The Drop
The flagship post. One number: the cheapest grocery basket in Tirana this week.
12 staples. Every store. One winner.
Hook formula:
“The cheapest weekly basket in Tirana: {total} lekë at {store}.”
What’s in the basket
Bread · milk · eggs · sunflower oil · chicken · ground beef · rice ·
pasta · coffee · sugar · tomatoes · bananas.
12 items. Priced from published flyers. The total is the sum of the flyer
prices at each store.
Why it works
Fixed basket = real comparison week-on-week.
The same 12 items mean the number means something every time you see it.
Over months it becomes an inflation index.
Source
Every price cited: retailer + flyer validity dates.
Never fabricated. If an item has no flyer price that week, it’s noted.
