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C.P.I. for baked foods, cereals up
0.1% for third straight month
WASHINGTON - The Consumer Price price indexes included fresh cakes and
Index for baked foods and cereal products cupcakes, 285.7, up 1.1% from April and
rose 0.1% in May, its third consecutive up 2.2% from May 2013; and cookies, 263.7,
month of such gains, according to the down 0.3% from the previous month but
Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. up 2.4% from the previous year.
The C.P.I. for other bakery products in
Department of Labor. The index for all food
May was 267.3, up 0.7% from April and up
at home also increased, climbing 0.6%.
Of the 18 items followed by Milling & 0.9% from May 2013. Under this heading,
Baking News, 11 posted month-over-month other price indexes in May included: fresh
gains and 7 finished lower.
The May index for Cereals and
Consumer Price Index for Cereal
Bakery Products before seasonal
and Bakery Products
adjustment was 271.4% of the 1982(1982-84=100)
84 average, up 0.1% from a year ago.
May
April
For all food at home, the May index
2014
2014
was 239.5, up 2.6% from May 2013.
All cereal and bakery products
The C.P.I. for cereals and cereal
U.S. average
271.4
271.0
products in May was 233.6, up 0.5%
All Bakery Products
292.6
292.7
from April but down 0.2% from May
Bread*
175.7
177.9
2013. The index for products within this
White bread
318.2
323.6
category included: flour and prepared
Bread other than white
341.3
344.2
mixes, 251.8, up 0.7% from April but
Fresh biscuits, rolls and muffins* 170.5
170.3
down 2.8% from the previous year;
Cakes, cupcakes and cookies
273.3
272.4
breakfast cereal, 228.1, down 0.1% from
Fresh cakes and cupcakes
285.7
282.4
the previous month and unchanged
Cookies
263.7
264.4
from a year ago; and rice, pasta and
Other bakery products
267.3
265.5
corn meal, 240.7, up 1.4% from April
Fresh sweet rolls, coffee
cakes and donuts
289.7
292.4
but down 0.3% from May 2013.
Crackers and cracker products
311.5
304.5
The price index for bakery products
Frozen and refrigerated
in May was 292.6, down 0.1% from
bakery products
273.3
271.3
April but up 0.4% from May 2013.
All Cereals, Cereal Products
233.6
232.4
The May index for bread was 175.7,
All-purpose flour, mixes
251.8
250.1
down 1.2% from April and down 1.2%
Breakfast cereals
228.1
228.4
from May 2013. Under this heading,
Rice, pasta, corn meal
240.7
237.3
the C.P.I. for white bread was 318.2,
down 1.7% from April and down 1.3%
*December 1997 base.
from May 2013. For bread other than
white, the index was 341.3, down 0.8% from sweet rolls, coffee cakes and donuts, 289.7,
down 0.9% from April and down 0.4% from
April and down 1.4% from a year ago.
The price index for fresh biscuits, rolls May 2013; crackers and cracker products,
and muffins in May was 170.5, up 0.1% from 311.5, up 2.2% from April and up 3.4%
April but down 0.4% from May 2013. The from May 2013; and frozen and refrigerated
May index for cakes, cupcakes and cookies bakery products, pies, tarts and turnovers,
was 273.3, up 0.3% from April and up 2.2% 273.3, up 0.7% from April but down 0.3%
from May 2013. Under this segment, other from the previous year. MBN

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WASHINGTON - The average price
paid for white pan bread increased in
May while the price for whole wheat
bread fell, 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 140.1c, up 1.3c per lb
from April but unchanged from May 2013.
At 201.6c per lb, the national average
price for whole wheat bread was down
7.6c per lb from April and down 5.5c
per lb from May 2013.

The national average price of family
flour in May was 53.2c per lb, down 1.5c
from April but up 0.2c from May 2013.
The national average price for
spaghetti and macaroni in May was
130.1c per lb, up 6c from April but
down 7c from May 2013. Chocolate
chip cookies were 339.1c per lb, down
18.8c from April and down 3.7 from
May 2013. The national average price of
white long-grain rice was 73.9c per lb,
down 1.1c from April but up 3.7c from
May 2013. MBN
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