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August 2026

Food at home price index

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

321.500index level, August 2026
+2.19%change over 12 months
-0.04%change over 1 month

Last 24 months

MonthIndex (1982–84=100)Change from previous month
August 2024306.402-0.08%
September 2024307.767+0.45%
October 2024308.200+0.14%
November 2024307.972-0.07%
December 2024308.380+0.13%
January 2025310.936+0.83%
February 2025311.284+0.11%
March 2025312.815+0.49%
April 2025311.840-0.31%
May 2025312.491+0.21%
June 2025313.028+0.17%
July 2025313.263+0.08%
August 2025314.608+0.43%
September 2025316.042+0.46%
November 2025313.954not available
December 2025315.664+0.54%
January 2026317.431+0.56%
February 2026318.898+0.46%
March 2026318.755-0.04%
April 2026320.859+0.66%
May 2026321.047+0.06%
June 2026321.631+0.18%
July 2026321.643+0.00%
August 2026321.500-0.04%

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 +2.19% over 12 months means the index stood at 314.608 in August 2025 and moved to 321.500 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 CUUR0000SAF11, item code SAF11.