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Food indexes rise in August 2013

September 18, 2013
The Consumer Price Index for food increased 1.4 percent from August 2012 to August 2013. The food at home index also rose 1.0 percent over the year.
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, by food expenditure category, January 2003–August 2013
DateFoodFood at homeCereals and bakery productsMeats, poultry, fish, and eggsFruits and vegetablesNonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials
Original Data Value12-Month Percent ChangeOriginal Data Value12-Month Percent ChangeOriginal Data Value12-Month Percent ChangeOriginal Data Value12-Month Percent ChangeOriginal Data Value12-Month Percent ChangeOriginal Data Value12-Month Percent Change

Jan 2003

177.51.0176.70.3199.81.6161.6-0.3227.11.0140.60.8

Feb 2003

178.31.4177.60.9201.82.1164.71.8223.30.0140.80.6

Mar 2003

178.61.4177.70.8202.12.6164.81.2223.6-1.0140.30.1

Apr 2003

178.41.2177.30.5201.91.9165.21.7221.3-0.9140.50.4

May 2003

178.81.7177.81.3203.02.4164.71.4226.22.4140.31.7

Jun 2003

179.62.2178.92.2203.72.5167.23.3227.34.6140.32.0

Jul 2003

179.72.1178.92.1204.52.9168.23.6226.64.2138.40.1

Aug 2003

180.42.5179.72.7204.53.0169.74.6224.93.6139.71.5

Sep 2003

180.72.4180.12.8203.52.6171.15.7224.42.7139.2-0.7

Oct 2003

181.72.9181.53.7203.12.1174.07.9226.34.1140.50.0

Nov 2003

182.43.2182.43.9202.52.1179.310.6227.53.5137.9-0.9

Dec 2003

183.63.6184.14.5202.92.8181.111.5232.43.3139.3-0.4

Jan 2004

183.83.5184.04.1203.92.1179.911.3232.42.3140.70.1

Feb 2004

184.13.3184.03.6204.41.3179.79.1229.72.9141.40.4

Mar 2004

184.43.2184.33.7204.81.3179.58.9230.12.9140.80.4

Apr 2004

184.53.4184.13.8205.51.8179.28.5228.33.2139.7-0.6

May 2004

186.14.1186.64.9206.11.5181.110.0231.72.4139.9-0.3

Jun 2004

186.33.7186.84.4206.81.5182.39.0226.7-0.3139.8-0.4

Jul 2004

186.84.0187.14.6207.21.3183.79.2224.5-0.9140.51.5

Aug 2004

186.83.5186.73.9207.21.3183.78.2224.0-0.4140.30.4

Sep 2004

186.73.3186.13.3206.41.4183.47.2226.00.7140.30.8

Oct 2004

187.93.4187.93.5207.01.9182.95.1240.06.1140.60.1

Nov 2004

188.23.2188.13.1206.82.1182.41.7248.39.1139.61.2

Dec 2004

188.52.7188.52.4206.41.7183.11.1250.87.9140.60.9

Jan 2005

189.12.9188.92.7207.61.8183.41.9242.94.5142.21.1

Feb 2005

188.82.6188.02.2208.42.0183.92.3234.82.2142.50.8

Mar 2005

189.12.5188.12.1208.51.8184.32.7233.71.6143.62.0

Apr 2005

190.23.1189.83.1209.11.8184.73.1240.15.2144.83.7

May 2005

