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St. Louis, MO-IL · latest published month December 2025

St. Louis, MO-IL: grocery and restaurant price change

How fast prices are changing in St. Louis, MO-IL, 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 2025301.702December 2024+1.99%

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 2025301.702+1.99%
November 2025299.326+0.85%
September 2025302.160+1.86%
August 2025299.422+1.54%
July 2025294.805-0.64%
June 2025297.003+0.92%
May 2025297.792+0.89%
April 2025299.947+1.55%
March 2025300.240+1.23%
February 2025298.423+1.60%
January 2025295.693+0.74%
December 2024295.806+1.15%
November 2024296.812+1.62%
October 2024296.886+0.76%
September 2024296.653+1.17%
August 2024294.888+0.46%
July 2024296.701+1.12%
June 2024294.302+0.47%
May 2024295.160+1.20%
April 2024295.356+2.43%
March 2024296.579+2.33%
February 2024293.733-0.09%
January 2024293.509-0.14%
December 2023292.448+0.83%

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 2025343.890December 2024+2.96%

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

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

Data monthIndexChange from 12 months earlier
December 2025343.890+2.96%
August 2025337.870+1.48%
June 2025336.471+1.98%
April 2025338.946+2.50%
February 2025336.869+2.36%
December 2024334.013+2.35%
October 2024334.364+2.15%
August 2024332.950+2.25%
June 2024329.928+1.66%
April 2024330.682+3.26%
February 2024329.100-0.57%
December 2023326.357+0.24%
October 2023327.330+1.69%
August 2023325.636+3.19%
June 2023324.554+4.97%
April 2023320.246+5.84%
February 2023330.980+13.22%
December 2022325.580+14.90%
October 2022321.881+14.28%
August 2022315.583+13.50%
June 2022309.198+12.91%
April 2022302.568+14.24%
February 2022292.335+10.73%
December 2021283.364+8.27%

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 2025416.873December 2024+4.23%

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 2025416.873+4.23%
August 2025404.214+1.40%
June 2025404.647+3.49%
April 2025406.269+3.86%
February 2025403.219+3.46%
December 2024399.955+4.09%
October 2024398.904+4.23%
August 2024398.637+4.93%
June 2024391.019+3.47%
April 2024391.185+4.52%
February 2024389.716-1.31%
December 2023384.243-0.65%
October 2023382.729-0.65%
August 2023379.923+2.08%
June 2023377.918+7.10%
April 2023374.284+6.00%
February 2023394.889+16.54%
December 2022386.743+18.81%
October 2022385.244+18.38%
August 2022372.177+15.84%
June 2022352.868+11.78%
April 2022353.093+18.95%
February 2022338.856+15.46%
December 2021325.506+10.98%

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 CUURS24BSAF11, Food at home for St. Louis, MO-IL, data month December 2025.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index (CPI-U, not seasonally adjusted), series CUURS24BSAF1, Food for St. Louis, MO-IL, data month December 2025.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index (CPI-U, not seasonally adjusted), series CUURS24BSEFV, Food away from home for St. Louis, MO-IL, 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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