Online inflation of food products followed the trend of physical stores and showed a significant peak in 2022. In North America, online food prices went up by 7.46 percent that year, before decreasing to a 2.77 year-over-year percentage change in 2023. By 2025, online prices of food products might increase by 2.19 percent in the considered region.

Cost of food in the United States increased 2.90 percent in May of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United States Food Inflation - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

In January 2025, the 12-month inflation rate for food items in the United States was at 2.5 percent. That month, egg prices increased by over 50 percent compared to January 2024. Inflation for sugar and sweets saw an increase at 4.3 percent.

The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 124.9 points in January 2025, down 2.1 points from December 2024. The highest value for the index in the past 23 years was reached in March 2022. However, the rate of food price increases has been decreasing since.

Food prices worldwide The annual FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) by category shows that the price of vegetable oils grew by a particularly large margin. One of the factors that influenced the spike in oil prices worldwide during 2020 and 2021 were the supply-chain disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, after the war in Ukraine, shipping costs and grain prices also had a noticeable impact on global food prices. Global food prices are calculated to have increased by 3.68 percent, due to changes in shipping costs and grain prices. The European Union (EU) has experienced a particularly high increase in the annual consumer prices for food and non-alcoholic beverages, as compared to other selected countries worldwide. Inflation in Europe

The inflation rate for food in the EU grew from 0.2 percent in May 2021 to 19.2 percent in March 2023, as compared to the same month in the previous year. In the following months, the food inflation started decreasing again, reaching 1.86 percent in April 2024. The overall inflation rate in the Euro area reached its peak in December 2022 at 9.2 percent. The rate has since fallen to 2.4 percent in December 2024. As measured by the Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP), inflation rates in Europe were highest in Turkey, North Macedonia, and Romania as of December 2024.

Food Price Index in World increased to 128 Index Points in June from 127.30 Index Points in May of 2025. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for World Food Price Index.

This table contains a selection of weighted average retail prices for the current and previous months. These weighted average retail prices were calculated from prices collected in the June 2006 month. Subsequent months' weighted average prices are then calculated by applying price index movements for the relevant items. These are not statistically accurate measures of average transaction price levels, but are reliable indicators of percentage changes in prices.

Cost of food in Canada increased 3.40 percent in May of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Canada Food Inflation - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

When surveyed in January 2025, some ** percent of respondents in Brazil stated that they expected grocery prices to increase. The month in which the largest number of consumers expected food prices to rise was April 2022, with ** percent of respondents.

Graph and download economic data for Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Food in U.S. City Average (CPIUFDNS) from Jan 1913 to May 2025 about urban, food, consumer, CPI, inflation, price index, indexes, price, and USA.

Graph and download economic data for Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Food at Home in U.S. City Average (CUSR0000SAF11) from Jan 1952 to May 2025 about urban, food, consumer, CPI, housing, inflation, price index, indexes, price, and USA.

In January 2025, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for food in Mexico reached 157.93. In the same month of the previous year, the value was of 155.78. The food inflation rate that month was of around six percent, and in July 2024, food was the category with the highest inflation rate in Mexico.

The Sticky Price Consumer Price Index (CPI) is calculated from a subset of goods and services included in the CPI that change price relatively infrequently. Because these goods and services change price relatively infrequently, they are thought to incorporate expectations about future inflation to a greater degree than prices that change on a more frequent basis. One possible explanation for sticky prices could be the costs firms incur when changing price.

To obtain more information about this release see: Michael F. Bryan, and Brent H. Meyer. “Are Some Prices in the CPI More Forward Looking Than Others? We Think So.” Economic Commentary (Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland) (May 19, 2010): 1–6. https://doi.org/10.26509/frbc-ec-201002 (https://doi.org/10.26509/frbc-ec-201002).

The Iranian baby food market dropped modestly to $652M in 2024, waning by -3.9% against the previous year. Over the period under review, consumption saw a relatively flat trend pattern. Over the period under review, the market reached the peak level at $726M in 2016; however, from 2017 to 2024, consumption remained at a lower figure.

Cost of food in Jamaica increased 6.46 percent in May of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. This dataset provides - Jamaica Food Inflation- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Graph and download economic data for Global price of Food index (PFOODINDEXM) from Jan 1992 to Apr 2025 about World, food, indexes, and price.

Cost of food in Guyana increased 5.50 percent in May of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. This dataset provides - Guyana Food Inflation - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

When surveyed in March 2025, some 69 percent of respondents in Italy stated that they expected grocery prices to increase. This figure has decreased from the peak of 85 percent in June 2022. The lowest figure was recorded in September 2021, when about half of the respondents expected an increase in food prices.

Cost of food in Lebanon increased 21.36 percent in May of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. This dataset provides - Lebanon Food Inflation - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Cost of food in Puerto Rico increased 3.20 percent in May of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. This dataset provides - Puerto Rico Food Inflation - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

United Natural Foods cost of goods sold from 2010 to 2025. Cost of goods sold can be defined as the difference between beginning and ending inventories for tangible products resulting in an expense that reflects production and sales costs.