The latest Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report shows consumer prices fell at a 2.4% annual pace in January. This is a decrease from the 2.7% reported in December 2025.Grocery prices rose 0.2% in January to 2.9% year-over-year. The consumer price index is a measure of the average price of a basket of goods and services in the United States. How much things cost and how quickly prices rise affect how far a dollar will stretch.See how prices on your grocery list went up or down in the grocery calculator below. Where we saw price increasesPrices in five of the six major grocery food groups increased in January, according to the BLS report. This includes the following indices:cereals and bakery productsmeat poultry, fish and eggsnonalcoholic beveragesfruits and vegetablesdairy and related productsThe Get the Facts data team analyzed average prices of common grocery items in the food index and found the largest increases for coffee, steak and ground beef. A pound of ground coffee now costs $9.37, up from $7.02 in January 2025. The average price of steak rose 18% to $9.84 per pound from $8.14 a year earlier. A pound of ground beef costs $8.19, up from $7.11 in January 2025.Not everything rose. A dozen large, grade A eggs cost $2.58, a 47% drop from $4.95 in January 2025, when the industry was hit by avian influenza. Tomatoes fell to $1.79 per pound in January from $2.05 in January 2025.

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The latest Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report shows consumer prices fell at a 2.4% annual pace in January. This is a decrease from the 2.7% reported in December 2025.

Grocery prices rose 0.2% in January to 2.9% year-over-year.

The consumer price index is a measure of the average price of a basket of goods and services in the United States. How much things cost and how quickly prices rise affect how far a dollar will stretch.

See how prices on your grocery list went up or down in the grocery calculator below.

Where we saw price increases

Prices in five of the six major grocery food groups increased in January, according to the BLS report. This includes the following indices:

cereals and bakery productsmeat poultry, fish and eggsnonalcoholic beveragesfruits and vegetablesdairy and related products

The Get the Facts data team analyzed average prices of common grocery items in the food index and found the largest increases for coffee, steak and ground beef.

A pound of ground coffee now costs $9.37, up from $7.02 in January 2025. The average price of steak rose 18% to $9.84 per pound from $8.14 a year earlier. A pound of ground beef costs $8.19, up from $7.11 in January 2025.

Not everything rose. A dozen large, grade A eggs cost $2.58, a 47% drop from $4.95 in January 2025, when the industry was hit by avian influenza. Tomatoes fell to $1.79 per pound in January from $2.05 in January 2025.