190.62.4190.32.0209.71.7185.02.2244.75.6144.33.1

Jun 2005

190.42.2189.41.4209.41.3185.21.6238.45.2144.03.0

Jul 2005

190.82.1189.81.4209.41.1184.70.5240.37.0144.83.1

Aug 2005

190.92.2189.51.5210.11.4184.40.4236.65.6144.32.9

Sep 2005

191.42.5190.02.1208.30.9185.21.0240.86.5145.23.5

Oct 2005

192.12.2190.81.5209.41.2184.60.9245.72.4145.63.6

Nov 2005

192.42.2191.01.5209.11.1185.81.9246.4-0.8145.54.2

Dec 2005

192.92.3191.71.7208.41.0185.71.4252.30.6145.53.5

Jan 2006

194.12.6193.42.4210.61.4185.81.3258.56.4147.23.5

Feb 2006

194.02.8192.62.4210.30.9185.40.8253.47.9147.33.4

Mar 2006

194.02.6192.32.2210.91.2185.90.9248.56.3148.03.1

Apr 2006

193.71.8191.50.9210.90.9185.50.4246.62.7146.31.0

May 2006

194.21.9191.90.8211.91.0184.7-0.2248.01.3146.61.6

Jun 2006

194.52.2192.21.5212.81.6186.00.4248.04.0146.61.8

Jul 2006

195.02.2192.61.5214.62.5185.10.2249.13.7146.31.0

Aug 2006

195.52.4193.11.9214.62.1187.11.5249.25.3146.91.8

Sep 2006

196.22.5194.12.2213.62.5188.01.5258.27.2147.51.6

Oct 2006

197.12.6195.12.3214.62.5188.11.9261.66.5148.31.9

Nov 2006

196.82.3194.31.7214.52.6188.41.4256.84.2148.92.3

Dec 2006

197.02.1194.31.4214.83.1188.61.6257.21.9148.52.1

Jan 2007

198.8122.4196.6711.7216.2762.7189.6092.1262.9491.7151.1272.7

Feb 2007

200.0003.1198.1932.9219.0414.2190.4912.7268.5656.0151.7163.0

Mar 2007

200.4033.3198.7663.4218.4583.6192.5083.6263.9106.2153.8944.0

Apr 2007

200.8203.7199.0203.9220.4944.5193.6654.4261.9676.2151.7993.8

May 2007

201.7913.9200.3344.4220.9394.3195.8866.1264.7106.7152.8694.3

Jun 2007

202.4414.1200.9504.6222.6054.6197.1756.0258.3374.2153.1044.4

Jul 2007

203.1214.2201.4014.6223.2974.1196.6906.3254.6162.2153.3844.8

Aug 2007

203.8854.3202.1264.7223.9814.4197.2045.4252.8451.5154.7915.4

Sep 2007

204.9414.5203.1934.7223.3724.6198.3235.5259.1000.3155.0075.1

Oct 2007

205.7964.4204.3334.7224.6914.7198.4745.5263.6480.8155.5454.9

Nov 2007

206.2774.8204.7455.4225.6685.2198.6165.4268.4074.5154.2993.6

Dec 2007

206.7044.9205.2085.6226.4615.4198.7555.4272.4825.9153.6483.5

Jan 2008

208.6184.9207.9835.8228.6615.7200.0355.5279.0726.1157.8634.5

Feb 2008

209.1664.6208.3295.1233.3896.6199.6884.8272.1291.3157.8054.0

Mar 2008

209.3854.5208.2034.7236.2618.1199.7753.8268.4461.7158.0892.7

Apr 2008

211.1025.1210.8515.9240.0348.9200.7703.7272.7464.1159.7305.2

May 2008

212.0545.1211.8635.8244.19210.5200.9602.6276.4814.4158.3363.6

Jun 2008

213.2435.3213.1716.1245.75810.4202.9142.9277.9577.6158.3203.4

Jul 2008

