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Food for thought: Consumer food prices, 2005 to 2015

February 03, 2016

From the beginning of 2005 to the end of 2015, the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers rose 24 percent. Over that same period, food prices rose about 32 percent. Consumer prices for eggs, beef and veal, butter and margarine, and bread rose more rapidly than overall food prices. Price rose more slowly for breakfast cereal, milk, fresh fruits, and fresh vegetables.

 

Consumer Price Index for selected food items, seasonally adjusted, January 2005 to December 2015
Month All items Food Food at home Meats Breakfast cereal Bread Beef and veal Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products Ham Pork chops Poultry

Jan 2005

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Feb 2005

100.4 99.9 99.8 100.9 101.1 100.4 101.5 99.9 100.5 100.1 99.2

Mar 2005

100.8 100.2 100.0 101.1 101.5 100.6 102.2 99.7 98.6 99.5 100.1

Apr 2005

101.1 100.9 101.0 101.6 100.5 99.9 102.2 100.5 105.0 99.4 99.8

May 2005

101.0 101.0 101.1 101.9 100.3 100.7 103.8 97.6 103.2 98.4 99.4

Jun 2005

101.1 101.0 100.8 101.7 99.9 100.6 103.5 96.5 103.2 98.3 99.4

Jul 2005

101.7 101.2 101.0 100.5 99.6 99.9 101.4 96.0 102.9 98.1 99.8

Aug 2005

102.3 101.3 100.9 100.2 100.9 100.3 100.9 94.7 102.6 98.8 99.9

Sep 2005

103.8 101.5 101.1 99.8 99.4 100.2 100.4 94.9 101.2 98.2 100.6

Oct 2005

103.9 101.7 101.3 99.9 99.3 100.6 100.6 94.5 101.6 99.1 99.9

Nov 2005

103.4 102.1 101.8 100.4 99.0 102.2 101.0 95.6 101.8 99.9 101.3

Dec 2005

103.4 102.2 101.9 100.9 98.9 101.7 102.2 96.2 101.6 98.4 99.6

Jan 2006

104.0 102.6 102.3 101.1 98.4 102.2 102.8 96.4 99.9 97.7 98.8

Feb 2006

104.1 102.6 102.2 101.4 96.0 101.7 102.9 96.7 103.2 99.1 99.1

Mar 2006

104.2 102.8 102.2 101.6 96.8 102.2 103.4 97.1 102.4 99.0 98.7

Apr 2006

104.7 102.7 102.0 101.6 98.6 102.5 102.9 97.4 102.2 98.0 97.8

May 2006

105.1 102.9 102.0 101.0 98.6 102.1 102.0 97.0 101.0 97.6 97.5

Jun 2006

105.3 103.2 102.3 101.0 99.2 102.2 101.6 97.3 101.0 95.4 97.8

Jul 2006

105.9 103.4 102.5 100.6 98.9 104.1 100.9 97.5 101.4 96.6 97.0

Aug 2006

106.4 103.7 102.8 101.2 99.2 104.7 102.2 97.1 101.8 99.0 98.2

Sep 2006

105.8 104.0 103.3 101.5 97.5 105.8 102.0 97.9 102.0 97.4 98.0

Oct 2006

105.4 104.3 103.6 101.9 97.7 106.0 102.6 99.4 102.4 95.9 98.1

Nov 2006

105.4 104.4 103.5 102.2 98.5 106.6 103.3 97.5 101.8 98.4 98.3

Dec 2006

106.0 104.5 103.3 101.9 99.4 106.8 102.7 97.9 102.1 98.0 98.9

Jan 2007

106.2 105.1 104.2 102.5 97.0 107.7 103.0 98.5 101.5 97.5 99.0

Feb 2007

106.6 105.8 105.1 102.6 100.3 108.6 104.4 99.3 100.9 97.8 99.9

Mar 2007

107.1 106.2 105.7 104.1 99.1 107.9 105.8 99.9 101.8 99.0 100.8

Apr 2007

