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Bookmark or Share- USDA Food Plans: Monthly Cost of Food ReportsUSDA produces four Food Plans at successively higher cost levels: the Thrifty, Low-Cost, Moderate-Cost, and Liberal Food Plans, illustrating how a healthy diet can be achieved at various costs. Each food plan specifies quantities of foods and beverages that can be purchased and prepared to make healthy meals and snacks at home.
- Food Inflation in the United States (1968-2024) - US Inflation CalculatorAs recently as August 2022, the rate of inflation for food at 11.4% was the highest since May 1979. Food is a major component within the BLS’s Consumer Price Index (CPI). This inflation category is divided into two smaller groups: the "Food at home" index and the "Food away from home" index.
- How Much Does Food Cost in the US? - Move.orgWe found that Honolulu, Hawaii residents pay the most for food every month ($589.63), while people living in Virginia Beach, Virginia, pay the least ($335.11). Keep reading to learn more about food costs across the country and to see where your state ranks.
- Are groceries more expensive than last year? | USAFactsFood prices increased 11% from 2021 to 2022, the largest annual increase in 40 years. Since August 2004, the biggest year-over-year increase in grocery prices was in August 2022, when grocery prices were 13.5% higher than the year prior, in August 2021.
- USDA ERS - Food Price OutlookThe USDA, Economic Research Service (ERS) Food Price Outlook (FPO) provides data on food prices and forecasts annual food price changes up to 18 months in the future. On a monthly basis, USDA, ERS forecasts the annual percentage change in food prices for the current year and, beginning in July each year, for the following year.
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