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Basket Report Grocery Basket Price Index

June 2026

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The Basket Report Grocery Basket Price Index — the cost of a fixed-weight 24-item staple grocery basket at the U.S. city average — was $111.17 in June 2026, down 0.3% from the previous month and up 0.3% from a year earlier, based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average price data.

Canonical link: basketreport.com/basket/ — the page updates automatically each month within hours of the BLS Consumer Price Index release. The headline figure is a fixed-weight basket (the same items and quantities every month), so a change reflects price, not a change in mix. See the full methodology and the 24-item list.

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Each chart is a static, JavaScript-free SVG that renders inside an <iframe> and links back to the source page. Paste a snippet into any CMS or article. The image refreshes when the data does.

<iframe src="https://basketreport.com/embed/basket/"
  width="600" height="420" frameborder="0" loading="lazy"></iframe>

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<iframe src="https://basketreport.com/embed/eggs/"
  width="600" height="420" frameborder="0" loading="lazy"></iframe>

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<iframe src="https://basketreport.com/embed/milk/"
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<iframe src="https://basketreport.com/embed/coffee/"
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Every one of the 24 items has its own embeddable chart at /prices/, or use the Chart Builder for custom dates, dimensions, and formats.

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Researchers cite what they can download. Every series ships as CSV and JSON with a header line naming the BLS series ID and the retrieval date; each chart also has a 1200×630 share-card PNG.

• Basket Report Grocery Basket Price Index: CSV · JSON · share card (PNG)
• Per-item data: linked from every item page (e.g. eggs.csv, eggs.json)
• Regional baskets: the four census regions at /regions/
• Everything in one place: the full catalogue, BLS series-ID map, and a machine-readable index at /data/

Story angles we can source on request

• This month’s biggest movers — which staples rose or fell most, in dollars and percent.
• Record highs and lows for any item, with the dates, back to 1980.
• “Real” (inflation-adjusted) prices alongside nominal, for any item or the basket.
• How a staple basket differs across the Northeast, Midwest, South, and West.
• Custom comparisons against a past baseline (e.g. vs. 2019, vs. the 2022 peak).

How to cite

Attribution to Basket Report is appreciated but not required: the underlying data is a work of the U.S. government and in the public domain. Suggested citation:

Basket Report, "Basket Report Grocery Basket Price Index," U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI Average Price Data. basketreport.com (retrieved 2026-08-01).

Please attribute the underlying prices to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI Average Price Data; the Grocery Basket Price Index itself is our derived analysis, computed from unaltered BLS prices. Text attribution only — there is no BLS logo and BLS does not endorse Basket Report.

Contact

Press, interviews, a custom cut of the data, or a number you can’t find — email press@basketreport.com, or see the contact page. We can usually turn a reporter request around the same day, and the reporter alert above sends a short note the morning the monthly CPI lands.