107.5 106.5 105.9 104.6 100.3 109.7 107.8 98.7 100.6 99.6 102.2

May 2007

107.9 106.9 106.5 105.7 100.5 110.4 107.9 102.0 103.1 101.1 103.0

Jun 2007

108.2 107.3 106.9 106.1 101.4 111.0 108.1 102.1 104.4 100.1 104.2

Jul 2007

108.4 107.7 107.2 105.1 101.0 111.4 107.3 102.0 103.9 99.8 104.5

Aug 2007

108.4 108.1 107.6 105.0 101.1 112.3 107.4 102.9 103.7 99.6 104.4

Sep 2007

108.8 108.6 108.1 104.8 101.3 112.2 108.5 101.7 103.5 98.3 105.1

Oct 2007

109.2 109.0 108.5 105.1 101.9 115.0 107.8 101.1 102.4 99.3 105.2

Nov 2007

110.0 109.4 109.0 105.5 102.9 115.4 108.4 101.0 104.0 97.9 105.2

Dec 2007

110.4 109.6 109.3 105.3 102.1 117.8 107.9 101.3 103.8 98.5 105.1

Jan 2008

110.7 110.3 110.1 105.4 99.8 119.1 107.9 100.7 103.9 99.5 107.2

Feb 2008

111.0 110.7 110.5 105.5 101.2 121.6 108.5 100.7 103.1 97.4 106.6

Mar 2008

111.4 110.9 110.6 105.4 103.9 123.7 109.1 99.6 100.6 97.9 106.3

Apr 2008

111.7 111.9 112.1 105.9 102.5 125.5 107.9 100.6 107.7 98.2 106.6

May 2008

112.3 112.4 112.6 106.2 103.9 127.9 109.5 99.6 104.4 99.4 107.5

Jun 2008

113.5 113.1 113.4 107.2 103.5 128.7 111.3 98.6 103.9 103.1 106.9

Jul 2008

114.3 114.2 114.8 108.4 105.4 130.4 112.3 100.3 105.4 103.2 108.2

Aug 2008

114.1 114.7 115.6 110.3 104.9 130.5 114.9 102.7 105.8 102.8 109.1

Sep 2008

114.2 115.4 116.3 111.1 105.6 131.3 115.1 102.3 107.0 104.8 109.7

Oct 2008

113.3 115.9 116.7 112.1 106.2 131.5 116.3 103.6 108.8 104.3 110.1

Nov 2008

111.2 116.1 116.8 111.5 107.2 132.5 114.9 103.9 109.5 104.0 111.1

Dec 2008

110.3 116.1 116.5 111.4 107.1 132.4 114.6 103.8 109.6 105.0 111.2

Jan 2009

110.6 116.2 116.4 110.7 106.6 132.1 113.1 104.7 109.8 103.2 111.5

Feb 2009

111.0 116.0 115.9 111.0 105.6 131.4 114.0 103.9 109.8 101.3 111.0

Mar 2009

110.9 115.8 115.3 109.8 105.7 131.4 112.4 103.6 108.7 101.2 111.2

Apr 2009

111.0 115.6 114.7 109.0 106.9 130.4 111.9 102.4 105.2 100.2 111.5

May 2009

111.2 115.4 114.3 108.2 106.8 128.4 111.3 103.9 106.6 96.0 110.7

Jun 2009

112.1 115.4 114.3 107.8 106.5 129.3 110.9 102.7 105.4 98.0 110.9

Jul 2009

112.1 115.2 113.8 106.4 109.0 129.7 108.3 101.9 104.9 96.6 109.0

Aug 2009

112.4 115.2 113.6 106.7 107.9 129.0 109.5 98.6 106.1 96.7 110.0

Sep 2009

112.7 115.1 113.4 106.0 107.5 128.3 109.1 98.4 103.1 95.1 109.0

Oct 2009

113.0 115.2 113.5 105.6 106.5 128.5 108.6 97.4 102.8 95.2 108.6

Nov 2009

113.4 115.3 113.4 105.8 107.8 128.3 109.8 97.4 102.1 96.4 109.1

Dec 2009

113.4 115.5 113.7 105.7 107.2 127.7 109.2 98.5 100.6 96.5 109.5

Jan 2010

113.5 115.8 114.2 106.0 105.7 127.1 108.1 99.1 104.2 97.6 108.9

Feb 2010

113.4 115.8 114.2 106.9 105.6 126.8 109.1 99.9 104.8 103.1 109.5

Mar 2010

113.4 116.1 114.6 107.4 105.9 126.9 110.2 100.4 105.5 98.4 109.2

Apr 2010

113.5 116.2 114.7 109.3 106.6 126.4 113.3 101.7 108.0 100.3 109.5

