Basket Report Grocery Basket Price Index

Grocery Basket Price Index

Name: Basket Report Grocery Basket Price Index — U.S. staple grocery basket
Creator: Basket Report
License: https://www.usa.gov/government-works
Keywords: grocery prices, food prices, inflation, cost of living, BLS, CPI

U.S. city average · July 2026

36 tracked prices · 24 included in the Basket Index

The grocery basket price was $110.50 in July 2026 for Basket Report's fixed 24-item U.S. staple grocery basket, based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average price data. The Basket Report Grocery Basket Price Index was down 0.6% from the previous month and down 1.5% from a year earlier.

Pork chops: May 2026 price carried forward because July was not published.

Oranges: June 2026 price carried forward because July was not published.

Grocery Basket Price Index · July 2026 $110.50 24-item fixed-weight staple basket

▼ 0.6% MoM ▼ 1.5% YoY

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Record high $113.86 September 2025

Record low $79.02 June 2018

12-mo change ▼ 1.5% year over year

Coverage 24/24 components · 22 published for July

What moved the Grocery Basket Price in July

The basket fell 0.6% to $110.50 in July 2026. Biggest increases came from ground beef (+$0.12), butter (+$0.11) and eggs (+$0.10), offset by declines in tomatoes (−$0.30), lettuce (−$0.26) and cheddar cheese (−$0.22).

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ItemContribution (MoM)

Ground beef +$0.12 Butter +$0.11 Eggs +$0.10

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ItemContribution (MoM)

Tomatoes −$0.30 Lettuce −$0.26 Cheddar cheese −$0.22

Grocery Basket Price Index history

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January 1980 to July 2026 · 558 monthly observations

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Basket ReportJuly 2026

Grocery Basket Price Index

$110.50 ▼ 0.6% MoM

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Inside the basket

Basket Report tracks 36 grocery and household price series, including a fixed 24-item Basket Index. The other twelve series are published as reference prices and have no weight in the basket calculation.

Basket (24 total)PriceMoM

Eggs (dozen) $2.19 ▲ 2.2% Milk (gallon) $4.31 ▼ 0.1% Bread (pound) $1.82 ▲ 0.3% Flour (pound) $0.54 ▼ 0.2% Rice (pound) $1.10 ▲ 1.0% Spaghetti & macaroni (pound) $1.38 ▲ 1.0% Ground beef (pound) $6.89 ▲ 0.9% Chicken (pound) $2.01 ▼ 1.9% Chicken breast (pound) $4.15 ▼ 0.7% Bacon (pound) $6.58 ▲ 0.3% Ham (pound) $5.49 ▼ 0.3% Pork chops (pound)May 2026 carried forward $4.91 ▲ 6.7% Tomatoes (pound) $2.00 ▼ 7.0% Potatoes (pound) $0.94 ▲ 2.1% Lettuce (pound) $1.75 ▼ 12.9% Bananas (pound) $0.65 ▲ 0.8% Oranges (pound)June 2026 carried forward $1.54 ▼ 0.1% Lemons (pound) $2.13 ▲ 0.8% Coffee (pound) $9.32 ▼ 1.5% Sugar (pound) $1.02 ▲ 0.6% Butter (pound) $3.92 ▲ 2.8% Cheddar cheese (pound) $5.74 ▼ 3.7% Orange juice (16 ounces) $4.82 ▼ 1.2% Potato chips (16 ounces) $6.56 ▼ 1.1%

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