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August 2026

Food price index

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

350.418index level, August 2026
+2.67%change over 12 months
+0.07%change over 1 month

Last 24 months

MonthIndex (1982–84=100)Change from previous month
August 2024330.750+0.06%
September 2024332.083+0.40%
October 2024332.678+0.18%
November 2024332.904+0.07%
December 2024333.566+0.20%
January 2025335.517+0.58%
February 2025336.274+0.23%
March 2025337.751+0.44%
April 2025337.747-0.00%
May 2025338.598+0.25%
June 2025339.498+0.27%
July 2025340.036+0.16%
August 2025341.295+0.37%
September 2025342.405+0.33%
November 2025341.721not available
December 2025343.795+0.61%
January 2026345.165+0.40%
February 2026346.564+0.41%
March 2026346.796+0.07%
April 2026348.499+0.49%
May 2026349.032+0.15%
June 2026349.731+0.20%
July 2026350.164+0.12%
August 2026350.418+0.07%

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 +2.67% over 12 months means the index stood at 341.295 in August 2025 and moved to 350.418 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 CUUR0000SAF1, item code SAF1.