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August 2026

Other food away from home price index

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

271.102index level, August 2026
+4.38%change over 12 months
+0.91%change over 1 month

Last 24 months

MonthIndex (1982–84=100)Change from previous month
August 2024246.490+0.74%
September 2024247.631+0.46%
October 2024249.437+0.73%
November 2024249.212-0.09%
December 2024249.536+0.13%
January 2025249.874+0.14%
February 2025251.905+0.81%
March 2025252.382+0.19%
April 2025253.090+0.28%
May 2025254.128+0.41%
June 2025255.295+0.46%
July 2025255.411+0.05%
August 2025259.736+1.69%
September 2025260.734+0.38%
November 2025261.513not available
December 2025261.942+0.16%
January 2026262.892+0.36%
February 2026264.609+0.65%
March 2026265.508+0.34%
April 2026265.246-0.10%
May 2026265.677+0.16%
June 2026266.533+0.32%
July 2026268.658+0.80%
August 2026271.102+0.91%

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 +4.38% over 12 months means the index stood at 259.736 in August 2025 and moved to 271.102 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 CUUR0000SEFV05, item code SEFV05.