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Data

C.P.I. for cereal, bakery products
rises narrowly in September

heading, the C.P.I. for white bread was
322.5, down 0.7% from August and
down 0.2% from September 2017. For
bread other than white, the index was
The price index for bakery products 348.4, down 0.6% from August but up
WASHINGTON - The Consumer
Price Index for baked foods and cereal in September was 299.6, up 0.2% from 1.3% from a year ago.
The price index for fresh biscuits,
products increased 0.1% in September, August and up 0.8% from September
rolls and muffins in September was
according to the Bureau of Labor 2017.
The September index for bread was 180, up 1.2% from August and up 2.7%
Statistics of the U.S. Department of
Labor. The index for all food at home 179.1, down 0.6% from August but up from September 2017. The September
0.6% from September 2017. Under this index for cakes, cupcakes and cookies
also increased 0.1%.
was 285.6, up 0.6% from August
Of the 18 items followed by
and up 1.4% from September
Milling & Baking News, 12 posted
2017. Under this segment, other
month-over-month increases, 5
Consumer Price Index for Cereal
price indexes included fresh
finished lower and 1 was unand Bakery Products
cakes and cupcakes, 307.9, up
changed.
(1982-84=100)
0.3% from August and up 1.6%
The September index for
Sept.
Aug.
from September 2017; and
Cereals and Bakery Products
2018
2018
cookies, 268.3, up 1.2% from the
before seasonal adjustment was
All cereal and bakery products
U.S. average
273.7
273.3
previous month and up 0.8%
273.7% of the 1982-84 average,
All Bakery Products
299.6
299.0
from the previous year.
up 0.7% from a year ago. For
Bread*
179.1
180.1
The C.P.I. for other bakery
all food at home, the September
White bread
322.5
324.8
products in September was
index was 240.1, up 0.4% from
Bread other than white
348.4
350.4
266.4, up 0.2% from August but
September 2017.
Fresh
biscuits,
rolls
and
muffins*
180.0
177.9
down 0.4% from September
The C.P.I. for cereals and
Cakes, cupcakes and cookies
285.6
283.8
2017. Under this heading, other
cereal products in September was
Fresh cakes and cupcakes
307.9
306.9
price indexes in September
228.6, unchanged from August
Cookies
268.3
265.1
included: fresh sweet rolls,
but up 0.6% from September
Other bakery products
266.4
266.0
coffee cakes and donuts, 300.2,
2017. The index for products
Fresh sweet rolls, coffee
up 0.3% from August and up
within this category included:
cakes and donuts
300.2
299.4
0.9% from September 2017;
flour and prepared mixes, 241.8,
Crackers and cracker products
302.8
306.3
crackers and cracker products,
up 0.7% from August and up
Frozen and refrigerated
302.8, down 1.1% from August
1.8% from the previous year;
bakery products
269.9
265.6
and down 1.3% from September
breakfast cereal, 221.8, up 0.3%
All Cereals, Cereal Products
228.6
228.6
2017; and frozen and refrigerated
from the previous month but
All-purpose flour, mixes
241.8
240.1
bakery products, pies, tarts and
down 1.2% from a year ago; and
Breakfast cereals
221.8
221.1
turnovers, 269.9, up 1.6% from
rice, pasta and corn meal, 238.5,
Rice, pasta, corn meal
238.5
240.0
August but down 0.1% from the
down 0.6% from August but up
*December 1997 base.
previous year. MBN
2.3% from September 2017.

White bread price lower, whole
wheat higher in September

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down 3.5c per lb from September 2017.
The national average price of family
flour in September was 46.7c per lb, up
0.3c per lb from August but down 3.8c
from September 2017.
The national average price for

Average retail price of bread
250
200
in cents per lb

WASHINGTON - The average price
paid for white pan bread decreased
1.4c per lb in September, according
to the latest data from the Bureau of
Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department
of Labor. Meanwhile, the price of
whole wheat bread increased, rising
1.5c per lb in the month.
The national average retail price of
white pan bread was 128.8c, down 1.4c
per lb from August and down 6.1c from
September 2017. On a month-to-month
basis, the average price for white pan
bread in September increased in two
regions - up 1c in the South and up
0.1c in the Northeast - and fell in two
regions - down 7.5c in the West and
down 2.8c in the Midwest.
At 195.1c per lb, the national
average price for whole wheat bread
was up 1.5c per lb from August but

spaghetti and macaroni in September
was 120c per lb, down 2.7c from
August and down 9.9c from September
2017. Chocolate chip cookies were
345.1c per lb, up 10c from August but
down 4.3c from September 2017. The
national average price of white longgrain rice was 69.3c per lb, down 1.2c
from August and down 4.8c from
September 2017. MBN

150
100
Whole wheat bread
White pan bread
50
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor

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