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Data 

C.P.I. for baked foods, cereals
rises 0.1% in March

down 1% from March 2013. Under
this heading, the C.P.I. for white bread
was 316.7, down 1.6% from February
and down 1.7% from March 2013.
The price index for bakery products For bread other than white, the index
WASHINGTON - The Consumer
Price Index for baked foods and in March was 291.4, down 0.4% from was 339.6, up 0.1% from February but
cereal products rose 0.1% in March, February but up 0.1% from March down 0.3% from a year ago.
The price index for fresh biscuits,
according to the Bureau of Labor 2013.
The March index for bread was rolls and muffins in March was
Statistics of the U.S. Department of
Labor. The index for all food at home 174.8, down 0.9% from February and 172.7, down 0.7% from February but
up 0.8% from March 2013. The
also increased, climbing 0.4%.
March index for cakes, cupcakes
Of the 18 items followed by
Consumer Price Index for Cereal
and cookies was 273.2, up 0.2%
Milling & Baking News, half
from February and up 1.2% from
posted
month-over-month
and Bakery Products
March 2013. Under this segment,
gains and half finished lower.
(1982-84=100)
other price indexes included
The March index for Cereals
March
Feb.
2014
2014
fresh cakes and cupcakes, 282.1,
and Bakery Products before
All cereal and bakery products
down 0.1% from February but
seasonal
adjustment
was
U.S. average
270.7
270.6
up 1.1% from March 2013; and
270.7% of the 1982-84 average,
All Bakery Products
291.4
292.5
cookies, 265.8, up 0.2% from the
up 0.4% from a year ago. For all
Bread*
174.8
176.3
previous month and up 1.2%
food at home, the March index
White bread
316.7
322.0
from the previous year.
was 237, up 1.4% from March
Bread other than white
339.6
339.6
The C.P.I. for other bakery
2013.
Fresh biscuits, rolls and muffins* 172.7
173.9
products in March was 263.7,
The C.P.I. for cereals and
Cakes, cupcakes and cookies
273.2
272.6
down 0.2% from February but
cereal products in March was
Fresh cakes and cupcakes
282.1
282.3
up 0.2% from March 2013. Under
233.6, up 0.9% from February
Cookies
265.8
265.3
this heading, other price indexes
and up 1% from March 2013.
Other bakery products
263.7
264.3
in March included: fresh sweet
The index for products within
Fresh sweet rolls, coffee
rolls, coffee cakes and donuts,
this category included: flour
cakes and donuts
289.9
290.0
289.9, down 0.1% from February
and prepared mixes, 254.5,
Crackers and cracker products
300.4
307.3
but unchanged from March 2013;
down 0.1% from February but
Frozen and refrigerated
crackers and cracker products,
up 1.1% from the previous
bakery products
274.1
270.1
300.4, down 2.2% from February
year; breakfast cereal, 227.9, up
All Cereals, Cereal Products
233.6
231.6
and down 0.1% from March 2013;
0.7% from the previous month
All-purpose flour, mixes
254.5
254.6
and frozen and refrigerated bakery
and up 0.8% from a year ago;
Breakfast cereals
227.9
226.4
Rice, pasta, corn meal
240.1
236.5
products, pies, tarts and turnovers,
and rice, pasta and corn meal,
274.1, up 1.5% from February and
240.1, up 1.5% from February
*December 1997 base.
up 1.3% from the previous year. MBN
and up 0.7% from March 2013.

White pan bread price down
sharply in month
WASHINGTON - The average price
paid for white pan bread and whole
wheat bread decreased in March,
according to the latest data from the
Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S.
Department of Labor.
The national average retail price of
white pan bread was 135.9c, down
2.9c per lb from February and down
5.3c from March 2013. On a monthto-month basis, the average price for
white pan bread in March fell in all
four regions - down 3.8c in the South,
down 3.4c in the Northeast, down 2.3c
in the Midwest and down 1.4c in the
West.
At 206.4c per lb, the national
average price for whole wheat bread
was down 0.4c per lb from February
but up 4c per lb from March 2013.
The national average price of family
flour in March was 55.1c per lb, down
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0.4c from February but up 5.2c from
March 2013.
The national average price for
spaghetti and macaroni in March was

130.7c per lb, up 4.2c from February
but down 1.6c from March 2013.
Chocolate chip cookies were 342.4c per
lb, up 9.5c from February but down
35c from March 2013. The national
average price of white long-grain rice
was 73.3c per lb, up 0.1c from February
and up 1.9c from March 2013. MBN

Average retail price of bread
cens per lb
250

Whole Wheat bread
White Pan bread

200

150

100

50
2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor

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