Grocery prices
What food costs, tracked.
The bread index adds up a homemade loaf; the table sets this year's national averages beside live shelf prices — so one familiar recipe, and a full basket, tell the whole cost story.
The bread index
Our bread index adds up the ingredients it takes to bake one loaf at home — flour, milk, butter, sugar, and an egg — valued at the government's national average grocery prices from the table below. Follow the line through the year, and one familiar recipe tells the whole cost story.
The bread index
Adding up this month's prices…
Reading this year’s prices…
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