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NPR price-checks 114 items at Walmart

By Alina Selyukh

Published January 14, 2026 at 3:30 PM CST

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NPR price-checks 114 items at a Walmart in Georgia to see how costs have changed in a year.

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Alina Selyukh

Alina Selyukh is a business correspondent at NPR, where she follows the path of the retail and tech industries, tracking how America's biggest companies are influencing the way we spend our time, money, and energy.