2020 to avg. 2021"), food-at-home prices have increased 2.5 percent and food-away-from-home prices have increased 3.6 percent. The CPI for all food has increased an average of 3.0 percent. ... No food categories have decreased in price in 2021 compared with 2020.

Has the price of food gone up since Covid?

The index for meats, poultry, and fish rose sharply by 4.3 percent and the cereal and bakery index increased 2.9 percent, its largest monthly increase ever recorded by BLS. The food at home Consumer Price Index increased 3 percent from March to April and 0.5 percent from February to March, based on data from yesterday.

Are food prices rising?

Food prices are up 3.7% so far in 2021, versus a 20-year average of about 2.4%, she told CBS MoneyWatch. ... According to the Farm Bureau, in 2020 the cost of preparing the holiday feast came to just under $47 (for 10 people or less) — the lowest level since 2010.