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Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH · latest published month December 2025

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH: grocery and restaurant price change

How fast prices are changing in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH, for food at home, food overall and food away from home, from the Consumer Price Index.

An index measures price change. Compare the changes between areas, never the index levels.

Food at home

Food at home covers groceries bought to prepare and eat at home.

IndexLatest published monthIndex level12 months earlier12-month change
Food at homeDecember 2025315.122December 2024+0.51%

The change over 12 months is computed from two records exactly 12 months apart. Where either month is not published, the change is not available.

Last 24 published months: Food at home

Months this area did not publish are not listed here. They are not zero.

Data monthIndexChange from 12 months earlier
December 2025315.122+0.51%
November 2025315.369-0.41%
September 2025314.423-0.32%
August 2025311.983+0.46%
July 2025315.457+0.55%
June 2025312.266+0.51%
May 2025316.254+1.37%
April 2025314.037-0.11%
March 2025313.993-0.72%
February 2025317.316-0.26%
January 2025317.027-0.61%
December 2024313.508+0.13%
November 2024316.667+0.51%
October 2024316.226+0.43%
September 2024315.425+0.14%
August 2024310.560-1.64%
July 2024313.738+0.13%
June 2024310.667-0.27%
May 2024311.965+0.77%
April 2024314.383+1.89%
March 2024316.280+1.94%
February 2024318.150+2.68%
January 2024318.986+3.10%
December 2023313.090+3.21%

Source for these figures: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index.

Food

Food combines food at home with food away from home.

IndexLatest published monthIndex level12 months earlier12-month change
FoodNovember 2025361.306November 2024+2.09%

The change over 12 months is computed from two records exactly 12 months apart. Where either month is not published, the change is not available.

Last 24 published months: Food

Months this area did not publish are not listed here. They are not zero.

Data monthIndexChange from 12 months earlier
November 2025361.306+2.09%
September 2025362.556+2.83%
July 2025360.709+3.32%
May 2025360.553+3.52%
March 2025357.557+2.20%
January 2025356.345+1.29%
November 2024353.910+1.29%
September 2024352.585+1.14%
July 2024349.128+1.50%
May 2024348.304+2.60%
March 2024349.874+3.48%
January 2024351.809+4.66%
November 2023349.388+5.34%
September 2023348.602+5.04%
July 2023343.963+5.77%
May 2023339.467+7.12%
March 2023338.121+9.24%
January 2023336.134+10.51%
November 2022331.681+10.79%
September 2022331.888+12.16%
July 2022325.185+10.30%
May 2022316.898+8.68%
March 2022309.522+7.14%
January 2022304.158+6.03%

Source for these figures: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index.

Food away from home

Food away from home covers meals and snacks bought outside the home, including restaurants, cafeterias and vending.

IndexLatest published monthIndex level12 months earlier12-month change
Food away from homeNovember 2025444.093November 2024+5.24%

The change over 12 months is computed from two records exactly 12 months apart. Where either month is not published, the change is not available.

Last 24 published months: Food away from home

Months this area did not publish are not listed here. They are not zero.

Data monthIndexChange from 12 months earlier
November 2025444.093+5.24%
September 2025449.002+6.77%
July 2025442.348+6.87%
May 2025440.614+6.23%
March 2025436.344+6.04%
January 2025428.075+3.89%
November 2024422.001+2.48%
September 2024420.523+2.76%
July 2024413.911+4.14%
May 2024414.762+5.96%
March 2024411.481+6.85%
January 2024412.066+8.31%
November 2023411.791+8.84%
September 2023409.225+6.66%
July 2023397.441+5.15%
May 2023391.442+7.97%
March 2023385.111+6.11%
January 2023380.460+6.72%
November 2022378.348+8.17%
September 2022383.666+9.93%
July 2022377.960+9.43%
May 2022362.550+7.57%
March 2022362.937+8.66%
January 2022356.507+9.56%

Source for these figures: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index.

Where these figures come from

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index (CPI-U, not seasonally adjusted), series CUURS11ASAF11, Food at home for Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH, data month December 2025.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index (CPI-U, not seasonally adjusted), series CUURS11ASAF1, Food for Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH, data month November 2025.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index (CPI-U, not seasonally adjusted), series CUURS11ASEFV, Food away from home for Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH, data month November 2025.

The figures on this page cover the data months shown above. This site's copy of the data was fetched 28 September 2026.

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