Basket Report Grocery Basket Price Index
Seasonal grocery costs
Fixed, citable grocery baskets for the meals and occasions that shape the shopping calendar. Each live index stays available year-round; its promotion window controls emphasis, not page availability.
Seasonal Basket May 1–Aug 31
Summer Cookout Index
What a summer cookout costs, priced from official BLS average grocery prices — a fixed 9-item grilling spread charted monthly.
$47.27 9-item fixed basket · July 2026
▼ 1.0% MoM ▲ 3.2% YoY
View index How seasonal indexes work
Each index holds quantities constant and uses the latest real BLS average-price observation available for every component. If a component is missing for a target month, the raw item remains unavailable; the prior published value may be carried forward only inside the derived fixed total and is disclosed on the page.
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