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August 2026

Full service meals and snacks price index

The Bureau of Labor Statistics measures the change in what households pay for full service meals and snacks. The figures below are for the month of August 2026.

246.172index level, August 2026
+3.49%change over 12 months
+0.41%change over 1 month

Last 24 months

MonthIndex (1982–84=100)Change from previous month
August 2024227.488+0.21%
September 2024228.389+0.40%
October 2024228.839+0.20%
November 2024229.554+0.31%
December 2024230.095+0.24%
January 2025230.402+0.13%
February 2025231.306+0.39%
March 2025232.650+0.58%
April 2025233.973+0.57%
May 2025234.732+0.32%
June 2025235.929+0.51%
July 2025237.037+0.47%
August 2025237.873+0.35%
September 2025237.937+0.03%
November 2025239.371not available
December 2025241.356+0.83%
January 2026241.289-0.03%
February 2026241.935+0.27%
March 2026242.664+0.30%
April 2026242.927+0.11%
May 2026243.646+0.30%
June 2026244.630+0.40%
July 2026245.163+0.22%
August 2026246.172+0.41%

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 +3.49% over 12 months means the index stood at 237.873 in August 2025 and moved to 246.172 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 CUUR0000SEFV01, item code SEFV01.