Grocery prices now versus 2019
Compare the fixed 24-item Grocery Basket Price Index with the same month in 2019 and see which staples explain the dollar difference.
Baseline: 2019Historical data
Grocery-price comparisons
Direct, reproducible comparisons using observed BLS data and the fixed Basket Report methodology. Missing baselines remain unavailable.
Grocery prices now versus 2020
A reproducible same-month comparison of the 24-item U.S. grocery basket with 2020.
Baseline: 2020Grocery prices since the pandemic
Track the fixed grocery basket from its same-month 2020 level through the latest BLS observation.
Baseline: 2020What $100 of groceries in 2019 costs today
Use the fixed Basket Index ratio to convert a historical grocery amount into its current basket equivalent.
Baseline: 2019Grocery prices versus overall inflation
Compare the Basket Report fixed grocery basket with the all-items CPI-U over the same period.
Baseline: 2019Groceries versus restaurant prices
Compare official BLS food-at-home and food-away-from-home index changes alongside the Basket Report grocery benchmark.
Baseline: 2019Grocery items that increased most since 2020
Rank like-for-like Basket Index items by percentage and weighted dollar change from the same month in 2020.
Baseline: 2020Grocery items below their record highs
Compare every current weighted item price with its own observed BLS record high.
Baseline: 2020