Milling & Baking News - September 21, 2021 - 44

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CPI for baked foods and cereals
ends string of monthly gains
WASHINGTON - The Consumer Price
Index for baked foods and cereal products
declined 0.2% in August, ending a
string of six months of gains, according
to the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the US
Department of Labor. The index for all
food at home, meanwhile, rose 0.3%.
Of the 18 items followed by Milling &
Baking News, 10 posted month-over-month
decreases, 6 posted gains and 2 were
unchanged.
The August index for Cereals and Bakery
Products before seasonal adjustment
was 289% of the 1982-84 average, up 1.6%
from a year ago. For all food at home,
the August index was 259.8, up 3% from
August 2020.
The CPI for cereals and cereal products
in August was 236.2, unchanged from
July and up 1.7% from August 2020. The
index for products within this category
included: flour and prepared mixes,
248.8, up 1.4% from July and up 2.6% from
the previous year; breakfast cereal, 229.9,
down 0.1% from the previous month but
up 3.6% from a year ago; and rice, pasta
and corn meal, 245.5, down 0.5% from July
and down 0.7% from August 2020.
The price index for bakery products in
August was 319.5, down 0.3% from July but
up 1.5% from August 2020.
The August index for bread was 193,
down 0.1% from July but up 0.6% from
August 2020. Under this heading, the CPI for
white bread was 347, down 0.5% from July
and down 1.3% from August 2020. For bread
other than white, the index was 379, up 0.2%
from July and up 2.5% from a year ago.
The price index for fresh biscuits, rolls
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.
44 MILLING & BAKING NEWS
AUG. JULY
2021 2021
289.0 286.8
319.5 320.4
193.0
193.1
347.0 348.6
379.0 378.2
186.3
188.9
304.4 304.2
325.4
283.2
285.2 285.8
330.1
329.3
333.9 335.5
275.2
275.7
236.2 236.2
248.8 245.3
229.9 230.0
245.5 246.7
327.2
282.9
and muffins in August was 186.3, down
1.4% from July and unchanged
from August 2020. The August
index for cakes, cupcakes and
cookies was 304.4 up 0.1% from
July and up 3% from August
2020. Under this segment,
other price indexes included
fresh cakes and cupcakes,
325.4, down 0.6% from July but
up 3.8% from August 2020; and
cookies, 283.2, up 0.1% from the
previous month and up 1.3%
from the previous year.
The CPI for other bakery
products in August was 285.2,
down 0.2% from July but up 2%
from August 2020. Under this
heading, other price indexes in
August included: fresh sweet
rolls, coffee cakes and donuts,
330.1, up 0.2% from July and
up 1.2% from August 2020;
crackers and cracker products,
333.9, down 0.5% from July but
up 3.8% from August 2020; and
frozen and refrigerated bakery
products, pies, tarts and
turnovers, 275.2, down 0.2%
from July but up 1.1% from the
previous year. MBN
Retail bread
prices fall;
family flour rises
WASHINGTON - The average price paid
for white pan bread declined 2.4¢ per lb in
August, according to the latest data from
the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the US
Department of Labor. The price of whole
wheat bread, meanwhile, fell 2.4¢ per lb in
the month.
The national average retail price of
white pan bread was 146.7¢, down 2.4¢ per
lb from July and down 2.8¢ from August
2020.
At 207.6¢ per lb, the national average
price for whole wheat bread was down
AVERAGE RETAIL PRICE
OF BREAD
cents per lb
250
Whole wheat bread
200
150
White pan bread
100
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor
2.4¢ per lb from July and down 0.8¢ per lb
from August 2020.
The national average price of family
flour in August was 37.1¢, up 0.3¢ from
July but down 8.8¢ from a year ago.
The national average price for spaghetti
and macaroni in August was 108.9¢
per lb, down 0.5¢ from July and down
21.4¢ from August 2020.
Chocolate chip cookies were 406.5¢
per lb, unchanged from July and up 29.6¢
from August 2020.
The national average price of white
long-grain rice in August was 78.4¢, up
0.2¢ from July and up 1.5¢ from August
2020. MBN
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