May 2010

113.4 116.2 114.7 110.4 106.8 126.7 114.6 101.7 108.2 102.6 109.3

Jun 2010

113.4 116.2 114.6 111.7 105.6 128.2 115.9 103.5 109.5 101.9 109.5

Jul 2010

113.6 116.2 114.5 112.1 105.3 126.6 115.7 106.2 111.1 103.0 110.1

Aug 2010

113.7 116.3 114.5 111.8 106.3 125.7 115.0 107.2 109.5 103.1 109.6

Sep 2010

113.9 116.7 114.9 112.5 105.2 127.7 115.3 109.4 111.0 103.7 110.6

Oct 2010

114.3 116.9 115.1 113.6 105.1 127.6 116.4 114.2 112.5 104.7 111.9

Nov 2010

114.6 117.1 115.4 113.9 104.9 128.9 116.6 114.1 111.9 102.9 111.4

Dec 2010

115.1 117.2 115.6 113.3 105.8 129.0 115.9 110.6 112.5 104.0 110.8

Jan 2011

115.4 117.9 116.6 115.0 106.1 130.1 118.6 110.2 114.0 105.1 111.1

Feb 2011

115.8 118.5 117.4 116.7 107.2 130.8 120.8 110.6 114.1 108.0 111.7

Mar 2011

116.4 119.4 118.7 118.5 108.2 130.5 123.7 114.3 114.7 108.8 111.6

Apr 2011

116.9 119.8 119.2 119.9 108.3 132.3 125.1 115.8 115.0 107.7 112.0

May 2011

117.4 120.2 119.7 121.1 109.8 133.6 126.4 117.7 115.7 108.7 113.2

Jun 2011

117.3 120.5 120.0 120.5 111.1 135.1 125.4 118.3 116.0 108.8 112.9

Jul 2011

117.7 121.1 120.7 121.3 109.5 134.4 126.5 117.2 115.5 108.6 113.1

Aug 2011

118.0 121.6 121.4 121.7 111.1 136.4 127.0 117.1 116.7 109.8 113.3

Sep 2011

118.3 122.2 122.2 122.0 111.7 136.7 127.0 117.7 117.8 111.7 114.0

Oct 2011

118.4 122.4 122.3 122.4 109.9 138.5 127.7 118.6 116.9 111.9 114.9

Nov 2011

118.6 122.5 122.3 123.1 111.9 136.8 128.1 120.1 118.1 112.5 114.9

Dec 2011

118.6 122.7 122.5 124.0 112.7 137.5 129.2 119.9 119.1 113.1 116.1

Jan 2012

118.9 123.1 122.8 124.3 112.4 136.2 130.7 118.9 117.3 112.8 116.8

Feb 2012

119.1 123.1 122.8 124.5 112.0 137.8 131.0 119.8 115.8 110.5 117.4

Mar 2012

119.4 123.3 123.0 125.0 112.0 138.0 132.0 119.0 118.2 110.5 118.8

Apr 2012

119.6 123.6 123.1 124.8 112.5 137.6 132.4 118.0 120.2 111.4 118.9

May 2012

119.4 123.6 123.0 124.5 113.2 137.8 133.2 116.4 118.4 109.7 117.6

Jun 2012

119.3 123.8 123.1 124.5 112.6 137.1 134.0 115.0 118.2 110.0 118.8

Jul 2012

119.3 123.9 123.1 124.7 112.4 138.8 134.8 115.0 116.8 110.3 120.0

Aug 2012

120.0 124.1 123.2 124.7 112.3 137.6 134.3 117.2 117.7 110.4 119.7

Sep 2012

120.6 124.2 123.2 123.9 110.2 138.2 133.9 117.2 116.4 107.7 119.5

Oct 2012

121.0 124.4 123.5 124.5 111.2 140.2 134.6 116.8 116.3 109.8 121.1

Nov 2012

120.7 124.7 123.9 124.7 112.5 139.0 134.7 117.1 115.7 110.7 121.8

Dec 2012

120.6 124.9 124.1 125.0 111.7 139.5 135.2 117.2 116.5 108.9 122.7

Jan 2013

120.8 125.1 124.2 124.9 110.7 140.5 134.9 118.1 116.4 109.8 123.2

Feb 2013

121.5 125.1 124.3 125.9 112.0 140.3 135.5 118.2 117.1 111.4 123.3

Mar 2013

121.2 125.2 124.2 125.5 111.1 140.9 135.6 119.5 118.2 110.0 123.5

Apr 2013

120.9 125.5 124.3 125.2 111.8 141.2 134.9 119.6 117.8 108.7 123.9

May 2013

