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CPI-U · U.S. city average · BLS item SEFV05

Other food away from home

Prices for other food away from home rose 4.4% in the 12 months to August 2026, and rose 0.3% in the month.

12 months+4.4%to August 2026, unadjusted
1 month+0.3%seasonally adjusted
3 months, annualised+5.0%seasonally adjusted
Index271.11982–84 = 100

12-month change

% change from a year earlier

0%2%5%8%2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Price index

1982–84 = 100, not seasonally adjusted

2002252502752017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Month by month

The last two years

MonthIndex1 month12 months
August 2026271.1+0.3%+4.4%
July 2026268.7+1.0%+5.2%
June 2026266.5−0.1%+4.4%
May 2026265.7+0.1%+4.5%
April 2026265.2−0.1%+4.8%
March 2026265.5+0.3%+5.2%
February 2026264.6+0.6%+5.0%
January 2026262.9+0.7%+5.2%
December 2025261.9+0.3%+5.0%
November 2025261.5—+4.9%
September 2025260.7+0.3%+5.3%
August 2025259.7+1.1%+5.4%
July 2025255.4+0.2%+4.4%
June 2025255.3+0.1%+4.6%
May 2025254.1+0.3%+4.4%
April 2025253.1+0.3%+4.8%
March 2025252.4+0.2%+4.7%
February 2025251.9+0.8%+5.1%
January 2025249.9+0.4%+4.3%
December 2024249.5+0.3%+4.3%
November 2024249.2+0.2%+4.3%
October 2024249.4+1.0%+4.7%
September 2024247.6+0.4%+3.0%
August 2024246.5+0.2%+3.7%
July 2024244.7+0.5%+4.7%

Alongside it

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI for All Urban Consumers, U.S. city average (series CUUR0000SEFV05 and CUSR0000SEFV05). BLS did not collect October 2025 prices, so changes spanning that month are blank. Shown for context: consumer prices do not feed CycleWatch's recession model.