GROCERY BASKET PRICE INDEX
Latest data: September 2026 Released: October 14, 2026 Next update: November 10, 2026

Basket Report Grocery Basket Price Index

Grocery Prices A–Z

U.S. city average · September 2026

Compare every tracked grocery and beverage price in one place using official U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average price data. See current prices, month-over-month changes, year-over-year trends, and which staples are driving the grocery basket.

36 tracked prices · 24 included in the Basket Index

Illustration of a grocery basket filled with fresh produce, bread, and milk
Item Unit Price MoM YoY Trend
American Cheese pound $4.74 ▼ 0.2% ▼ 3.8%
Bacon, sliced pound $6.76 ▲ 2.3% ▼ 7.3%
Bananas pound $0.66 ▲ 0.6% ▼ 2.1%
Beef Roast pound $9.10 ▼ 2.9% ▲ 0.6%
Beer, malt beverages 16 ounces $1.88 ▼ 0.2% ▲ 2.2%
Bread, white, pan pound $1.83 ▲ 0.4% ▼ 2.0%
Butter, salted, grade AA pound $3.96 ▼ 1.5% ▼ 17.3%
Cheddar cheese, natural pound $6.13 ▲ 2.5% ▲ 1.4%
Chicken breast, boneless pound $4.20 ▲ 0.7% ▲ 0.7%
Chicken Legs pound $1.74 ▲ 4.1% ▼ 3.2%
Chicken, fresh, whole pound $2.06 ▲ 2.6% ▲ 0.1%
Chocolate Chip Cookies pound $5.15 ▼ 1.2% —
Coffee, 100%, ground roast pound $9.33 ▲ 0.3% ▲ 2.1%
Eggs, grade A, large dozen $2.27 — ▼ 34.9%
Flour, white, all purpose pound $0.55 ▼ 0.6% ▼ 3.2%
Ground beef, 100% beef pound $6.79 ▼ 1.9% ▲ 7.4%
Ham, boneless, excluding canned pound $5.45 ▲ 1.3% ▼ 0.5%
Ice Cream half gallon $5.93 ▲ 1.3% ▼ 7.3%
Lemons pound $2.13 ▲ 0.7% ▲ 2.5%
Lettuce, iceberg pound $1.64 ▲ 11.2% ▼ 5.5%
Milk, whole, fortified gallon $4.11 ▼ 2.9% ▼ 0.6%
Orange juice, frozen concentrate 16 ounces $4.82 ▼ 1.2% ▲ 3.8%
Oranges, navel pound $1.72 ▲ 0.8% ▼ 4.4%
Pork chops, center cut, bone-in pound $4.91 ▲ 6.7% ▲ 8.9%
Potato chips 16 ounces $6.67 ▼ 1.2% ▼ 4.3%
Potatoes, white pound $0.99 ▲ 1.3% ▼ 2.5%
Rice, white, long grain, uncooked pound $1.12 ▲ 0.6% ▲ 5.5%
Romaine Lettuce pound $3.31 ▲ 0.8% —
Soda 12-ounce can $0.59 ▼ 2.0% ▲ 3.9%
Spaghetti & macaroni pound $1.38 ▲ 0.1% ▲ 14.1%
Steak pound $12.69 ▼ 1.0% ▲ 3.5%
Strawberries 12-ounce package $2.84 ▲ 10.2% ▲ 10.4%
Sugar, white, all sizes pound $1.02 ▼ 0.5% ▼ 2.2%
Tomatoes, field grown pound $1.99 ▲ 0.8% ▲ 4.3%
Wine, red and white table liter $13.77 ▲ 0.2% ▼ 1.4%
Yogurt 8-ounce container $1.58 ▼ 0.4% ▲ 2.9%

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