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Data

C.P.I. for baked foods and cereals
rises 0.5% in March

WASHINGTON - The Consumer 2018. For bread other than white, the
Price Index for baked foods and cereal index was 359.6, up 0.8% from February
products rose 0.5% in March, its fifth and up 3.3% from a year ago.
The price index for fresh biscuits, rolls
consecutive month of gains, according
to the Bureau of Labor Statistics
of the U.S. Department of Labor.
Consumer Price Index for Cereal
The index for all food at home also
and Bakery Products
rose, increasing 0.2%.
(1982-84=100)
Of the 18 items followed by
March
Feb.
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2019
2019
month-over-month gains and 6
All cereal and bakery products
finished lower.
U.S. average
277.3
276.0
The March index for Cereals
All Bakery Products
304.2
304.4
and Bakery Products before
Bread*
183.1
183.2
seasonal adjustment was 277.3%
White bread
330.0
332.0
of the 1982-84 average, up 1.8%
Bread other than white
359.6
356.9
from a year ago. For all food at
Fresh biscuits, rolls and muffins* 182.2
181.4
home, the March index was 242.6,
Cakes, cupcakes and cookies
290.0
291.7
up 1.4% from March 2018.
Fresh cakes and cupcakes
317.9
314.6
The C.P.I. for cereals and cereal
Cookies
268.7
273.5
Other bakery products
269.3
268.7
products in March was 230.3, up 1.5%
Fresh sweet rolls, coffee
from February and up 1.9% from
cakes and donuts
311.2
309.3
March 2018. The index for products
Crackers and cracker products
303.6
306.5
within this category included: flour
Frozen and refrigerated
and prepared mixes, 237.7, up 0.8%
bakery products
271.1
268.8
from February but down 0.4% from
All Cereals, Cereal Products
230.3
226.8
the previous year; breakfast cereal,
All-purpose flour, mixes
237.7
235.8
224.2, up 1.2% from the previous
Breakfast cereals
224.2
221.6
month and up 1.8% from a year ago;
Rice, pasta, corn meal
241.4
236.1
and rice, pasta and corn meal, 241.4,
*December 1997 base.
up 2.2% from February and up 2.6%
from March 2018.
The price index for bakery products and muffins in March was 182.2, up 0.4%
in March was 304.2, down 0.1% from from February and up 2% from March 2018.
The March index for cakes, cupcakes and
February but up 1.7% from March 2018.
The March index for bread was 183.1, cookies was 290, down 0.6% from February
down 0.1% from February but up 1.7% but up 0.8% from March 2018.
The C.P.I. for other bakery products in
from March 2018. Under this heading, the
C.P.I. for white bread was 330, down 0.6% March was 269.3, up 0.2% from February
from February but up 1.5% from March and up 2.3% from March 2018. MBN

Retail price for white pan bread
falls; whole wheat rises in March
WASHINGTON - The average price
paid for white pan bread declined 2.1c
per lb in March, while the price for whole
wheat bread rose 1.1c per lb, according to
the latest data from the Bureau of Labor
Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor.
The national average retail price of white
pan bread was 126.1c, down 2.1c per lb
from February and down 4.8c from March
2018. On a month-to-month basis, the
average price for white pan bread in March
increased in two regions - up 3c in the West
and up 1.4c in the South - and decreased
in two regions - down 6.5c in the Midwest
and down 6.2c in the Northeast.
At 196.2c per lb, the national average
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price for whole wheat bread was up 1.1c
per lb from February but down 7.7c per lb
from March 2018.
The national average price of family flour
in March was 44.5c per lb, up 0.2c from
February but down 2.3c from March 2018.
The national average price for spaghetti
and macaroni in March was 123.7c per lb,
up 3.1c from February and up 5c from
March 2018. Chocolate chip cookies were
331.1c per lb, down 20.5c from February
and down 26.8c from March 2018. The
national average price of white longgrain rice was 75.7c per lb, down 0.5c
from February but up 7.5c from March
2018. MBN
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