Consumer Price Index: All Urban Consumers: Current series: Food: Food away from home (index 1982-84 = 100; seasonally adjusted) - United States - BLS - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: US Consumer Price Index (All urban; current; BLS)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In the United States, the seasonally adjusted CPI for food away from home stood at 384.91 in August 2025, versus 383.81 in July. This marks a gain of 0.29 percent.
Sample. There are 872 records in the monthly series displayed in the graph above. The period covered by the series is from January 1953 to August 2025.
History. Check out a few simple statistics we computed on the whole sample: the price index was equal on average to 136.27; it reached its lowest level of 21.40 in May 1953; it peaked at 384.91 in August 2025.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Index |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | 382.75 |
| 2025-07-31 | 383.808 |
| 2025-08-31 | 384.909 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Consumer Price Index: All Urban Consumers: Current series: Food: Food away from home |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Prices |
| Data type | Price index |
| Seasonally adjusted | Yes |
| Rescaling | Index (1982-84 = 100) |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Index |
| Source | Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) |
| Source type | National statistical agency |
| Data licence | Public Domain Data |
| Measure type | Level |
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Main indices
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consumer Price Index: All Urban Consumers: Current series: All items (index 1982-84 = 100; seasonally adjusted) - United States - BLS - Monthly | 944 | 1947-01-31 | 2025-08-31 |
| Consumer Price Index: All Urban Consumers: Current series: Energy (index 1982-84 = 100; seasonally adjusted) - United States - BLS - Monthly | 824 | 1957-01-31 | 2025-08-31 |
| Consumer Price Index: All Urban Consumers: Current series: Food (index 1982-84 = 100; seasonally adjusted) - United States - BLS - Monthly | 704 | 1967-01-31 | 2025-08-31 |
| Consumer Price Index: All Urban Consumers: Current series: All items less food and energy (index 1982-84 = 100; seasonally adjusted) - United States - BLS - Monthly | 824 | 1957-01-31 | 2025-08-31 |
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Detail
Main indices (NSA)
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consumer Price Index: All Urban Consumers: Current series: All items (index 1982-84 = 100; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - BLS - Monthly | 944 | 1947-01-31 | 2025-08-31 |
| Consumer Price Index: All Urban Consumers: Current series: Energy (index 1982-84 = 100; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - BLS - Monthly | 824 | 1957-01-31 | 2025-08-31 |
| Consumer Price Index: All Urban Consumers: Current series: Food (index 1982-84 = 100; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - BLS - Monthly | 704 | 1967-01-31 | 2025-08-31 |
| Consumer Price Index: All Urban Consumers: Current series: All items less food and energy (index 1982-84 = 100; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - BLS - Monthly | 824 | 1957-01-31 | 2025-08-31 |