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August 2026

Limited service meals and snacks price index

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

259.724index level, August 2026
+3.20%change over 12 months
+0.04%change over 1 month

Last 24 months

MonthIndex (1982–84=100)Change from previous month
August 2024243.868+0.25%
September 2024244.431+0.23%
October 2024244.940+0.21%
November 2024245.744+0.33%
December 2024246.692+0.39%
January 2025247.493+0.32%
February 2025248.357+0.35%
March 2025248.776+0.17%
April 2025249.634+0.34%
May 2025250.380+0.30%
June 2025251.002+0.25%
July 2025251.308+0.12%
August 2025251.668+0.14%
September 2025252.169+0.20%
November 2025253.116not available
December 2025254.727+0.64%
January 2026255.479+0.30%
February 2026256.338+0.34%
March 2026256.804+0.18%
April 2026257.729+0.36%
May 2026258.549+0.32%
June 2026258.700+0.06%
July 2026259.619+0.36%
August 2026259.724+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 +3.20% over 12 months means the index stood at 251.668 in August 2025 and moved to 259.724 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 CUUR0000SEFV02, item code SEFV02.