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C.P.I. for baked foods and cereals rises 0.1% in November

heading, the C.P.I. for white bread was 309.8, down 1.9% from October but up 4.6% from November 2010. For bread other than white, the index was 332.6, The price index for bakery products down 1.2% from October but up 7.5% WASHINGTON — The Consumer Price Index for baked foods and cereal in November was 283, down 0.5% from a year ago. The price index for fresh biscuits, products rose 0.1% in November after from October but up 4.9% from rolls and muffins in November was climbing 0.5% in October and 0.4% in November 2010. The November index for bread was 168, down 0.1% from October but September, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department 171.2, down 1.2% from October but up up 5.8% from November 2010. The of Labor. The index for all food at 5.7% from November 2010. Under this November index for cakes, cupcakes and cookies was 266.3, up home, meanwhile, fell 0.3% after 1.8% from October and up gaining 0.2% in October and 0.6% Consumer Price Index for Cereal 4.3% from November 2010. in September. Under this segment, other price Of the 18 items followed by and Bakery Products indexes included fresh cakes Milling & Baking News, 8 posted (1982-84=100) Nov. Oct. and cupcakes, 277.4, up 2.4% month-over-month gains, while 2011 2011 from October and up 5.7% from 10 finished lower. All cereal and bakery products November 2010; and cookies, The November index for Cereals U.S. average 265.6 265.4 255.6, up 1.7% from the previous and Bakery Products before All Bakery Products 283.0 284.3 month and up 2.9% from the seasonal adjustment was 265.6% of Bread* 171.2 173.3 previous year. the 1982-84 average, up 5.9% from White bread 309.8 315.7 The C.P.I. for other bakery a year ago. For all food at home, Bread other than white 332.6 336.8 products in November was the November index was 229.4, up Fresh biscuits, rolls and mufﬁns* 168.0 168.3 252.7, down 1.9% from October 5.6% from November 2010. Cakes, cupcakes and cookies 266.3 261.4 but up 4.3% from November The C.P.I. for cereals and cereal Fresh cakes and cupcakes 277.4 270.8 2010. Under this heading, other products in November was 232.8, Cookies 255.6 251.2 price indexes in November up 1.1% from October and up 7.9% Other bakery products 252.7 257.5 included: fresh sweet rolls, coffee from November 2010. The index Fresh sweet rolls, coffee cakes and donuts, 271.5, up 0.4% for products within this category cakes and donuts 271.5 270.5 from October and up 6.4% from included: flour and prepared Crackers and cracker products 294.0 300.3 November 2010; crackers and mixes, 242.2, down 1.5% from Frozen and refrigerated cracker products, 294, down 2.1% October but up 11.1% from the bakery products 258.8 266.4 from October but up 5.5% from previous year; breakfast cereal, All Cereals, Cereal Products 232.8 230.2 All-purpose ﬂour, mixes 242.2 245.8 November 2010; and frozen and 227.7, up 1.8% from the previous Breakfast cereals 227.7 223.7 refrigerated bakery products, month and up 6.2% from a year Rice, pasta, corn meal 243.3 241.0 pies, tarts and turnovers, 258.8, ago; and rice, pasta and corn meal, down 2.9% from October but up 243.3, up 0.9% from October and *December 1997 base. 2.9% from the previous year. MBN up 9.5% from November 2010.

White pan bread price lower, whole wheat higher in November
WASHINGTON — The average price paid for white pan bread fell sharply while whole wheat bread climbed in November, 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 139.9c, down 5.8c per lb from October but up 2.4c from November 2010. The loss followed a decrease of 2c per lb in October. On a month-to-month basis, the average price for white pan bread in November fell in all three regions — down 9.5c in the West, down 7.4c in the Midwest, and down 3c in the South. At 209.3c per lb, the national average price for whole wheat bread was up 5.2c per lb from October and up 20.9c per lb from November 2010. The new record high eclipsed the previous
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record of 207.3c per lb set in October. The national average price of family flour in November was 51.7c per lb, down 2.5c from October but up 7.1c from November 2010. It was the sharpest month-over-month decline since falling 2.6c per lb in November 2010. The price was down in three regions — down 5c in the West, down

4.1c in the Midwest and down 1.6c in the South — and up in one region — up 0.4c in the Northeast. The national average price for spaghetti and macaroni in November was 132.8c per lb, up 4.9c from October and up 18.7c from November 2010. Chocolate chip cookies were 362c per lb, up 5.1c from October and up 27.3c from November 2010. The national average price of white long-grain rice was 75.2c per lb, down 1.5c from October but up 4.2c from November 2010. MBN

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