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Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ · latest published month December 2025

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ: grocery and restaurant price change

How fast prices are changing in Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ, 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 2025190.345December 2024+3.80%

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 2025190.345+3.80%
November 2025191.389+4.58%
September 2025191.366+2.81%
August 2025189.306+1.47%
July 2025190.320+1.73%
June 2025189.878+3.98%
May 2025190.165+2.78%
April 2025190.184+3.21%
March 2025189.262+2.96%
February 2025187.071+2.55%
January 2025183.394-0.42%
December 2024183.369+0.70%
November 2024183.009+1.18%
October 2024184.364+0.83%
September 2024186.136+1.26%
August 2024186.561+1.12%
July 2024187.092+2.56%
June 2024182.606+0.91%
May 2024185.014+1.46%
April 2024184.268+1.88%
March 2024183.812+1.46%
February 2024182.427-0.41%
January 2024184.171+1.47%
December 2023182.089+1.27%

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 2025196.909December 2024+2.31%

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 2025196.909+2.31%
August 2025195.254+0.97%
June 2025197.262+3.44%
April 2025196.240+2.62%
February 2025194.236+2.29%
December 2024192.464+1.79%
October 2024191.719+1.47%
August 2024193.373+1.67%
June 2024190.700+2.00%
April 2024191.238+3.04%
February 2024189.879+0.97%
December 2023189.076+3.26%
October 2023188.936+3.41%
August 2023190.190+4.94%
June 2023186.953+6.84%
April 2023185.594+6.76%
February 2023188.059+10.09%
December 2022183.113+10.63%
October 2022182.705+12.64%
August 2022181.238+14.10%
June 2022174.987+9.33%
April 2022173.850+8.61%
February 2022170.825+8.15%
December 2021165.516+5.42%

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 2025210.610December 2024+0.76%

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 2025210.610+0.76%
August 2025208.175+0.91%
June 2025211.944+3.06%
April 2025209.318+2.41%
February 2025208.566+2.34%
December 2024209.030+3.36%
October 2024205.496+2.45%
August 2024206.301+2.54%
June 2024205.649+3.65%
April 2024204.394+4.87%
February 2024203.791+3.10%
December 2023202.237+6.43%
October 2023200.591+5.70%
August 2023201.187+8.55%
June 2023198.414+9.78%
April 2023194.899+8.74%
February 2023197.658+12.30%
December 2022190.016+9.88%
October 2022189.782+12.32%
August 2022185.337+12.01%
June 2022180.736+6.38%
April 2022179.241+7.62%
February 2022176.006+5.94%
December 2021172.925+4.62%

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 CUURS48ASAF11, Food at home for Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ, data month December 2025.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index (CPI-U, not seasonally adjusted), series CUURS48ASAF1, Food for Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ, data month December 2025.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index (CPI-U, not seasonally adjusted), series CUURS48ASEFV, Food away from home for Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ, 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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