121.1 125.3 123.9 125.2 112.1 141.3 135.5 117.9 118.4 108.4 124.2

Jun 2013

121.4 125.5 124.2 125.5 112.9 141.7 136.0 119.6 119.9 105.4 125.3

Jul 2013

121.6 125.6 124.3 126.1 112.8 140.8 136.7 121.4 119.2 108.1 124.2

Aug 2013

121.8 125.8 124.4 126.2 111.8 141.3 136.5 122.4 118.6 108.2 126.2

Sep 2013

122.0 125.9 124.5 126.5 111.8 141.4 136.1 123.1 119.3 109.9 126.5

Oct 2013

122.1 126.0 124.6 127.0 111.7 138.7 136.5 124.9 118.9 109.0 127.3

Nov 2013

122.1 126.2 124.6 127.3 112.3 141.5 137.2 124.8 119.1 110.3 125.9

Dec 2013

122.5 126.2 124.6 127.8 112.0 140.5 137.5 127.0 119.1 112.3 126.4

Jan 2014

122.7 126.4 124.8 128.1 112.8 140.4 137.3 127.7 119.7 112.0 126.6

Feb 2014

122.8 126.9 125.4 130.4 111.2 140.4 142.8 127.6 121.7 109.3 126.5

Mar 2014

123.1 127.4 126.0 132.1 112.0 139.7 145.6 126.6 122.0 114.6 127.2

Apr 2014

123.3 127.8 126.5 135.6 112.2 140.7 149.9 130.2 122.7 120.9 125.5

May 2014

123.7 128.3 127.2 137.0 112.1 139.7 150.0 134.5 124.1 122.2 127.4

Jun 2014

123.9 128.4 127.2 137.3 113.0 139.8 150.2 134.1 124.4 120.4 127.4

Jul 2014

124.0 128.9 127.6 137.8 113.2 140.3 150.8 133.0 128.1 119.2 127.7

Aug 2014

123.9 129.2 128.0 141.0 112.3 141.3 157.2 132.4 130.7 122.9 128.2

Sep 2014

124.0 129.7 128.5 142.8 111.0 141.2 160.3 131.7 132.4 122.1 128.3

Oct 2014

124.1 129.9 128.7 142.8 112.7 140.6 160.8 130.5 133.7 124.0 127.2

Nov 2014

123.7 130.2 128.8 143.6 113.5 140.9 162.0 130.3 135.4 123.3 129.0

Dec 2014

123.3 130.5 129.1 144.1 113.4 142.1 163.2 130.2 134.9 123.6 128.5

Jan 2015

122.5 130.4 128.9 144.2 112.8 141.8 163.4 130.5 133.6 121.2 129.1

Feb 2015

122.7 130.6 129.0 144.3 111.9 141.5 164.5 128.4 134.0 118.2 129.8

Mar 2015

123.0 130.4 128.4 143.1 112.5 142.5 164.6 124.9 129.8 115.7 129.9

Apr 2015

123.2 130.4 128.2 142.1 113.1 140.9 165.2 122.9 126.6 113.6 129.4

May 2015

123.7 130.4 128.0 141.5 113.3 141.0 165.1 118.6 125.4 113.9 127.6

Jun 2015

124.1 130.8 128.4 142.0 113.3 142.8 166.6 119.4 122.9 113.6 128.6

Jul 2015

124.3 131.0 128.8 142.1 113.4 142.1 165.9 120.5 122.0 116.0 127.8

Aug 2015

124.2 131.3 129.1 141.6 113.2 142.0 165.0 121.5 120.8 111.8 127.3

Sep 2015

124.0 131.8 129.5 141.6 111.3 143.2 163.9 123.3 120.8 112.9 126.1

Oct 2015

124.2 132.0 129.6 141.4 114.0 143.5 162.2 125.9 122.1 114.1 126.8

Nov 2015

124.3 131.8 129.2 140.5 112.8 144.0 160.0 127.4 120.4 113.1 127.4

Dec 2015

124.1 131.5 128.5 138.6 113.6 142.9 156.2 125.4 120.7 114.6 125.7

 

Consumer Price Index for selected food items, seasonally adjusted, January 2005 to December 2015 (continued)
Month Fish and seafood Eggs Milk Cheese and related products Ice cream and related products Fresh fruits Fresh vegetables Processed fruits and vegetables Sugar and sweets Butter and margarine Food away from home

