Food Price Index: June 2010

In June 2010 compared with May 2010:

• Food prices rose 1.3 percent.
• Fruit and vegetable prices rose 9.3 percent.  
• Meat, poultry, and fish prices rose 2.7 percent.
• Restaurant meals and ready-to-eat food prices rose 0.3 percent.
• Non-alcoholic beverage prices fell 0.8 percent.
• Grocery food prices fell 0.8 percent.

From June 2009 to June 2010:

• Food prices decreased 2.0 percent. This is the largest annual fall since the monthly series began in January 1960.