215.2996.0215.7857.1250.32112.1205.0754.3280.20910.1159.3463.9

Aug 2008

216.4226.1217.2597.5250.08011.7207.4885.2283.29612.0160.0553.4

Sep 2008

217.6966.2218.6297.6250.92412.3209.9375.9285.98610.4161.4994.2

Oct 2008

218.7386.3219.6607.5252.83212.5210.7066.2285.4848.3163.7275.3

Nov 2008

218.7496.0219.0867.0252.72312.0209.6025.5283.6775.7163.0155.6

Dec 2008

218.8055.9218.6836.6253.06311.7208.8905.1281.7063.4162.7505.9

Jan 2009

219.6755.3219.7445.7254.44511.3208.6164.3282.6011.3164.8824.4

Feb 2009

219.2054.8218.3894.8254.1878.9207.9634.1278.7212.4164.2134.1

Mar 2009

218.6004.4217.1104.3253.6987.4206.3483.3274.7592.4165.6564.8

Apr 2009

218.1623.3215.7832.3252.7095.3205.6992.5274.2970.6162.8892.0

May 2009

217.8262.7215.0881.5252.7143.5203.7891.4274.006-0.9162.8032.8

Jun 2009

217.7402.1214.8240.8253.0083.0204.0310.6272.608-1.9162.5712.7

Jul 2009

217.2570.9213.815-0.9253.3911.2201.743-1.6270.940-3.3162.0691.7

Aug 2009

217.3500.4213.722-1.6252.3820.9202.911-2.2267.309-5.6162.9531.8

Sep 2009

217.218-0.2213.227-2.5251.2310.1201.755-3.9267.609-6.4162.9110.9

Oct 2009

217.526-0.6213.605-2.8251.421-0.6200.597-4.8269.467-5.6162.885-0.5

Nov 2009

217.265-0.7212.816-2.9250.600-0.8201.202-4.0269.832-4.9161.358-1.0

Dec 2009

217.637-0.5213.359-2.4251.019-0.8201.003-3.8273.189-3.0161.216-0.9

Jan 2010

218.874-0.4215.404-2.0250.725-1.5201.870-3.2279.119-1.2163.684-0.7

Feb 2010

218.778-0.2215.118-1.5251.361-1.1202.343-2.7274.963-1.3162.775-0.9

Mar 2010

219.0320.2215.623-0.7250.930-1.1202.812-1.7280.4312.1162.666-1.8

Apr 2010

219.2180.5215.7370.0250.425-0.9205.178-0.3279.2721.8162.128-0.5

May 2010

219.3740.7215.7930.3251.269-0.6205.6790.9277.8871.4160.982-1.1

Jun 2010

219.2180.7215.3610.2250.260-1.1208.1712.0271.907-0.3160.361-1.4

Jul 2010

219.1210.9215.2560.7250.172-1.3208.9893.6265.967-1.8161.121-0.6

Aug 2010

219.4911.0215.3820.8249.736-1.0208.8542.9265.914-0.5161.764-0.7

Sep 2010

220.2161.4216.1611.4250.085-0.5211.2804.7268.8320.5161.771-0.7

Oct 2010

220.6161.4216.6981.4249.890-0.6212.1705.8270.2000.3161.313-1.0

Nov 2010

220.6171.5216.5381.7249.944-0.3212.9575.8269.9170.0161.4270.0

Dec 2010

220.9461.5216.9551.7250.592-0.2212.0195.5277.0891.4159.229-1.2

Jan 2011

222.9121.8220.0162.1253.3491.0214.3446.2285.6192.3164.0190.2

Feb 2011

223.7992.3221.2412.8254.2381.1216.1756.8286.7664.3163.7340.6

Mar 2011

225.3502.9223.4303.6255.4821.8218.8087.9290.2793.5165.0381.5

Apr 2011

226.1503.2224.2333.9255.9562.2220.7477.6286.5012.6166.0862.4

