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This photo shows a shopping cart inside a Walmart store. In the shopping cart are items including bagels, aluminum foil, honey, sugar, cranberry juice, bananas, a yoga mat and salmon.

NPR has long tracked prices at a Walmart near Savannah, Ga., and this time, we shopped for things that got cheaper — in all, about a fifth of the 96 items on our shopping list. Alina Selyukh/NPR hide caption

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Has anything gotten cheaper? We shopped at Walmart to find the answer

Some things have gotten cheaper, even in an era of high prices. What are those things? We've been tracking them at a Walmart in Georgia.

NPR tracks what's gotten cheaper in our shopping carts

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This photo shows a shopping cart in a store aisle filled with groceries. The cart is filled with items including bagels, grapes, salmon and juice. The shelves lining the aisle are filled with bags of potato chips, candy and other packaged nonperishable foods.

NPR has tracked the prices of dozens of items at one Walmart in Georgia over multiple years. Alina Selyukh/NPR hide caption

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NPR shopped for 96 items at Walmart to track how prices are really changing

NPR has tracked the prices of dozens of items at the same superstore in Georgia, including eggs, T-shirts, snacks and paper towels. Here's what got cheaper over the past year, and more expensive.

NPR shopped for 96 items at Walmart to track how prices are really changing

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What tracking one Walmart store's prices for years taught us about the economy

People shop at Walmart on Black Friday 2022 in Dunwoody, Ga. Jessica McGowan/Getty Images hide caption

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What tracking one Walmart store's prices for years taught us about the economy

Inside our shopping cart is a story of global trade, extreme weather, shrinking packages and rising prices.

What tracking one Walmart store's prices for years taught us about the economy

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NPR Shopping Cart Economics: How Prices Changed At A Walmart In 1 Year

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NPR Shopping Cart Economics: How Prices Changed At A Walmart In 1 Year

Since August 2018, NPR has been tracking about 80 items sold at a Georgia Walmart with an eye toward products caught in the trade war. On average, prices rose 3%. Tariffs are one of many factors.

NPR Shopping Cart Economics: How Prices Changed At A Walmart In 1 Year

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