THE GROCERY PRICE INDEX
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The Grocery Price IndexData through June 2026, the most recent month the BLS has published. New grocery prices are released around the middle of the following month, so this is the latest data available. Retrieved July 14, 2026.

What groceries actually cost right now.

Basket Report follows 31 everyday grocery and beverage prices using official BLS average retail price data, then turns the food items into a 24-item monthly basket index, item price pages, regional comparisons, and free charts anyone can cite.

31 tracked prices · 24 included in the Basket Index

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  • Official BLS data
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Seasonal Summer Cookout Costs $47.58 ▲ 6.4% YoY · — MoM 9-item grilling basket · Latest complete: May 2026 · June 2026 missing Pork chops, center cut, bone-in
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Biggest changes in June 2026

These are the biggest month-over-month moves for June 2026 — the most recent month the BLS has published. Prices for a month post around the middle of the next month, so this is the latest data available, not stale.
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Tomatoes ▼ 13.5% Up 24.0% over the year
Pork chops ▲ 6.7% At a record high
Chicken Legs ▼ 5.5% Down 7.0% over the year
Cheddar cheese ▲ 4.8% Near its record high
Yogurt ▲ 3.3% Up 6.2% over the year

Month-over-month change · U.S. city average · BLS CPI Average Price Data

Price Watch

Short signals from this month's grocery data · June 2026

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Record high Lettuce hit a new record high Lettuce is about $2.01/lb, a new high. View lettuce price history →
Near record Coffee is still near record highs Coffee is about $9.46/lb, roughly 3% below its peak. View coffee price history →
Cheaper Eggs are much cheaper than last year Eggs are down about 43.3% year over year. View egg price history →
The Cookout Index What a summer cookout costs, from official BLS grocery prices. See the cookout cost →
Prices by Region See how grocery prices compare across the four U.S. census regions. Explore regions →
Explainers Plain-English guides to what the grocery price data shows. Read explainers →
Calculator Build a basket and see how its cost has changed since 2020. Try the calculator →

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Every chart on Basket Report is free to embed, every series is downloadable as CSV or JSON, and every number traces to a named BLS series. Built for journalists, researchers, and anyone arguing about egg prices online.

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The Receipt — the monthly grocery-price brief

Get the new basket total, the biggest grocery-price changes, and one shareable chart on CPI release morning.

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