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CPI for baked foods and cereals
higher for fifth straight month
WASHINGTON - The Consumer Price
Index for baked foods and cereal products
increased 0.4% in June, its fifth
straight month of gains, according to
the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the US
Department of Labor. The index for all
food at home rose 0.7%.
Of the 18 items followed by Milling
& Baking News, 10 posted month-overmonth
increases and 8 posted declines.
The June index for Cereals and Bakery
Products before seasonal adjustment was
286.8% of the 1982-84 average, up 0.2%
from a year ago. For all food at home, the
June index was 257.4, up 0.9% from June
2020.
The CPI for cereals and cereal products
in June was 234.9, up 0.4% from
May but down 0.9% from June 2020. The
index for products within this category
included: flour and prepared mixes,
242.8, up 0.6% from May but down 0.8%
from the previous year; breakfast cereal,
229.8, up 0.7% from the previous month
but down 0.3% from a year ago; and rice,
pasta and corn meal, 244.3, up 0.1% from
May but down 1.5% from June 2020.
The price index for bakery products in
June was 316.8, down 0.1% from May but
up 0.7% from June 2020.
The June index for bread was 192.9,
down 0.4% from May but up 1.6% from
June 2020. Under this heading, the CPI
for white bread was 350.5, down 0.1%
from May but up 1.5% from
June 2020. For bread other
than white, the index was
374.4, down 0.9% from May
but up 1.7% from a year ago.
The price index for fresh
biscuits, rolls and muffins in
June was 187.8, up 0.2% from
May and up 1.7% from June
2020. The June index for
cakes, cupcakes and cookies
was 300.9, up 0.4% from May
and up 0.7% from June 2020.
Under this segment, other
price indexes included fresh
cakes and cupcakes, 325.6, up
2% from May but unchanged
from June 2020; and cookies,
277.5, down 0.6% from the
previous month and down
0.6% from the previous year.
The CPI for other bakery
products in June was
279.1, down 0.5% from May
and down 0.5% from June
2020. Under this heading,
other price indexes in June
included: fresh sweet rolls,
coffee cakes and donuts,
320.5, down 1.9% from May
Retail bread prices fall in June;
flour price also down in month
WASHINGTON - The average price paid
for white pan bread decreased 0.1¢ per lb
in June, according to the latest data from
the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the US
Department of Labor. The price of whole
wheat bread, meanwhile, declined 12.5¢
per lb.
The national average retail price of
white pan bread was 151¢, down 0.1¢ per lb
from May but up 3.6¢ from June 2020.
At 202.6¢ per lb, the national average
price for whole wheat bread was down
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12.5¢ per lb from May and down 9.2¢ per
lb from June 2020.
The national average price
of family flour in June was
35.6¢, down 8.3¢ from May and
down 11.2¢ from a year ago.
The national average price
for spaghetti and macaroni in
June was 107.3¢ per lb, down
26.3¢ from May and down
20.7¢ from June 2020. Chocolate
chip cookies were 406.8¢
120
130
140
150
160
and down 2.6% from June 2020; crackers
and cracker products, 323.9, down 1.1%
from May but up 1% from June 2020; and
frozen and refrigerated bakery products,
pies, tarts and turnovers, 271.3, up
0.6% from May but down 1.1% from the
previous year. MBN
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR CEREAL
AND BAKERY PRODUCTS
All Cereal and Bakery Products
All Bakery Products
Bread*
White bread
Bread other than white
Fresh biscuits, rolls and muffins*
Cakes, cupcakes and cookies
Fresh cakes and cupcakes
Cookies
Other bakery products
Fresh sweet rolls, coffee cakes
and donuts
Crackers and cracker products
Frozen and refrigerated
bakery products
All Cereals, Cereal Products
All-purpose flour, mixes
Breakfast cereal
Rice, pasta, corn meal
*December 1997 base.
JUNE MAY
2021 2021
286.8 286.6
316.8
192.9
317.2
193.6
350.5 350.9
374.4
187.8
300.9 299.8
325.6
319.2
277.5 279.2
279.1 280.6
320.5 326.6
323.9
327.6
271.3
234.9
242.8
269.6
233.9
241.4
229.8 228.2
244.3
244.1
377.7
187.3
per lb, up 4.9¢ from May and up 35.1¢
from June 2020.
The national average price of white
long-grain rice in June was 77.8¢, down
2.3¢ from May but up 2.9¢ from June
2020. MBN
RETAIL WHITE PAN BREAD PRICE
June Sept.
2019
Dec.
March
2020
June Sept.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor
bakingbusiness.com
Dec.
March
2021
June
cents per lb
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