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August 2026

Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods price index

The Bureau of Labor Statistics measures the change in what households pay for frozen and freeze dried prepared foods. The figures below are for the month of August 2026.

211.665index level, August 2026
+0.07%change over 12 months
-1.41%change over 1 month

Last 24 months

MonthIndex (1982–84=100)Change from previous month
August 2024210.668-1.17%
September 2024210.422-0.12%
October 2024212.243+0.87%
November 2024213.013+0.36%
December 2024214.095+0.51%
January 2025212.035-0.96%
February 2025208.782-1.53%
March 2025210.686+0.91%
April 2025212.975+1.09%
May 2025214.247+0.60%
June 2025215.374+0.53%
July 2025215.557+0.08%
August 2025211.519-1.87%
September 2025212.828+0.62%
November 2025212.556not available
December 2025214.827+1.07%
January 2026209.819-2.33%
February 2026211.845+0.97%
March 2026211.909+0.03%
April 2026212.732+0.39%
May 2026211.081-0.78%
June 2026214.902+1.81%
July 2026214.685-0.10%
August 2026211.665-1.41%

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 +0.07% over 12 months means the index stood at 211.519 in August 2025 and moved to 211.665 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 CUUR0000SEFT02, item code SEFT02.