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Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO · latest published month December 2025

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO: grocery and restaurant price change

How fast prices are changing in Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO, 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 2025287.155December 2024+2.99%

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 2025287.155+2.99%
November 2025278.025-1.49%
September 2025284.772+2.31%
August 2025283.833+1.62%
July 2025279.935+0.16%
June 2025283.189+2.20%
May 2025283.154+2.20%
April 2025285.669+2.11%
March 2025282.961+1.94%
February 2025283.047+0.85%
January 2025287.501+2.06%
December 2024278.808+0.01%
November 2024282.229+1.69%
October 2024277.333-1.13%
September 2024278.347-1.14%
August 2024279.297-0.76%
July 2024279.479-0.00%
June 2024277.092-0.55%
May 2024277.069-1.59%
April 2024279.761+0.87%
March 2024277.571-1.32%
February 2024280.660+0.26%
January 2024281.706+1.00%
December 2023278.776+1.23%

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 2025321.560November 2024+1.72%

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 2025321.560+1.72%
September 2025323.652+3.27%
July 2025319.482+1.95%
May 2025321.795+3.43%
March 2025321.042+3.33%
January 2025321.317+4.02%
November 2024316.126+3.60%
September 2024313.415+2.07%
July 2024313.360+2.63%
May 2024311.111+1.89%
March 2024310.684+2.52%
January 2024308.902+3.21%
November 2023305.145+4.02%
September 2023307.046+3.92%
July 2023305.326+4.23%
May 2023305.346+7.58%
March 2023303.052+9.73%
January 2023299.284+9.28%
November 2022293.347+9.70%
September 2022295.451+11.83%
July 2022292.930+11.99%
May 2022283.828+9.77%
March 2022276.168+9.11%
January 2022273.880+7.31%

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 2025385.491November 2024+5.96%

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 2025385.491+5.96%
September 2025379.149+4.55%
July 2025376.355+4.25%
May 2025376.944+5.01%
March 2025375.221+5.02%
January 2025367.842+5.80%
November 2024363.822+5.55%
September 2024362.634+5.84%
July 2024361.009+5.67%
May 2024358.954+6.23%
March 2024357.294+7.62%
January 2024347.673+6.71%
November 2023344.684+7.59%
September 2023342.630+7.81%
July 2023341.622+7.76%
May 2023337.888+8.85%
March 2023331.993+9.51%
January 2023325.804+6.41%
November 2022320.367+7.88%
September 2022317.803+8.39%
July 2022317.014+9.75%
May 2022310.430+8.61%
March 2022303.158+10.19%
January 2022306.171+9.78%

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 CUURS48BSAF11, Food at home for Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO, data month December 2025.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index (CPI-U, not seasonally adjusted), series CUURS48BSAF1, Food for Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO, data month November 2025.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index (CPI-U, not seasonally adjusted), series CUURS48BSEFV, Food away from home for Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO, 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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