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Data

C.P.I. for baked foods and cereals
declines 0.1% in November

Under this heading, the C.P.I. for
white bread was 341.1, up 1.4% from
October and up 4.4% from November
2018. For bread other than white, the
The price index for bakery products index was 362.8, up 1% from October
WASHINGTON - The Consumer
Price Index for baked foods and cereal in November was 305.9, up 0.1% from and up 2.6% from a year ago.
The price index for fresh biscuits,
products fell 0.1% in November, October and up 1.4% from November
rolls and muffins in November was
according to the Bureau of Labor 2018.
The November index for bread 180.3, down 0.1% from October and
Statistics of the U.S. Department of
Labor. The index for all food at home was 187.6, up 1.3% from October down 1.2% from November 2018.
and up 3.6% from November 2018. The November index for cakes,
fell 0.2%.
cupcakes and cookies was 294,
Of the 18 items followed by
up 1.4% from October and up
Milling & Baking News, 11 posted
Consumer Price Index for Cereal
0.8% from November 2018.
month-over-month
decreases
Under this segment, other price
and 7 finished higher.
and Bakery Products
indexes included fresh cakes
The November index for
(1982-84=100)
Nov.
Oct.
and cupcakes, 323.6, up 4.1%
Cereals and Bakery Products
2019
2019
from October and up 2.5% from
before seasonal adjustment was
All cereal and bakery products
November 2018; and cookies,
276.2% of the 1982-84 average,
U.S. average
276.2
276.5
273.4, down 0.2% from the
up 1.1% from a year ago. For
All Bakery Products
305.9
305.7
previous month but up 0.4%
all food at home, the November
Bread*
187.6
185.2
from the previous year.
index was 241.7, down 0.2%
White bread
341.1
336.3
The C.P.I. for other bakery
from November 2018.
Bread other than white
362.8
359.2
products in November was
The C.P.I. for cereals and
Fresh biscuits, rolls and muffins* 180.3
180.5
265.9, down 2.1% from October
cereal products in November
Cakes, cupcakes and cookies
294.0
289.8
but up 1% from November 2018.
was 224.9, down 0.5% from
Fresh cakes and cupcakes
323.6
310.4
Under this heading, other price
October but up 0.3% from
Cookies
273.4
274.0
indexes in November included:
November 2018. The index for
Other bakery products
265.9
271.6
fresh sweet rolls, coffee cakes
products within this category
Fresh sweet rolls, coffee
and donuts, 312, down 0.1%
included: flour and prepared
cakes and donuts
312.0
312.2
from October but up 2.6% from
mixes, 224.4, down 3.6% from
Crackers and cracker products
296.5
311.2
November 2018; crackers and
October and down 0.4% from
Frozen and refrigerated
cracker products, 296.5, down
the previous year; breakfast
bakery products
268.0
268.9
All Cereals, Cereal Products
224.9
226.0
4.7% from October but up 0.5%
cereal, 218.8, down 0.7% from
All-purpose flour, mixes
224.4
232.8
from November 2018; and frozen
the previous month and down
Breakfast cereals
218.8
220.4
and refrigerated bakery products,
0.2% from a year ago; and rice,
Rice, pasta, corn meal
238.5
236.5
pies, tarts and turnovers, 268,
pasta and corn meal, 238.5, up
down 0.3% from October but up
0.8% from October and up 1%
*December 1997 base.
0.4% from the previous year. MBN
from November 2018.

Retail white bread price rises
for third consecutive month
WASHINGTON - The average price
paid for white pan bread rose 3.6c
per lb in November and has now
increased 8.6c over the past three
months, according to the latest data
from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
of the U.S. Department of Labor. The
price of whole wheat bread declined,
falling 0.5c per lb.
The national average retail price of
white pan bread was 136.1c, up 3.6c
per lb from October and up 8.7c from
November 2018. On a month-to-month
basis, the average price for white pan
bread in November increased in three
regions - up 9.9c in the West, up
6.9c in the Midwest and up 1.3c in
the Northeast - and declined in one
region - down 0.3c in the South.
At 194.3c per lb, the national
average price for whole wheat bread
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was down 0.5c per lb from October
and down 0.2c per lb from November
2018.
The national average price of family
flour in November was 41.7c per lb,
down 1.5c from October and down
1.6c from November 2018.

The national average price for
spaghetti and macaroni in November
was 123.1c per lb, up 5.3c from
October and up 3.5c from November
2018. Chocolate chip cookies were
360.3c per lb, up 0.1c from October
and up 7.6c from November 2018.
The national average price of white
long-grain rice was 72.1c per lb, down
5.2c from October but up 1c from
November 2018. MBN

Average retail white pan bread price
in cents per lb

150
140
130
120
2014

2015

2016

2017

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor

2018

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