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CPI-U · U.S. city average · BLS item SAF1

Food

Prices for food rose 2.7% in the 12 months to August 2026, and rose 0.1% in the month.

12 months+2.7%to August 2026, unadjusted
1 month+0.1%seasonally adjusted
3 months, annualised+1.6%seasonally adjusted
Index350.41982–84 = 100

12-month change

% change from a year earlier

0%5%10%2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Price index

1982–84 = 100, not seasonally adjusted

2503003502017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Month by month

The last two years

MonthIndex1 month12 months
August 2026350.4+0.1%+2.7%
July 2026350.2+0.1%+3.0%
June 2026349.7+0.2%+3.0%
May 2026349.0+0.2%+3.1%
April 2026348.5+0.5%+3.2%
March 2026346.8−0.0%+2.7%
February 2026346.6+0.4%+3.1%
January 2026345.2+0.2%+2.9%
December 2025343.8+0.7%+3.1%
November 2025341.7—+2.6%
September 2025342.4+0.2%+3.1%
August 2025341.3+0.4%+3.2%
July 2025340.0+0.1%+2.9%
June 2025339.5+0.3%+3.0%
May 2025338.6+0.3%+2.9%
April 2025337.7+0.0%+2.8%
March 2025337.8+0.4%+3.0%
February 2025336.3+0.2%+2.6%
January 2025335.5+0.3%+2.5%
December 2024333.6+0.3%+2.5%
November 2024332.9+0.4%+2.4%
October 2024332.7+0.2%+2.1%
September 2024332.1+0.3%+2.3%
August 2024330.8+0.1%+2.1%
July 2024330.6+0.2%+2.2%

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI for All Urban Consumers, U.S. city average (series CUUR0000SAF1 and CUSR0000SAF1). 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.