May 2011

226.9763.5225.3564.4259.1403.1223.2278.5284.1742.3165.8623.0

Jun 2011

227.3603.7225.5884.7260.5634.1223.1057.2280.7213.2166.1973.6

Jul 2011

228.3164.2226.8915.4260.9214.3224.3947.4282.0186.0167.8024.1

Aug 2011

229.5544.6228.3546.0262.9705.3225.6518.0282.5796.3168.2684.0

Sep 2011

230.5734.7229.7396.3264.1355.6227.1947.5286.8656.7168.2134.0

Oct 2011

231.0174.7230.1966.2265.4336.2227.8537.4284.2695.2169.1374.9

Nov 2011

230.7904.6229.3805.9265.5526.2227.5836.9282.6054.7168.6064.4

Dec 2011

231.3014.7229.9826.0265.9976.1228.8537.9283.5502.3168.5205.8

Jan 2012

232.6664.4231.6945.3266.6775.3229.8097.2285.437-0.1170.4543.9

Feb 2012

232.4863.9231.1804.5267.8215.3228.6105.8281.072-2.0169.7583.7

Mar 2012

232.7923.3231.3833.6267.1014.5230.4855.3279.057-3.9169.5132.7

Apr 2012

233.2343.1231.7113.3268.0144.7230.9674.6281.648-1.7169.1911.9

May 2012

233.3392.8231.5182.7268.6533.7229.3512.7283.149-0.4167.8661.2

Jun 2012

233.5632.7231.5152.6267.3212.6230.4643.3283.6791.1167.7720.9

Jul 2012

233.6302.3231.3061.9268.4492.9231.3093.1280.173-0.7167.375-0.3

Aug 2012

234.1562.0231.7081.5267.7941.8232.4753.0280.672-0.7167.622-0.4

Sep 2012

234.2981.6231.6150.8266.6551.0231.5551.9282.092-1.7168.8200.4

Oct 2012

234.8781.7232.4561.0267.8280.9232.9172.2284.065-0.1168.479-0.4

Nov 2012

234.8961.8232.2951.3267.8170.9232.3032.1284.3670.6168.222-0.2

Dec 2012

235.3901.8232.9011.3268.0570.8232.2621.5288.5161.8168.204-0.2

Jan 2013

236.3411.6234.2401.1269.0780.9232.4611.2293.7142.9169.593-0.5

Feb 2013

236.3011.6234.0331.2269.3040.6233.0411.9293.7424.5168.977-0.5

Mar 2013

236.3321.5233.7771.0269.5040.9233.2941.2291.2844.4168.736-0.5

Apr 2013

236.8411.5234.0821.0271.3881.3234.3201.5287.5452.1168.812-0.2

May 2013

236.5261.4233.3020.8271.0410.9233.7241.9289.2362.1166.189-1.0

Jun 2013

236.7921.4233.4990.9271.7161.6235.2772.1286.6431.0166.287-0.9

Jul 2013

237.0011.4233.5911.0271.2791.1235.8592.0287.7732.7165.412-1.2

Aug 2013

237.4061.4233.9991.0271.2851.3237.4942.2290.7793.6165.884-1.0


 

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, by food expenditure category, January 2003–August 2013 (continued)
DateAlcoholic beveragesDairy and related productsSugar and sweetsFats and oilsFood away from home
Original Data Value12-Month Percent ChangeOriginal Data Value12-Month Percent ChangeOriginal Data Value12-Month Percent ChangeOriginal Data Value12-Month Percent ChangeOriginal Data Value12-Month Percent Change

