Grocery Prices
Drink & Beverage prices
U.S. city average · June 2026
Drinks price snapshot
The drink & beverage group covers beer, orange juice, soda and wine — 4 staples Basket Report prices each month at the U.S. city average from Bureau of Labor Statistics data. In June 2026 they ran from soda at $0.61 per 12-ounce can up to wine at $13.80 per liter, with 2 items costing more than a month earlier and 2 items costing less.
The biggest monthly increase came from soda, up 6.6%. Going the other way, orange juice fell 1.9%. Over the past year orange juice stands out, up 8.5% from twelve months ago.
These are unadjusted BLS shelf averages — never estimates — and each one feeds the fixed-weight Grocery Basket Price Index. Orange juice carries the longest record, charted monthly back to January 1980; open any row for its history, or check the latest drink & beverage move on the Receipt.
| Item | Unit | Price | MoM | YoY | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beer, malt beverages | 16 ounces | $1.88 | ▲ 0.3% | ▲ 3.8% | |
| Orange juice, frozen concentrate | 16 ounces | $4.87 | ▼ 1.9% | ▲ 8.5% | |
| Soda | 12-ounce can | $0.61 | ▲ 6.6% | ▲ 5.7% | |
| Wine, red and white table | liter | $13.80 | ▼ 0.3% | ▼ 1.1% |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI Average Price Data, series listed on each item page. Retrieved August 1, 2026 via the BLS Public Data API. Download the full directory as CSV or JSON. BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.