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August 2026

Other foods price index

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

295.777index level, August 2026
+2.10%change over 12 months
-0.31%change over 1 month

Last 24 months

MonthIndex (1982–84=100)Change from previous month
August 2024286.372-0.48%
September 2024286.208-0.06%
October 2024286.552+0.12%
November 2024285.531-0.36%
December 2024285.926+0.14%
January 2025286.303+0.13%
February 2025285.624-0.24%
March 2025288.647+1.06%
April 2025289.271+0.22%
May 2025290.341+0.37%
June 2025291.243+0.31%
July 2025290.739-0.17%
August 2025289.689-0.36%
September 2025290.522+0.29%
November 2025287.735not available
December 2025292.281+1.58%
January 2026291.391-0.30%
February 2026293.803+0.83%
March 2026295.685+0.64%
April 2026295.602-0.03%
May 2026295.607+0.00%
June 2026297.458+0.63%
July 2026296.703-0.25%
August 2026295.777-0.31%

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 +2.10% over 12 months means the index stood at 289.689 in August 2025 and moved to 295.777 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 CUUR0000SEFT, item code SEFT.