Jan 2005

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Feb 2005

98.7 104.0 98.3 99.3 99.7 98.0 98.4 99.1 100.6 99.4 100.3

Mar 2005

98.4 99.4 99.2 99.0 98.1 96.4 102.0 98.6 99.8 95.8 100.5

Apr 2005

100.0 98.3 98.7 99.9 100.3 97.1 108.2 101.4 101.0 100.4 100.7

May 2005

99.6 103.5 99.7 99.9 101.1 97.7 109.8 100.7 100.2 96.4 100.9

Jun 2005

100.1 101.9 98.5 99.1 97.4 98.8 106.0 101.1 101.6 94.6 101.3

Jul 2005

100.2 105.6 99.0 99.5 99.4 100.3 107.3 101.7 102.1 96.1 101.5

Aug 2005

100.5 101.7 99.1 99.6 100.7 100.1 105.5 101.2 100.8 97.1 101.8

Sep 2005

100.5 109.1 98.7 99.0 100.4 100.7 106.0 102.4 102.0 98.3 102.0

Oct 2005

101.3 107.3 99.6 99.0 100.9 101.9 105.5 102.0 102.5 97.9 102.3

Nov 2005

102.4 106.8 100.7 100.3 98.6 102.5 105.8 102.2 102.8 97.6 102.5

Dec 2005

102.5 105.5 100.7 98.9 99.9 102.1 107.8 103.1 104.0 96.6 102.7

Jan 2006

103.5 107.7 100.1 99.3 100.6 103.6 110.8 103.2 104.0 98.9 103.0

Feb 2006

103.4 99.4 100.9 98.4 100.2 105.1 108.4 103.6 102.8 96.9 103.4

Mar 2006

102.9 105.0 99.5 99.2 100.1 104.5 107.5 103.7 104.5 95.8 103.6

Apr 2006

103.5 106.3 98.8 97.9 100.4 103.9 107.2 103.6 105.0 94.7 103.8

May 2006

104.4 106.2 97.0 99.0 99.9 101.7 107.6 103.6 105.2 94.3 104.1

Jun 2006

105.4 111.8 96.7 96.8 101.0 105.4 108.4 103.6 105.6 94.5 104.4

Jul 2006

104.7 106.8 97.1 98.9 101.2 107.5 108.2 103.9 106.4 93.1 104.7

Aug 2006

106.5 109.1 96.4 98.2 98.8 107.0 110.7 104.2 106.6 93.6 104.9

Sep 2006

107.2 108.0 96.6 97.4 101.3 107.8 117.0 104.0 105.7 93.5 105.1

Oct 2006

107.2 109.0 98.6 97.9 100.9 107.4 116.5 103.8 106.0 94.4 105.4

Nov 2006

106.2 114.2 98.3 97.2 101.5 106.6 111.0 105.8 106.1 94.6 105.7

Dec 2006

106.1 120.0 98.2 97.1 101.7 107.2 107.3 105.8 105.9 94.6 106.0

Jan 2007

107.4 120.8 99.4 98.1 102.6 107.4 111.7 105.8 107.6 95.1 106.5

Feb 2007

108.4 128.8 100.3 98.3 101.4 112.3 115.7 106.1 107.1 95.1 106.9

Mar 2007

108.9 127.3 101.2 99.3 103.1 111.1 115.9 106.4 107.3 96.6 107.0

Apr 2007

109.6 126.5 102.0 99.7 100.9 110.1 115.2 106.6 108.1 96.4 107.3

May 2007

110.3 138.3 104.3 99.6 101.6 110.8 114.2 106.7 107.8 96.9 107.6

Jun 2007

110.3 134.3 107.9 100.6 102.8 110.1 112.1 107.7 108.5 97.4 107.9

Jul 2007

109.6 142.7 114.8 103.4 103.1 108.0 111.1 108.3 109.5 97.8 108.5

Aug 2007

109.9 146.1 116.0 107.0 103.0 108.5 110.1 108.7 109.5 98.7 108.9

Sep 2007

110.1 153.7 117.2 108.6 103.8 110.0 112.1 109.1 109.4 98.2 109.4

Oct 2007

111.0 153.8 117.2 110.6 103.5 109.9 113.7 109.3 108.9 98.7 109.7

Nov 2007

111.2 153.4 118.2 110.6 104.6 112.9 115.7 109.2 109.7 99.3 110.0

Dec 2007

111.7 159.0 117.1 111.0 105.2 113.9 115.7 110.1 109.7 100.2 110.2

Jan 2008

112.0 161.2 117.0 111.7 104.7 114.7 117.7 110.7 110.7 100.5 110.6

Feb 2008

112.7 160.6 117.2 112.7 106.1 113.4 115.3 112.4 110.9 102.0 111.0

Mar 2008

