Index: Folsom’s Grocery Prices, Measured on Foot
A weekly Folsom grocery price index that tracks the same 14-item basket at Walmart, Target, and Safeway.
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This is hyperlocal economics with unusually clear working parts: a fixed basket, Monday price checks, BLS-style weights, and a public CSV and code repository. It turns an abstract inflation number into the real difference between three nearby carts—and lets readers audit the math.
A weekly Folsom grocery price index that tracks the same 14-item basket at Walmart, Target, and Safeway.
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