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Grocery Staples: Price Change Since January 2020
Average U.S. retail price, % change from January 2020 to the latest month
Plays the chart through its history. Pauses are where a new leader takes first place.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index average prices, U.S. city average, not seasonally adjusted. BLS published no October 2025 prices (the 2025 lapse in appropriations): the line breaks there.
Seventeen staples, ranked by how much more they cost than in January 2020. Single foods swing far more than the grocery index: eggs with bird flu, beef with a shrinking cattle herd, coffee and cocoa with harvests.
What this chart reads·17 series
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- Average Price: Eggs, Grade A Large (U.S.)as “Eggs”latest 2026-09-01
- Average Price: Ground Beef, 100% Beef (U.S.)as “Ground beef”latest 2026-09-01
- Average Price: Coffee, 100% Ground Roast (U.S.)as “Coffee”latest 2026-09-01
- Average Price: Butter, Stick (U.S.)as “Butter”latest 2026-09-01
- Average Price: Chocolate Chip Cookies (U.S.)as “Chocolate chip cookies”latest 2026-09-01
- Average Price: White Bread (U.S.)as “White bread”latest 2026-09-01
- Average Price: Whole Milk (U.S.)as “Whole milk”latest 2026-09-01
- Average Price: Whole Chicken (U.S.)as “Whole chicken”latest 2026-09-01
- Average Price: Boneless Chicken Breast (U.S.)as “Chicken breast”latest 2026-09-01
- Average Price: Sliced Bacon (U.S.)as “Bacon”latest 2026-09-01
- Average Price: Cheddar Cheese (U.S.)as “Cheddar cheese”latest 2026-09-01
- Average Price: Bananas (U.S.)as “Bananas”latest 2026-09-01
- Average Price: Field-Grown Tomatoes (U.S.)as “Tomatoes”latest 2026-09-01
- Average Price: White Long-Grain Rice (U.S.)as “Rice”latest 2026-09-01
- Average Price: All-Purpose White Flour (U.S.)as “Flour”latest 2026-09-01
- Average Price: Navel Oranges (U.S.)as “Oranges”latest 2026-09-01
- Average Price: White Sugar (U.S.)as “Sugar”latest 2026-09-01
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Average Price: Eggs, Grade A Large (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average Price Data (APU0000708111), via FRED. Public domain.
Average Price: Ground Beef, 100% Beef (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average Price Data (APU0000703112), via FRED. Public domain.
Average Price: Coffee, 100% Ground Roast (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average Price Data (APU0000717311), via FRED. Public domain.
Average Price: Butter, Stick (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average Price Data (APU0000FS1101), via FRED. Public domain.
Average Price: Chocolate Chip Cookies (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average Price Data (APU0000702421), via FRED. Public domain.
Average Price: White Bread (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average Price Data (APU0000702111), via FRED. Public domain.
Average Price: Whole Milk (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average Price Data (APU0000709112), via FRED. Public domain.
Average Price: Whole Chicken (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average Price Data (APU0000706111), via FRED. Public domain.
Average Price: Boneless Chicken Breast (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average Price Data (APU0000FF1101), via FRED. Public domain.
Average Price: Sliced Bacon (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average Price Data (APU0000704111), via FRED. Public domain.
Average Price: Cheddar Cheese (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average Price Data (APU0000710212), via FRED. Public domain.
Average Price: Bananas (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average Price Data (APU0000711211), via FRED. Public domain.
Average Price: Field-Grown Tomatoes (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average Price Data (APU0000712311), via FRED. Public domain.
Average Price: White Long-Grain Rice (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average Price Data (APU0000701312), via FRED. Public domain.
Average Price: All-Purpose White Flour (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average Price Data (APU0000701111), via FRED. Public domain.
Average Price: Navel Oranges (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average Price Data (APU0000711311), via FRED. Public domain.
Average Price: White Sugar (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average Price Data (APU0000715211), via FRED. Public domain.
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