Grocery and restaurant price change, metro by metro
FreshDeal Flyers tracks how grocery and restaurant prices are changing where you live, using the Consumer Price Index the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes. We do not publish store flyers or coupons.
- 47CPI areas covered
- 23metro areas
- 3food indexes for each
- 13,366monthly figures
Food at home over 12 months: the U.S. and the four regions
Percent change in the food-at-home index between the latest published month and the same month 12 months earlier. An index measures price change. Compare the changes between areas, never the index levels.
| Area | Index | Latest published month | Index level | 12 months earlier | 12-month change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. city average | Food at home | December 2025 | 315.664 | December 2024 | +2.36% |
| Northeast | Food at home | December 2025 | 319.676 | December 2024 | +2.87% |
| Midwest | Food at home | December 2025 | 296.429 | December 2024 | +1.79% |
| South | Food at home | December 2025 | 314.286 | December 2024 | +2.39% |
| West | Food at home | December 2025 | 331.043 | December 2024 | +2.36% |
Records shown: CUUR0000SAF11, CUUR0100SAF11, CUUR0200SAF11, CUUR0300SAF11, CUUR0400SAF11.
The U.S. average and the four regions are shown here and on the regions page; they are not metro areas, so they have no metro page.
Metro areas with the largest 12-month rise in food at home
The five metro areas, of the 23 published, with the largest 12-month change in the food-at-home index.
Metro areas with the smallest 12-month rise in food at home
The five metro areas, of the 23 published, with the smallest 12-month change in the food-at-home index. A fall in prices shows as a negative change.
How to read this
Every figure on this site is an index published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. An index number has no unit: it tracks price change from the base period that its series uses. Base periods differ between series, which is why index levels from two different areas are not comparable even when the same month is shown for both.
The 12-month change is different. It is computed from two records of the same series exactly 12 months apart, so it can be compared between areas. An index measures price change. Compare the changes between areas, never the index levels. This site uses the source series as published; the Bureau of Labor Statistics does not seasonally adjust these series.
Metro-area indexes are published monthly for some areas and every other month for others. A month that was not published is left out of the tables rather than counted as zero, and where a 12-month change cannot be computed because one of its two months is missing, the page says the change is not available. Nothing here is estimated.
Where the figures come from · All metro areas · Regions and the U.S.