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Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD · latest published month December 2025

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD: grocery and restaurant price change

How fast prices are changing in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 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 2025316.672December 2024+1.25%

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 2025316.672+1.25%
November 2025318.169+3.06%
September 2025313.922+0.54%
August 2025317.306+2.21%
July 2025309.762+0.78%
June 2025309.951+0.95%
May 2025311.100+1.11%
April 2025312.149+1.00%
March 2025312.809+1.61%
February 2025314.853+2.42%
January 2025308.101+0.24%
December 2024312.761+2.31%
November 2024308.730+2.26%
October 2024312.062+2.96%
September 2024312.231+3.72%
August 2024310.453+2.94%
July 2024307.358+1.62%
June 2024307.039+1.31%
May 2024307.671+1.52%
April 2024309.060+1.50%
March 2024307.840+0.18%
February 2024307.428+1.17%
January 2024307.361+2.45%
December 2023305.691+3.46%

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
FoodDecember 2025316.486December 2024+2.16%

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
December 2025316.486+2.16%
August 2025314.549+2.61%
June 2025310.186+2.07%
April 2025311.211+2.58%
February 2025311.911+3.30%
December 2024309.783+3.32%
October 2024308.216+3.41%
August 2024306.539+3.61%
June 2024303.882+2.76%
April 2024303.369+2.48%
February 2024301.941+2.31%
December 2023299.842+3.56%
October 2023298.064+2.59%
August 2023295.847+4.37%
June 2023295.722+6.48%
April 2023296.037+8.48%
February 2023295.127+10.90%
December 2022289.545+11.12%
October 2022290.526+13.14%
August 2022283.470+12.19%
June 2022277.731+10.11%
April 2022272.891+9.46%
February 2022266.116+8.21%
December 2021260.566+4.21%

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 homeDecember 2025306.843December 2024+3.26%

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
December 2025306.843+3.26%
August 2025302.029+3.21%
June 2025301.211+3.45%
April 2025300.866+4.83%
February 2025299.259+4.67%
December 2024297.154+4.88%
October 2024294.378+4.08%
August 2024292.647+4.66%
June 2024291.154+5.08%
April 2024287.000+4.10%
February 2024285.902+4.20%
December 2023283.337+3.71%
October 2023282.847+4.61%
August 2023279.624+6.89%
June 2023277.082+6.75%
April 2023275.697+6.56%
February 2023274.389+7.15%
December 2022273.189+6.53%
October 2022270.383+7.79%
August 2022261.602+5.18%
June 2022259.554+5.43%
April 2022258.728+4.98%
February 2022256.079+5.53%
December 2021256.452+4.39%

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 CUURS12BSAF11, Food at home for Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, data month December 2025.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index (CPI-U, not seasonally adjusted), series CUURS12BSAF1, Food for Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, data month December 2025.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index (CPI-U, not seasonally adjusted), series CUURS12BSEFV, Food away from home for Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, data month December 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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