Grocery Prices
Drink & Beverage prices
U.S. city average · May 2026
Drinks price snapshot
The drink & beverage group covers beer, orange juice and wine — 3 staples Basket Report prices each month at the U.S. city average from Bureau of Labor Statistics data. In May 2026 they ran from beer at $1.88 per 16 oz up to wine at $13.84 per liter, with 2 costing more than a month earlier and 1 costing less.
The biggest monthly increase came from orange juice, up 1.4%. Going the other way, wine fell 1.0%. Over the past year orange juice stands out, up 12.2% 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 oz | $1.88 | ▲ 1.1% | ▲ 2.3% | |
| Orange juice, frozen concentrate | 16 oz | $4.97 | ▲ 1.4% | ▲ 12.2% | |
| Wine, red and white table | liter | $13.84 | ▼ 1.0% | ▲ 0.7% |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI Average Price Data, series listed on each item page. Retrieved May 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.