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  "summary": "On October 18, 2026: Retailers reported 88.5% of 1,442 store-product listings with a known status in stock, across 6 stores in the South Bend, IN area. Milk was the hardest category to find (81.7% in stock); Pain relief was the easiest (99.0%).",
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        "Retailers reported 88.5% of 1,442 store-product listings with a known status in stock, across 6 stores in the South Bend, IN area.",
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            "text": "Comforts Day or Night Baby Diapers Size 2 (12-18 lbs) Super Value Box",
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            "text": "Colgate Brisk Mint Flavored Baking Soda Peroxide Whitening Toothpaste",
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            "text": "Private Selection White Bread Rustic Wide Pan",
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            "text": "Simple Truth Organic Vitamin D Whole Milk Gallon",
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            "text": "Simple Truth Organic 2% Reduced Fat Milk Gallon",
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            "text": "Organic Valley Whole Milk Half Gallon",
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        "Grocery stores only: 6 stores in 1 city with qualifying records on this date. Stores inside shopping malls are not part of daily reports, so a report covers fewer stores and cities than the site lists. Each store reports a curated assortment of commonly bought products, not its full catalog, so \"lowest in-stock rates\" describe the stores Aisles covers, not every store in the area."
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            "text": "Kroger Ireland",
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        "Snapshot: for every store and product, the most recent retailer-reported observation retrieved by the end of the report date (UTC). Observations past their freshness window count as \"status unknown\".",
        "In-stock rate: listings reported in stock or low stock, divided by listings with a reported status (in stock, low stock or out of stock). Listings whose status the retailer did not report are excluded from the rate and counted separately.",
        "Prices: store prices as reported by the retailer, including any promotion it reported. City and chain comparisons use only current readings with a price, take the median store price per product, and compare only identical products (the same Kroger product ID, which is the item’s UPC, so package sizes match). A chain pair is shown only when 10 or more products were priced at both.",
        "Aisles did not physically verify stock or prices. Retailer systems can be wrong or delayed."
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