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Data X

C.P.I. for baked foods, cereal
eases 0.2% in August

0.6% from August 2014. Under this
heading, the C.P.I. for white bread
was 321.3, down 1.4% from July but
up 0.5% from August 2014. For bread
WASHINGTON - The Consumer down 0.3% from July but up 0.8% other than white, the index was 345.2,
up 0.7% from July and up 0.6% from
Price Index for baked foods and ce- from August 2014.
The price index for bakery products a year ago.
real products decreased 0.2% in
The price index for fresh biscuits,
August, its first month-over-month in August was 297.5, down 0.2% from
rolls and muffins in August was 175.9,
decline since April, according to the July but up 1.4% from August 2014.
The August index for bread was down 0.2% from July but up 2.4%
Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S.
Department of Labor. The index for 178.1, down 0.5% from July but up from August 2014. The August index
for cakes, cupcakes and cookall food at home, meanwhile,
ies was 280.1, up 0.2% from
finished higher, climbing 0.3%.
Consumer Price Index for Cereal
July and up 2.6% from August
Of the 18 items followed by
and Bakery Products
2014. Under this segment, othMilling & Baking News, 11 post(1982-84=100)
er price indexes included fresh
ed month-over-month declines,
Aug.
July
cakes and cupcakes, 293.6, up
6 finished higher and 1 was un2015
2015
0.6% from July and up 3.7%
changed.
All cereal and bakery products
from August 2014; and cookThe August index for CereU.S. average
275.0
275.5
ies, 270, unchanged from the
als and Bakery Products before
All Bakery Products
297.5
298.1
previous month and up 1.6%
seasonal adjustment was 275%
Bread*
178.1
179.0
from the previous year.
of the 1982-84 average, up 1.1%
White bread
321.3
326.0
The C.P.I. for other bakery
from a year ago. For all food at
Bread other than white
345.2
342.8
products
in August was 269.1,
home, the August index was
Fresh biscuits, rolls and muffins* 175.9
176.3
down 0.2% from July but up
242.7, up 0.3% from August
Cakes, cupcakes and cookies
280.1
279.4
0.8% from August 2014. Under
2014.
Fresh cakes and cupcakes
293.6
291.9
this heading, other price inThe C.P.I. for cereals and ceCookies
270.0
270.0
dexes in August included: fresh
real products in August was
Other bakery products
269.1
269.7
sweet rolls, coffee cakes and do235, down 0.2% from July but
Fresh sweet rolls, coffee
nuts, 296.9, up 0.5% from July
cakes and donuts
296.9
295.5
up 0.3% from August 2014. The
Crackers and cracker products
313.0
312.0
and up 1.2% from August 2014;
index for products within this
Frozen and refrigerated
crackers and cracker products,
category included: flour and
bakery products
270.9
272.7
313, up 0.3% from July and up
prepared mixes, 246.9, down
All Cereals, Cereal Products
235.0
235.5
0.9% from August 2014; and
0.2% from July and down 3%
All-purpose flour, mixes
246.9
247.5
frozen and refrigerated bakery
from the previous year; breakBreakfast cereals
230.3
230.7
products, pies, tarts and turnfast cereal, 230.3, down 0.2%
Rice, pasta, corn meal
243.1
243.8
overs, 270.9, down 0.7% from
from the previous month but
July and down 0.1% from the
up 0.7% from a year ago; and
*December 1997 base.
previous year. MBN
rice, pasta and corn meal, 243.1,

White pan bread, whole wheat
prices decline in August
WASHINGTON - The average price
paid for white pan bread fell 2.7c per
lb in August while the price of whole
wheat bread declined 0.7c in the
month, 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 142.0c, down
2.7c per lb from July but up 2.4c from
August 2014. On a month-to-month
basis, the average price for white pan
bread in August decreased in three
regions - down 4.3c in the South,
down 4.2c in the West and down 3.2c
in the Midwest - and increased in
one region - up 2.9c in the Northeast.
At 195.6c per lb, the national
average price for whole wheat bread
was down 0.7c per lb from July and
down 11.6c per lb from August 2014.
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The national average price of family
flour in August was 52.4c per lb, up
0.9c from July but down 0.7c from
August 2014.
The national average price for

spaghetti and macaroni in August
was 135.1c per lb, up 2.6c from July
but down 2.4c from August 2014.
Chocolate chip cookies were 323.3c
per lb, down 7.2c from July and down
14.2c from August 2014. The national
average price of white long-grain rice
was 66.9c per lb, down 0.4c from July
and down 6.8c from August 2014. MBN

Average retail bread price
in cents per lb

240

Whole wheat bread

200
160
120
White pan bread
80
2005

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Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor
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