Grocery prices, September 2026

What 40 everyday items cost across U.S. cities in September 2026, how that compares with a month, a year and five years ago, and which items moved most. Across the tracked items, prices are down 0.1% from a year ago.

Basket, year over year−0.1%40 items, unweighted average

Biggest increaseGasoline+34.2%$4.48 per gallon Biggest decreaseEggs−34.9%$2.27 per dozen Next CPI releaseNov 10Tuesday8:30 AM Eastern

What moved

The same ranking as the app's Trends tab. Every bar carries its label and value, so the chart reads without color.

Year over year change

Biggest increases · 0 national items

As of Sep 2026

Drag to see the ranking in an earlier month. The line is the average of all items, indexed to 100 at the start of the range.

The basket since 2019

Every item set to 100 in January 2019. The thick line is the unweighted average of all tracked items; the dashed line is the Bureau's all-items Consumer Price Index, for comparison. Hover or tab to any line to name it.

Table: index values at Sep 2026

Item	Index	Price
Basket average	—
CPI-U, all items	134

By category

Five years, each item set to 100 at Sep 2021, on a shared scale so the shapes compare. Each tile opens its items.

All 43 items

Alphabetical. Latest price, change from a year ago, and the last twelve months.

Meat & Eggs

Bacon$6.76 / lb−7.3%Chicken legs$1.74 / lb−3.2%Chuck roast$9.19 / lb−0.5%Eggs$2.27 / dozen−34.9%Ground beef$6.79 / lb+7.4%Ham$5.45 / lb−0.5%Pork chops$4.91 / lb · May 2026+8.9%Round roast$8.79 / lb+3.4%Sirloin steak$14.11 / lb−0.2%Stew beef$8.53 / lb−1.7%

Dairy

American cheese$4.74 / lb−3.8%Butter$3.96 / lb−17.3%Cheddar$6.13 / lb+1.4%Ice cream$5.93 / half gallon−7.3%Milk$4.11 / gallon−0.6%Yogurt$1.58 / 8 oz+2.9%

Produce

Bananas$0.66 / lb−2.1%Broccoli$1.97 / lb · Mar 2020−6.8%Grapefruit$1.62 / lb−4.4%Grapes$2.36 / lb · Sep 2021+20.7%Lemons$2.13 / lb+2.5%Lettuce$1.64 / lb−5.5%Oranges$1.72 / lb−4.4%Potatoes$0.99 / lb−2.5%Strawberries$2.84 / 12 oz+10.4%Sweet peppers$2.44 / lb · Mar 2020−2.4%Tomatoes$1.99 / lb+4.3%

Pantry

Bread$2.81 / lb · May 2026+8.1%Canned corn$1.32 / lb−7.1%Cookies$5.15 / lb0.0%Dried beans$1.67 / lb+2.5%Flour$0.55 / lb−3.2%Potato chips$6.67 / 16 oz−4.3%Rice$1.12 / lb+5.5%Sugar$1.02 / lb−2.2%

Beverages

Beer$1.88 / 16 oz+2.2%Coffee$9.33 / lb+2.1%Orange juice$4.82 / 16 oz+3.8%Soft drinks$2.27 / 2 liters+1.7%Wine$13.77 / liter−1.4%

Energy & Fuel

Electricity$0.20 / kWh+4.3%Gasoline$4.48 / gallon+34.2%Natural gas$1.70 / therm+5.4%

CPI release calendar

The Bureau publishes the Consumer Price Index at 8:30 AM Eastern on these dates. InflataCart's data refreshes the same morning, and the app can notify you.

Release	Reports	Status
January 13, 2026	December 2025	Published
February 13, 2026	January 2026	Published
March 11, 2026	February 2026	Published
April 10, 2026	March 2026	Published
May 12, 2026	April 2026	Published
June 10, 2026	May 2026	Published
July 14, 2026	June 2026	Published
August 12, 2026	July 2026	Published
September 11, 2026	August 2026	Published
October 14, 2026	September 2026	Published
November 10, 2026	October 2026	Scheduled
December 10, 2026	November 2026	Scheduled
January 13, 2027	December 2026	Scheduled
February 11, 2027	January 2027	Scheduled
March 10, 2027	February 2027	Scheduled
April 13, 2027	March 2027	Scheduled
May 12, 2027	April 2027	Scheduled
June 10, 2027	May 2027	Scheduled
July 14, 2027	June 2027	Scheduled
August 11, 2027	July 2027	Scheduled
September 14, 2027	August 2027	Scheduled
October 14, 2027	September 2027	Scheduled
November 10, 2027	October 2027	Scheduled
December 10, 2027	November 2027	Scheduled

BLS release schedule

About these numbers

Prices are BLS Average Price series (APU), U.S. city average, not seasonally adjusted. "Today's dollars" adjusts each series with CPI-U, all items. Where the Bureau reports no figure, none is shown; gaps are in the source data. The basket average weights every item equally. It is a reading of this list, not an official index.

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