Food prices

Fresh Vegetables: food price index

The consumer price index for fresh vegetables (CPI-U, seasonally adjusted, 1982-84 = 100) was 398.3 in August 2026, 2.6% higher than a year earlier (BLS series CUSR0000SEFL).

Fresh Vegetables: 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 CUSR0000SEFL, through August 2026.

Year by year

Year	Average index	Highest month	Lowest month
2026 (January to August)	403.0	418.4	379.9
2025 (BLS published no October figure)	378.7	388.3	372.9
2024	381.0	385.0	376.7
2023	377.3	382.7	371.1
2022	374.1	390.0	356.1
2021	349.6	355.1	344.9
2020	345.7	350.0	340.1
2019	337.0	345.0	332.1

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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