Food prices

Cereals & Bakery: food price index

The consumer price index for cereals & bakery (CPI-U, seasonally adjusted, 1982-84 = 100) was 368.8 in August 2026, 2.6% higher than a year earlier (BLS series CUSR0000SAF111).

Cereals & Bakery: the price index since 2019

Monthly, seasonally adjusted, 1982-84 = 100. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI-U, series CUSR0000SAF111, through August 2026.

Year by year

Year	Average index	Highest month	Lowest month
2026 (January to August)	367.3	368.8	365.2
2025 (BLS published no October figure)	359.4	363.7	356.2
2024	356.1	358.9	353.9
2023	354.3	357.0	350.3
2022	326.7	346.7	303.0
2021	289.1	298.8	283.6
2020	282.6	285.6	276.6
2019	276.5	277.6	275.4

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Sources for this page

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average Price Data: U.S. city average prices per unit, monthly. bls.gov
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index: the food price indexes (CPI-U), monthly. bls.gov