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Data

Consumer prices for baked foods
and cereals rise 0.2% in July

July 2018. Under this heading, the
C.P.I. for white bread was 329.4, down
0.2% from June but up 1.7% from July
2018. For bread other than white, the
The price index for bakery products index was 360.2, up 1.4% from June
WASHINGTON - The Consumer
Price Index for baked foods and cereal in July was 304.5, up 0.3% from June and up 2.9% from a year ago.
The price index for fresh biscuits,
products rose 0.2% in July, according and up 1.7% from July 2018.
The July index for bread was 183.5, rolls and muffins in July was 177.3,
to the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the
U.S. Department of Labor. The index up 0.7% from June and up 2.2% from down 0.1% from June and unchanged
from July 2018. The July index
for all food at home was flat.
for cakes, cupcakes and cookies
Of the 18 items followed by
Consumer Price Index for Cereal
was 292.7, up 0.5% from June
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and up 2.2% from July 2018.
month-over-month increases,
and Bakery Products
Under this segment, other price
5 finished lower and 2 were
(1982-84=100)
July
June
indexes included fresh cakes
unchanged.
2019
2019
and cupcakes, 319.2, up 0.1%
The July index for Cereals
All cereal and bakery products
from June and up 3.1% from
and Bakery Products before
U.S. average
277.5
276.9
July 2018; and cookies, 272.8,
seasonal adjustment was 277.5%
All Bakery Products
304.5
303.8
up 0.9% from the previous
of the 1982-84 average, up 1.5%
Bread*
183.5
182.2
month and up 1.8% from the
from a year ago. For all food at
White bread
329.4
330.0
previous year.
home, the July index was 241.4,
Bread other than white
360.2
355.3
The C.P.I. for other bakery
up 0.7% from July 2018.
Fresh biscuits, rolls and muffins* 177.3
178.2
products in July was 270.8, down
The C.P.I. for cereals and
Cakes, cupcakes and cookies
292.7
291.1
0.1% from June but up 1.7% from
cereal products in July was
Fresh cakes and cupcakes
319.2
318.9
July 2018. Under this heading,
230.4, up 0.2% from June and
Cookies
272.8
270.3
other price indexes in July
up 1.1% from July 2018. The
Other bakery products
270.8
271.1
included: fresh sweet rolls, coffee
index for products within this
Fresh sweet rolls, coffee
cakes and donuts, 310.1, down
category included: flour and
cakes and donuts
310.1
310.2
0.1% from June but up 2.4% from
prepared mixes, 241.1, up 1.1%
Crackers and cracker products
309.5
309.5
July 2018; crackers and cracker
from June but down 0.4% from
Frozen and refrigerated
products,
309.5,
unchanged
the previous year; breakfast
bakery products
268.8
270.2
from June but up 1.7% from July
cereal, 224, unchanged from
All Cereals, Cereal Products
230.4
230.0
All-purpose flour, mixes
241.1
238.5
2018; and frozen and refrigerated
the previous month but up
Breakfast cereals
224.0
224.0
bakery products, pies, tarts and
1.9% from a year ago; and
Rice, pasta, corn meal
240.7
240.6
turnovers, 268.8, down 0.5%
rice, pasta and corn meal,
from June but up 0.1% from
240.7, up 0.1% from June and
*December 1997 base.
the previous year. MBN
up 0.6% from July 2018.

White bread prices about steady
in July; whole wheat up 4.6c a lb
WASHINGTON - The average price
paid for white pan bread rose 0.1c per
lb in July, while the price for whole
wheat bread increased 4.6c 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 128.1c, up 0.1c
per lb from June but down 1.2c from
July 2018. On a month-to-month basis,
the average price for white pan bread
in July increased in two regions -
up 1.1c in the South and up 0.6c in
the Northeast - and declined in two
regions - down 1.7c in the West and
down 0.7c in the Midwest.
At 195.1c per lb, the national
average price for whole wheat bread
was up 4.6c per lb from June and up
5.2c per lb from July 2018.
The national average price of family
flour in July was 45.4c per lb, up 0.6c
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from June but down 1.4c from July
2018.
The national average price for
spaghetti and macaroni in July was

119.8c per lb, up 0.6c from June but
down 0.6c from July 2018. Chocolate
chip cookies were 346.8c per lb, down
3.6c from June and down 1.3c from
July 2018. The national average price
of white long-grain rice was 79.8c per
lb, down 0.3c from June but up 10.8c
from July 2018. MBN

Average retail price of bread
in cents per lb
216

Whole wheat bread

184

152

120
2010

White pan bread

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor

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