Jan 2003

185.82.2166.4-2.1160.71.5155.8-1.6179.92.0

Feb 2003

185.91.8167.2-1.7161.82.1158.71.0180.72.1

Mar 2003

186.62.2167.1-1.4162.53.4157.50.7181.02.2

Apr 2003

186.41.9165.8-1.7161.41.1156.1-0.3181.12.2

May 2003

186.71.9165.4-2.1162.32.8157.61.1181.52.2

Jun 2003

187.12.0163.9-2.4162.82.6156.51.2181.92.1

Jul 2003

187.21.8164.7-1.7162.71.6156.30.9182.32.1

Aug 2003

187.11.6167.50.2162.51.6157.72.3182.62.1

Sep 2003

187.92.2170.32.4162.31.7157.61.5182.82.0

Oct 2003

188.11.8171.83.2162.51.6159.72.4183.32.1

Nov 2003

188.61.9171.22.5161.72.0157.32.5183.82.2

Dec 2003

188.72.1173.03.4161.01.2157.73.2184.32.3

Jan 2004

189.41.9172.43.6163.01.4160.73.1184.92.8

Feb 2004

189.92.2172.12.9163.91.3162.32.3185.52.7

Mar 2004

190.82.3171.92.9163.30.5166.25.5185.82.7

Apr 2004

191.82.9174.04.9162.60.7166.26.5186.22.8

May 2004

191.72.7185.912.4163.50.7169.47.5186.72.9

Jun 2004

192.42.8188.815.2162.80.0171.39.5187.02.8

Jul 2004

192.22.7187.714.0163.80.7171.910.0187.83.0

Aug 2004

192.52.9184.910.4164.41.2169.77.6188.43.2

Sep 2004

193.42.9181.66.6163.50.7170.48.1188.93.3

Oct 2004

193.62.9182.16.0162.60.1170.26.6189.43.3

Nov 2004

194.02.9180.95.7163.10.9167.86.7189.63.2

Dec 2004

193.92.8180.14.1161.30.2167.46.2189.93.0

Jan 2005

194.32.6183.36.3163.00.0170.46.0190.83.2

Feb 2005

195.22.8181.85.6164.20.2169.34.3191.43.2

Mar 2005

195.72.6181.45.5162.6-0.4167.00.5191.73.2

Apr 2005

195.92.1182.24.7164.91.4169.41.9192.13.2

May 2005

195.52.0183.3-1.4163.3-0.1167.8-0.9192.63.2

Jun 2005

195.91.8181.0-4.1165.71.8164.5-4.0193.23.3

Jul 2005

195.81.9181.6-3.2167.12.0167.3-2.7193.63.1

Aug 2005

195.91.8182.9-1.1164.70.2167.6-1.2194.23.1

Sep 2005

196.61.7181.80.1165.81.4169.4-0.6194.63.0

Oct 2005

196.81.7182.60.3166.32.3168.6-0.9195.23.1

Nov 2005

197.11.6183.51.4166.52.1166.2-1.0195.63.2

Dec 2005

196.41.3183.21.7167.84.0165.2-1.3196.03.2

Jan 2006

198.01.9183.70.2169.33.9169.9-0.3196.63.0

Feb 2006

199.52.2183.40.9167.31.9170.40.6197.23.0

Mar 2006

200.12.2183.00.9170.14.6168.50.9197.63.1

Apr 2006

200.12.1181.3-0.5171.03.7165.0-2.6198.03.1

May 2006

200.82.7181.0-1.3171.34.9168.60.5198.73.2

Jun 2006

201.62.9179.6-0.8171.93.7167.31.7199.23.1

Jul 2006

201.32.8180.8-0.4173.33.7166.9-0.2199.73.2

Aug 2006

201.22.7180.0-1.6173.55.3167.5-0.1200.23.1

Sep 2006

201.42.4179.9-1.0172.13.8167.9-0.9200.53.0

Oct 2006

201.92.6182.0-0.3172.53.7169.10.3201.13.0

Nov 2006

201.62.3180.6-1.6172.73.7168.11.1201.63.1

Dec 2006

201.12.4181.0-1.2172.42.7166.70.9202.23.2

Jan 2007

202.9682.5183.453-0.1175.1513.5170.1520.1203.1713.3

Feb 2007

204.3852.4183.7790.2174.3004.2171.6670.7203.9093.4

Mar 2007

205.6632.8185.7241.5174.6332.7170.8511.4204.0823.3

Apr 2007

206.1663.0185.8212.5175.9322.9169.8172.9204.7253.4

May 2007

