GROCERY BASKET PRICE INDEX
Latest data: July 2026 Released: August 12, 2026 Next update: September 11, 2026

Basket Report Grocery Basket Price Index

Grocery Prices A–Z

U.S. city average · July 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 $4.75 ▲ 2.6% ▼ 3.3%
Bacon, sliced pound $6.58 ▲ 0.3% ▼ 7.5%
Bananas pound $0.65 ▲ 0.8% ▼ 1.1%
Beef Roast pound $9.57 ▲ 1.4% ▲ 14.0%
Beer, malt beverages 16 ounces $1.88 ▼ 0.2% ▲ 3.0%
Bread, white, pan pound $1.82 ▲ 0.3% ▼ 1.7%
Butter, salted, grade AA pound $3.92 ▲ 2.8% ▼ 18.2%
Cheddar cheese, natural pound $5.74 ▼ 3.7% ▼ 5.0%
Chicken breast, boneless pound $4.15 ▼ 0.7% ▼ 1.2%
Chicken Legs pound $1.72 ▲ 2.1% ▼ 4.2%
Chicken, fresh, whole pound $2.01 ▼ 1.9% ▼ 3.5%
Chocolate Chip Cookies pound $5.01 ▲ 0.9% ▼ 4.9%
Coffee, 100%, ground roast pound $9.32 ▼ 1.5% ▲ 10.7%
Eggs, grade A, large dozen $2.19 ▲ 2.2% ▼ 39.2%
Flour, white, all purpose pound $0.54 ▼ 0.2% ▼ 2.5%
Ground beef, 100% beef pound $6.89 ▲ 0.9% ▲ 10.1%
Ham, boneless, excluding canned pound $5.49 ▼ 0.3% ▼ 3.4%
Ice Cream half gallon $5.84 ▼ 2.0% ▼ 8.4%
Lemons pound $2.13 ▲ 0.8% ▲ 6.5%
Lettuce, iceberg pound $1.75 ▼ 12.9% ▲ 11.0%
Milk, whole, fortified gallon $4.31 ▼ 0.1% ▲ 3.6%
Orange juice, frozen concentrate 16 ounces $4.82 ▼ 1.2% ▲ 3.8%
Oranges, navel pound $1.54 ▼ 0.1% ▼ 5.7%
Pork chops, center cut, bone-in pound $4.91 ▲ 6.7% ▲ 8.9%
Potato chips 16 ounces $6.56 ▼ 1.1% ▼ 3.5%
Potatoes, white pound $0.94 ▲ 2.1% ▼ 3.7%
Rice, white, long grain, uncooked pound $1.10 ▲ 1.0% ▲ 3.0%
Romaine Lettuce pound $3.47 ▼ 13.7% ▲ 15.4%
Soda 12-ounce can $0.61 ▼ 1.0% ▲ 7.3%
Spaghetti & macaroni pound $1.38 ▲ 1.0% ▲ 5.7%
Steak pound $13.06 ▲ 1.4% ▲ 10.0%
Strawberries 12-ounce package $2.40 ▼ 4.5% ▲ 8.2%
Sugar, white, all sizes pound $1.02 ▲ 0.6% ▼ 2.1%
Tomatoes, field grown pound $2.00 ▼ 7.0% ▲ 11.7%
Wine, red and white table liter $13.79 ▼ 0.1% ▼ 0.7%
Yogurt 8-ounce container $1.55 ▼ 2.1% ▼ 0.2%

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