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Data

Consumer prices for cereal, bakery
products unchanged in August

heading, the C.P.I. for white bread was
324.8, up 0.3% from July but down
0.1% from August 2017. For bread
other than white, the index was 350.4,
The price index for bakery products up 0.2% from July and up 1.1% from a
WASHINGTON - The Consumer
Price Index for baked foods and cereal in August was 299, down 0.1% from year ago.
The price index for fresh biscuits,
products held steady in August, July but up 0.4% from August 2017.
The August index for bread was rolls and muffins in August was 177.9,
according to the Bureau of Labor
Statistics of the U.S. Department of 180.1, up 0.4% from July and up up 0.3% from July and up 2.3% from
Labor. The index for all food at home 0.5% from August 2017. Under this August 2017. The August index for
cakes, cupcakes and cookies
increased 0.1%.
was 283.8, down 0.9% from July
Of the 18 items followed by
Consumer Price Index for Cereal
but up 0.4% from August 2017.
Milling & Baking News, 9 posted
Under this segment, other price
month-over-month increases,
and Bakery Products
indexes included fresh cakes
8 finished lower and 1 was
(1982-84=100)
Aug.
July
and cupcakes, 306.9, down 0.7%
unchanged.
2018
2018
from July but up 1.8% from
The August index for Cereals
All cereal and bakery products
August 2017; and cookies, 265.1,
and Bakery Products before
U.S. average
273.3
273.3
down 1% from the previous
seasonal adjustment was 273.3%
All Bakery Products
299.0
299.3
month but up 1.4% from the
of the 1982-84 average, up 0.3%
Bread*
180.1
179.4
previous year.
from a year ago. For all food at
White bread
324.8
323.9
The C.P.I. for other bakery
home, the August index was
Bread other than white
350.4
349.8
products in August was 266,
240, up 0.5% from August 2017.
Fresh biscuits, rolls and muffins* 177.9
177.3
down 0.1% from July and down
The C.P.I. for cereals and
Cakes, cupcakes and cookies
283.8
286.4
0.6% from August 2017. Under
cereal products in August was
Fresh cakes and cupcakes
306.9
309.2
this heading, other price indexes
228.6, up 0.3% from July and
Cookies
265.1
267.9
in August included: fresh sweet
up 0.1% from August 2017.
Other bakery products
266.0
266.3
rolls, coffee cakes and donuts,
The index for products within
Fresh sweet rolls, coffee
299.4, down 1.1% from July
this category included: flour
cakes and donuts
299.4
302.8
but up 1.2% from August 2017;
and prepared mixes, 240.1,
Crackers and cracker products
306.3
304.3
crackers and cracker products,
down 0.8% from July but up
Frozen and refrigerated
306.3, up 0.7% from July but
0.3% from the previous year;
bakery products
265.6
268.6
down 0.3% from August 2017;
breakfast cereal, 221.1, up 0.6%
All Cereals, Cereal Products
228.6
227.8
All-purpose flour, mixes
240.1
242.0
and frozen and refrigerated
from the previous month but
Breakfast cereals
221.1
219.7
bakery products, pies, tarts and
down 1.2% from a year ago;
Rice, pasta, corn meal
240.0
239.3
turnovers, 265.6, down 1.1%
and rice, pasta and corn meal,
from July and down 2.1% from
240, up 0.3% from July and up
*December 1997 base.
the previous year. MBN
1.4% from August 2017.

White, whole wheat bread prices
trend higher in August

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The national average price of family
flour in August was 46.4c per lb, down
0.4c per lb from July and down 4.8c
from August 2017.
The national average price for

Average retail price of bread
240

in cents per lb

WASHINGTON - The average price
paid for white pan bread increased
0.9c per lb in August, according to the
latest data from the Bureau of Labor
Statistics of the U.S. Department of
Labor. Meanwhile, the price of whole
wheat bread also increased, rising 3.7c
per lb in the month.
The national average retail price of
white pan bread was 130.2c, up 0.9c
per lb from July but down 4.6c from
August 2017. On a month-to-month
basis, the average price for white pan
bread in August increased in two
regions - up 4.5c in the West and
up 3c in the South - and fell in two
regions - down 2.7c in the Midwest
and down 1.3c in the Northeast.
At 193.6c per lb, the national
average price for whole wheat bread
was up 3.7c per lb from July but down
8.9c per lb from August 2017.

spaghetti and macaroni in August
was 122.7c per lb, up 2.3c from July
but down 7.8c from August 2017.
Chocolate chip cookies were 335.1c
per lb, down 13c from July and down
21.7c from August 2017. The national
average price of white long-grain rice
was 70.5c per lb, up 1.5c from July but
down 4.8c from August 2017. MBN

200

Whole wheat bread
White pan bread

160
120
80
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor

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