112.7 166.2 114.7 111.6 106.2 112.8 115.0 111.6 111.9 101.1 111.4

Apr 2008

114.4 165.7 115.8 111.8 107.1 115.9 115.1 115.0 113.6 107.8 111.7

May 2008

114.9 164.7 114.9 113.5 107.8 116.3 116.5 115.7 113.7 108.9 112.1

Jun 2008

115.6 166.5 115.4 115.7 107.8 116.3 121.2 116.8 114.0 109.8 112.7

Jul 2008

116.6 166.8 120.3 118.6 107.4 117.1 124.2 118.1 114.9 113.6 113.4

Aug 2008

118.3 156.1 118.6 120.7 109.5 119.6 125.2 120.2 115.4 114.3 113.8

Sep 2008

119.4 158.5 116.8 120.6 109.5 120.2 123.4 122.1 116.7 115.6 114.4

Oct 2008

120.0 156.7 114.6 119.8 110.7 117.1 123.0 123.8 117.0 117.5 114.9

Nov 2008

119.8 151.9 115.7 120.3 111.3 113.7 123.2 125.5 117.8 117.0 115.3

Dec 2008

120.4 145.0 113.3 120.2 110.9 111.7 119.9 125.2 118.7 118.9 115.7

Jan 2009

121.1 145.9 111.8 117.6 111.5 109.5 119.2 125.5 121.3 117.1 116.0

Feb 2009

121.0 142.4 105.5 115.4 111.9 110.2 117.8 125.5 120.8 114.4 116.3

Mar 2009

121.1 137.1 100.8 113.0 111.4 109.1 116.4 126.5 121.1 114.7 116.5

Apr 2009

120.2 140.7 100.1 110.4 110.4 108.8 116.9 126.8 121.2 110.7 116.8

May 2009

120.9 135.5 99.3 109.3 112.6 108.0 115.9 127.1 120.6 112.0 116.9

Jun 2009

121.0 135.0 98.6 109.2 109.3 108.4 116.6 127.0 121.0 112.6 117.0

Jul 2009

121.6 131.5 98.2 108.1 109.4 109.5 116.0 126.5 119.9 112.2 117.1

Aug 2009

121.0 135.2 97.6 107.7 109.7 108.1 114.7 125.3 120.0 111.0 117.2

Sep 2009

120.4 129.8 98.1 108.4 109.7 107.9 113.2 125.6 121.0 109.4 117.4

Oct 2009

118.6 131.0 99.5 108.8 110.5 108.6 113.0 125.4 120.9 108.4 117.5

Nov 2009

120.3 135.3 100.2 107.7 110.1 108.3 114.4 124.8 121.8 107.2 117.7

Dec 2009

120.3 136.1 101.4 108.9 108.5 107.5 116.1 124.9 122.1 109.5 117.8

Jan 2010

121.4 136.3 104.0 109.3 109.8 110.6 115.9 125.4 122.7 111.4 117.9

Feb 2010

120.2 141.0 104.0 109.5 108.6 108.4 116.5 124.8 124.0 112.1 118.0

Mar 2010

119.9 141.9 103.8 109.8 110.0 112.2 121.1 124.4 122.8 110.1 117.9

Apr 2010

120.6 138.6 102.1 109.9 110.2 108.9 123.7 124.6 123.3 112.0 118.1

May 2010

120.4 134.8 102.7 110.3 109.7 108.1 121.5 124.2 124.2 112.0 118.2

Jun 2010

121.4 136.3 104.5 110.6 109.9 107.6 117.7 124.6 122.7 113.0 118.3

Jul 2010

122.1 134.9 105.4 111.2 109.4 105.0 116.2 123.9 123.6 113.4 118.3

Aug 2010

121.6 135.5 105.3 111.8 108.8 104.2 117.3 124.7 123.1 115.2 118.7

Sep 2010

122.2 143.8 104.5 112.0 108.5 105.4 117.6 124.4 124.4 118.1 119.0

Oct 2010

123.4 130.7 105.3 112.9 109.1 106.1 117.5 123.4 124.7 122.2 119.1

Nov 2010

125.1 141.2 106.0 113.2 109.1 108.1 116.0 123.0 123.2 121.7 119.2

Dec 2010

125.4 145.2 106.5 113.4 111.2 111.2 117.8 123.8 124.8 119.7 119.4

Jan 2011

125.9 143.2 106.7 111.0 112.3 113.8 120.1 124.6 124.5 123.5 119.6

Feb 2011

127.7 142.3 107.2 110.7 114.8 111.1 126.8 124.7 125.4 126.6 119.8

Mar 2011

129.1 144.1 110.8 111.8 114.5 110.5 133.0 125.8 126.2 130.3 120.2

Apr 2011