206.5992.9187.2663.5175.4532.4171.4951.7205.2333.3

Jun 2007

207.3832.9191.4356.6176.6652.8171.5812.6205.9343.4

Jul 2007

207.6243.1197.8999.5178.2352.8173.6914.1206.9313.6

Aug 2007

208.2643.5201.73912.1178.2562.7174.2514.0207.7563.8

Sep 2007

208.4083.5203.54113.1178.1723.5174.1053.7208.8054.1

Oct 2007

209.1263.6205.31912.8177.2362.7176.0504.1209.2754.1

Nov 2007

209.0183.7205.95914.0178.6003.4175.3274.3209.8544.1

Dec 2007

208.7043.8205.29913.4178.6313.6176.0685.6210.2334.0

Jan 2008

210.4253.7206.90512.8180.1932.9181.8136.9211.0703.9

Feb 2008

212.0443.7208.16613.3180.5883.6184.8787.7211.8783.9

Mar 2008

212.4073.3206.17111.0182.2144.3182.8087.0212.5374.1

Apr 2008

213.5033.6207.68011.8184.8785.1190.64012.3213.0834.1

May 2008

213.5323.4207.77811.0185.0975.5193.36412.8213.9674.3

Jun 2008

213.9123.1209.1179.2185.5585.0196.15014.3215.0154.4

Jul 2008

214.3943.3213.9818.1187.0675.0201.20515.8216.3764.6

Aug 2008

215.0943.3214.7486.4187.8135.4203.05916.5217.0634.5

Sep 2008

216.0553.7213.5334.9189.9296.6206.27418.5218.2254.5

Oct 2008

216.9723.8212.7333.6190.5157.5208.30018.3219.2904.8

Nov 2008

217.4924.1213.1023.5191.7567.4205.80617.4220.0434.9

Dec 2008

217.9754.4210.8382.7193.3128.2206.71017.4220.6845.0

Jan 2009

219.1134.1209.6321.3197.4299.6206.88613.8221.3194.9

Feb 2009

219.6823.6204.537-1.7196.6768.9205.35911.1221.9684.8

Mar 2009

219.9993.6199.687-3.1197.1378.2204.77612.0222.2164.6

Apr 2009

219.6712.9197.124-5.1197.3016.7200.4645.2222.9054.6

May 2009

220.0053.0196.055-5.6196.4036.1200.6793.8223.0234.2

Jun 2009

220.4773.1194.197-7.1197.0096.2201.1272.5223.1633.8

Jul 2009

220.8503.0193.118-9.7195.1264.3201.031-0.1223.3453.2

Aug 2009

220.9462.7192.381-10.4195.4304.1200.578-1.2223.6753.0

Sep 2009

221.4742.5193.353-9.5196.9983.7200.009-3.0224.0032.6

Oct 2009

222.2322.4195.360-8.2196.7473.3199.916-4.0224.2242.2

Nov 2009

222.4852.3193.914-9.0198.2273.4196.473-4.5224.6332.1

Dec 2009

222.0821.9194.792-7.6198.7122.8197.391-4.5224.7891.9

Jan 2010

222.4011.5198.949-5.1199.7771.2200.220-3.2224.9161.6

Feb 2010

222.4961.3198.800-2.8201.9422.7200.919-2.2225.0811.4

Mar 2010

222.5211.1198.814-0.4199.9171.4198.567-3.0224.9911.2

Apr 2010

222.2991.2197.3080.1200.7751.8197.749-1.4225.2761.1

May 2010

222.4631.1197.7490.9202.1232.9199.510-0.6225.5731.1

Jun 2010

222.6801.0197.9471.9199.7371.4199.375-0.9225.7971.2

Jul 2010

223.6391.3198.9913.0201.1803.1200.506-0.3225.7101.1

Aug 2010

223.5361.2198.7123.3200.3352.5201.7640.6226.4221.2

Sep 2010

224.0431.2199.0422.9202.4692.8201.9711.0227.0751.4

Oct 2010

224.7051.1201.2913.0202.9623.2203.6141.8227.2871.4

Nov 2010

224.4900.9201.2773.8200.5861.2202.3753.0227.5121.3

Dec 2010

224.2151.0202.0563.7203.0982.2200.4761.6227.7221.3

Jan 2011

