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 was 384.91 in August 2025, versus 383.81 in July. This represents a gain of 0.29 percent.
Sample. There are 872 data points in the monthly series displayed in the figure above. The series covers the time span stretching from January 1953 to August 2025.
History. Have a look at a few simple statistics we computed on the full sample: the price index achieved a maximum of 384.91 in August 2025; it recorded a minimum of 21.40 in May 1953; it had a mean of 136.27.
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 |
Series in the same data set: 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 |
Series in the same data set: Top-level items
Series in the same data set: Detail
Series in the same data set: 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 |