128.6 145.5 113.2 115.0 115.6 110.5 129.4 125.7 125.2 130.1 120.6

May 2011

130.8 151.9 114.8 116.6 116.0 109.0 126.3 126.3 126.1 132.3 120.8

Jun 2011

131.4 150.2 115.2 118.3 117.2 109.5 124.4 126.6 127.6 132.5 121.1

Jul 2011

131.7 152.1 116.1 120.4 118.5 113.3 123.0 128.0 127.3 134.9 121.4

Aug 2011

131.7 154.8 117.3 121.5 118.9 113.8 124.2 127.7 128.9 135.6 121.9

Sep 2011

132.2 159.8 118.2 123.6 119.6 114.5 125.2 129.5 131.0 134.4 122.1

Oct 2011

132.3 160.0 116.9 122.9 120.3 111.7 122.9 131.1 131.2 135.0 122.4

Nov 2011

132.5 155.6 116.4 122.5 120.5 110.9 121.9 132.5 129.0 133.3 122.7

Dec 2011

133.9 154.6 116.3 122.0 121.1 110.7 120.7 132.5 129.5 133.1 122.9

Jan 2012

133.6 158.1 117.2 122.4 121.5 110.3 119.8 131.4 131.3 133.6 123.3

Feb 2012

132.9 149.7 115.7 121.8 119.5 110.3 116.8 132.8 131.4 132.9 123.5

Mar 2012

134.0 152.1 115.2 121.6 121.7 110.5 116.3 132.8 132.1 132.1 123.7

Apr 2012

134.3 153.9 114.3 120.1 121.8 112.4 116.8 133.9 132.5 130.9 124.1

May 2012

133.2 152.5 114.3 119.3 123.2 111.9 117.7 133.0 131.9 131.0 124.4

Jun 2012

133.5 153.8 113.6 120.8 121.1 113.1 119.7 133.1 132.4 130.6 124.7

Jul 2012

133.8 154.6 113.9 119.0 121.7 112.1 119.8 131.7 133.0 129.8 124.9

Aug 2012

133.6 162.9 114.2 119.5 120.6 113.7 118.7 132.7 132.0 129.7 125.3

Sep 2012

133.8 158.2 114.2 119.8 120.5 113.3 119.0 132.6 132.3 131.2 125.6

Oct 2012

134.2 160.3 115.2 120.6 120.6 114.1 119.0 132.6 132.0 131.3 125.7

Nov 2012

134.0 158.8 118.1 121.1 120.8 114.9 118.9 134.3 130.4 133.4 125.8

Dec 2012

133.8 156.3 118.5 121.9 119.5 116.9 119.5 132.7 131.0 132.5 126.0

Jan 2013

134.1 155.8 118.0 120.6 122.4 115.4 122.4 133.1 131.9 131.9 126.2

Feb 2013

133.6 159.5 117.3 120.4 121.3 116.3 124.1 133.1 130.2 132.5 126.3

Mar 2013

134.8 157.5 116.8 120.0 121.1 115.4 124.4 132.9 130.3 132.5 126.5

Apr 2013

137.3 158.8 116.3 120.5 121.0 113.8 122.2 133.1 130.2 133.2 127.0

May 2013

135.4 160.9 114.9 120.9 120.3 114.2 121.6 133.5 129.7 132.6 127.2

Jun 2013

135.6 163.2 116.5 120.2 121.5 113.9 121.8 133.5 130.3 132.8 127.4

Jul 2013

136.2 163.6 116.2 120.5 120.8 114.9 124.1 133.7 129.8 131.0 127.6

Aug 2013

137.7 161.1 116.1 121.0 120.9 115.3 128.2 133.6 128.4 130.7 127.8

Sep 2013

138.6 160.1 116.0 120.8 121.3 114.6 126.8 133.6 128.8 130.8 127.9

Oct 2013

140.9 162.2 116.3 119.1 120.5 115.6 126.8 131.9 129.2 129.7 128.1

Nov 2013

140.3 164.9 117.6 120.0 120.5 115.8 124.5 133.0 128.6 130.4 128.4

Dec 2013

140.0 165.4 118.7 120.5 120.3 114.6 121.7 133.1 127.6 131.7 128.6

Jan 2014

142.2 166.2 119.7 119.1 120.5 115.8 120.4 133.2 128.9 132.9 128.7

Feb 2014

143.3 169.2 120.3 120.7 120.2 118.1 120.3 133.4 128.8 133.5 129.0

Mar 2014

142.8 173.3 122.5 123.2 120.3 121.1 118.6 134.5 129.7 136.8 129.4

Apr 2014

143.0 173.2 122.8 125.9 120.5 122.6 119.7 133.1 128.4 137.1 129.7

May 2014

