Grocery Inflation (YoY)
+2.9%
Food-at-home CPI, all groceries
Biggest Riser
Coffee
▲ +19.2% vs last year
Biggest Faller
Eggs
▼ −52.9% vs last year
Gas (Regular, Gallon)
$4.20
▲ +26.9% vs last year
Average US Prices — June 2026 vs June 2025
ItemNowYear agoChange
🥚EggsGrade A large, dozen
$2.14 $4.55 ▼ 52.9%
🥛Milkwhole, gallon
$4.32 $4.02 ▲ 7.3%
🍞Breadwhite, per lb
$1.81 $1.88 ▼ 3.3%
🥩Ground beef100% beef, per lb
$6.83 $5.98 ▲ 14.1%
🍗Chickenfresh whole, per lb
$2.04 $2.06 ▼ 0.8%
🥓Baconsliced, per lb
$6.56 $6.99 ▼ 6.1%
Coffeeground roast, per lb
$9.46 $7.93 ▲ 19.2%
🍬Sugarwhite, per lb
$1.02 $1.05 ▼ 3.4%
🍌Bananasper lb
$0.65 $0.66 ▼ 1.5%
🍚Ricewhite long-grain, per lb
$1.09 $1.07 ▲ 2.1%
Gasolineregular unleaded, gallon
$4.20 $3.31 ▲ 26.9%
Source: BLS Average Price Data (via FRED), US city average. Prices refresh automatically when new monthly data is released.
What's driving grocery prices right now
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Eggs: back to normal
After the avian-flu price spikes, egg prices have collapsed back to earth — down more than half from a year ago. The most dramatic grocery move in years.
Coffee: climbing hard
Global coffee harvest problems and shipping costs have pushed ground coffee near record levels — up roughly a fifth in a year.
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Beef: herd shortage
The US cattle herd is at multi-decade lows, keeping ground beef prices elevated. Relief isn't expected until herds rebuild — a multi-year process.
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Overall basket
Grocery inflation overall is running below headline inflation — but specific items (beef, coffee) are moving much faster than the average.
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