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August 2026

Food at employee sites and schools price index

The Bureau of Labor Statistics measures the change in what households pay for food at employee sites and schools. The figures below are for the month of August 2026.

220.236index level, August 2026
+3.02%change over 12 months
+0.63%change over 1 month

Last 24 months

MonthIndex (1982–84=100)Change from previous month
August 2024202.087+0.73%
September 2024205.479+1.68%
October 2024207.901+1.18%
November 2024206.126-0.85%
December 2024206.304+0.09%
January 2025206.192-0.05%
February 2025207.247+0.51%
March 2025207.351+0.05%
April 2025207.404+0.03%
May 2025208.281+0.42%
June 2025213.867+2.68%
July 2025215.493+0.76%
August 2025213.770-0.80%
September 2025213.261-0.24%
November 2025213.413not available
December 2025214.059+0.30%
January 2026214.246+0.09%
February 2026215.357+0.52%
March 2026215.361+0.00%
April 2026215.796+0.20%
May 2026215.865+0.03%
June 2026217.844+0.92%
July 2026218.868+0.47%
August 2026220.236+0.63%

What an index is

Each index is a price level for one kind of food, scaled so that the average for 1982–84 equals 100. Because the starting point is arbitrary, read an index by its change over time, not by comparing the level of one item against another.

A change of +3.02% over 12 months means the index stood at 213.770 in August 2025 and moved to 220.236 in August 2026. Where a month has no value, the table says not available; no figure here is estimated.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index (CPI-U), U.S. city average, not seasonally adjusted. Data month: August 2026. Record: series CUUR0000SEFV03, item code SEFV03.