145.1 176.1 123.4 128.2 119.8 122.5 122.1 133.5 127.7 138.2 130.0

Jun 2014

145.3 176.2 122.4 129.0 119.6 120.5 124.2 133.2 128.2 140.2 130.2

Jul 2014

145.5 177.5 122.5 129.1 119.4 121.4 123.5 133.2 127.5 142.3 130.6

Aug 2014

146.3 176.4 123.0 129.4 120.7 120.6 122.7 133.1 127.8 144.1 130.9

Sep 2014

147.0 174.4 123.9 129.0 122.2 121.6 121.8 132.8 129.9 145.6 131.3

Oct 2014

146.3 173.9 123.2 129.8 121.8 123.2 123.3 133.4 128.6 149.7 131.6

Nov 2014

146.5 175.8 122.7 130.2 122.0 120.1 125.0 133.0 128.3 148.7 132.1

Dec 2014

146.0 183.0 123.8 130.4 124.4 118.8 127.3 133.7 129.0 146.8 132.4

Jan 2015

145.3 179.8 121.1 128.5 122.8 117.7 125.6 133.5 131.5 144.7 132.6

Feb 2015

145.5 183.5 117.1 127.8 123.9 118.4 123.1 134.3 133.1 142.1 133.0

Mar 2015

145.8 182.5 116.9 126.9 124.0 115.5 122.3 133.5 132.8 139.1 133.2

Apr 2015

145.8 177.0 115.5 126.3 123.8 116.0 121.9 134.5 131.5 140.3 133.5

May 2015

143.9 181.5 115.0 126.5 121.3 115.6 123.4 134.9 132.9 138.4 133.8

Jun 2015

142.6 214.6 113.7 126.6 121.7 114.9 123.1 134.4 132.6 140.1 134.1

Jul 2015

142.3 221.8 115.3 128.0 122.0 116.1 122.1 135.0 133.2 140.0 134.1

Aug 2015

144.1 238.8 114.1 126.2 123.7 118.5 124.3 135.1 133.4 142.2 134.4

Sep 2015

142.9 237.4 114.8 127.0 123.7 119.5 125.5 135.1 134.0 143.3 135.1

Oct 2015

141.8 226.0 114.0 125.9 123.7 121.5 126.1 133.1 133.1 149.0 135.4

Nov 2015

142.0 217.4 113.3 125.9 123.0 121.3 127.3 134.7 132.4 145.6 135.6

Dec 2015

141.1 210.1 114.0 125.6 123.3 120.1 127.9 133.4 132.3 147.3 135.8

Consumer prices for eggs in December 2015 were more than double what they were in January 2005. Egg prices increased sharply from April to August 2015 as an outbreak of avian flu forced farmers to kill millions of egg-laying chickens. Egg prices have receded a little since August. Even before the recent increases, however, egg prices rose more rapidly than other food prices for most of the 2005–15 period.

Consumer prices for beef and veal were 56 percent higher in December 2015 than in January 2005. Over that same period, prices for butter and margarine rose 47 percent, while bread prices rose 43 percent.

Prices for breakfast cereal rose 14 percent from January 2005 to December 2015, as did prices for milk. Prices for fresh fruits were 20 percent higher in December 2015 than in January 2005, and prices for fresh vegetables were 28 percent higher.

These data are from the Consumer Price Index program and are seasonally adjusted. For more information, see “Consumer Price Index — December 2015” (HTML) (PDF).

SUGGESTED CITATION

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Food for thought: Consumer food prices, 2005 to 2015 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2016/food-for-thought-consumer-food-prices-2005-to-2015.htm (visited October 31, 2024).

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