224.9751.2202.3491.7202.6481.4207.8133.8228.1811.5

Feb 2011

225.7491.5203.5102.4204.1681.1210.5084.8228.6061.6

Mar 2011

225.6931.4206.1613.7205.5052.8214.3527.9229.2821.9

Apr 2011

226.0531.7209.7076.3203.7831.5213.8188.1230.0822.1

May 2011

226.9892.0211.3276.9205.2851.6216.3708.5230.5012.2

Jun 2011

227.1542.0212.2867.2207.6724.0218.7719.7231.0972.3

Jul 2011

226.9081.5214.7817.9207.3213.1221.32510.4231.5802.6

Aug 2011

227.1261.6216.7209.1209.7804.7223.50910.8232.5132.7

Sep 2011

227.2651.4219.38110.2213.3305.4224.77011.3233.0322.6

Oct 2011

227.6061.3219.4939.0213.6025.2226.21611.1233.4592.7

Nov 2011

227.3631.3218.7678.7210.0394.7224.90711.1234.0462.9

Dec 2011

227.3351.4218.4588.1210.8463.8227.60113.5234.4352.9

Jan 2012

229.7042.1220.4929.0213.7005.5234.25212.7235.2683.1

Feb 2012

230.7042.2219.3777.8213.9024.8233.19610.8235.6033.1

Mar 2012

230.1932.0219.1316.3215.0444.6233.4118.9236.0733.0

Apr 2012

230.0921.8216.9183.4215.7765.9231.7458.4236.6952.9

May 2012

230.7661.7216.0962.3214.7144.6233.2947.8237.2622.9

Jun 2012

231.4441.9215.4851.5215.5493.8232.0966.1237.8392.9

Jul 2012

231.1921.9214.434-0.2216.5084.4232.0674.9238.3372.9

Aug 2012

230.6741.6214.549-1.0214.9622.5231.4623.6239.0572.8

Sep 2012

231.0181.7215.311-1.9215.4101.0233.2233.8239.5652.8

Oct 2012

231.0581.5217.083-1.1214.9410.6233.0743.0239.7422.7

Nov 2012

231.1781.7218.9210.1212.2721.1231.5883.0240.0382.6

Dec 2012

231.5721.9219.4430.5213.2651.1231.5401.7240.3592.5

Jan 2013

232.5581.2220.319-0.1214.7260.5234.3920.1240.7132.3

Feb 2013

233.8981.4219.5260.1212.039-0.9232.036-0.5240.9302.3

Mar 2013

234.0151.7218.123-0.5212.165-1.3230.109-1.4241.4092.3

Apr 2013

234.2821.8218.1410.6211.978-1.8229.981-0.8242.2362.3

May 2013

234.4251.6216.3270.1211.193-1.6230.074-1.4242.6422.3

Jun 2013

234.4601.3216.0620.3212.204-1.6228.602-1.5243.0162.2

Jul 2013

235.0221.7215.9200.7211.359-2.4228.407-1.6243.4092.1

Aug 2013

235.1992.0216.7911.0209.093-2.7229.017-1.1243.8112.0

 

NOTE: Index (1982-1984=100)

 

From August 2012 to August 2013, the food away from home index rose 2.0 percent. Four of the six major grocery store food group indexes rose over the span, with the fruits and vegetables index posting the largest increase at 3.6 percent. The index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs rose 2.2 percent over the year.

These data are from the BLS Consumer Price Index program and are not seasonally adjusted. To learn more, see "Consumer Price Index — August 2013" (HTML) (PDF), news release USDL‑13‑1884.

SUGGESTED CITATION

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Food indexes rise in August 2013 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2013/ted_20130918.htm (visited October 31, 2024).

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