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 392.65 in March 2026, compared to 391.71 in February 2026. This constitutes a gain of 0.24 percent.
Sample. There are 878 observations overall in the monthly time series shown in the graph above. The time span covered by the series goes from January 1953 to March 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of a few descriptive statistics we computed on the entire sample: the price index recorded a bottom of 21.40 in May 1953; it hit a peak of 392.65 in March 2026; it had a mean value of 138.01.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Index |
|---|---|
| 2026-01-31 | 390.471 |
| 2026-02-28 | 391.706 |
| 2026-03-31 | 392.652 |
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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 | 950 | 1947-01-31 | 2026-03-31 |
| Consumer Price Index: All Urban Consumers: Current series: Energy (index 1982-84 = 100; seasonally adjusted) - United States - BLS - Monthly | 830 | 1957-01-31 | 2026-03-31 |
| Consumer Price Index: All Urban Consumers: Current series: Food (index 1982-84 = 100; seasonally adjusted) - United States - BLS - Monthly | 710 | 1967-01-31 | 2026-03-31 |
| Consumer Price Index: All Urban Consumers: Current series: All items less food and energy (index 1982-84 = 100; seasonally adjusted) - United States - BLS - Monthly | 830 | 1957-01-31 | 2026-03-31 |
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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 | 950 | 1947-01-31 | 2026-03-31 |
| Consumer Price Index: All Urban Consumers: Current series: Energy (index 1982-84 = 100; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - BLS - Monthly | 830 | 1957-01-31 | 2026-03-31 |
| Consumer Price Index: All Urban Consumers: Current series: Food (index 1982-84 = 100; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - BLS - Monthly | 710 | 1967-01-31 | 2026-03-31 |
| Consumer Price Index: All Urban Consumers: Current series: All items less food and energy (index 1982-84 = 100; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - BLS - Monthly | 830 | 1957-01-31 | 2026-03-31 |