Shopping for Groceries
Your guide to local grocers.
Click through the tabs below for different categories of grocery options in Durham.
$: Least expensive
$$: Medium expensive
$$$: Most expensive
*Requires car or public transit to access
General grocery stores
- Food Lion $
- Harris Teeter $$
- Hillsborough Road location is closest to campus
- Students receive a 5% discount on all groceries. Learn more.
- Whole Foods Organic Supermarket $$$
- Closest grocery store to campus
Specialty Grocery Stores
General International
- Compare Foods* $
- Food World* $
Middle Eastern
- Taiba Market Halal Market (Halal)
European
- Gugulhupf Café, Bakery, and Biergarten (German) $$$
- Mariakakis Food & Wine* (Greek) $$$
Asian/South Asian/East Asian
- Little India* (South Asian) $
- Li Ming’s Global Market * (East Asian) $
- Spice Bazaar* (South Asian) $
- Around the World Market* (Indian & International)
Other groceries
- Durham Co-op Market $$$
- Local health food store
- Aldi* $
- German-owned discount store
- The Fresh Market* $$$
- Organic groceries, prepared foods
- Sprouts Farmers Market* $$
- Health food grocery store
- Trader Joe’s* $$
- Discount grocery store
- Durham Farmer’s Market $-$$$
- Local farmer’s market
- Open Wednesdays and Saturdays from April through October; Saturdays only from November through March
- Weaver Street Market *
- Local health food store in Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Hillsborough, and Raleigh
Supermarkets
Stores that have grocery items, but also carry household good, cleaning supplies, furniture, clothing, school supplies, etc.
- SuperTarget* $$
- Walmart Supercenter* $
- Walmart+ membership offers free same-day delivery.
- Sam’s Club* $ - Wholesale discount supermarket; requires membership
- COSTCO* $ - Wholesale supermarket; requires membership