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Retail Prices of Food 1955-56 IN D E X E S A N D A V E R A G E P R IC E S Bulletin No. 1217 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR James P. Mitchell, Secretary BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS Ewan Clague, Commissioner RETAIL PRICES OF FOOD 1955-56 INDEXES AND AVERAGE PRICES Bulletin No. 1217 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR James P. Mitchell, Secretary BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS Ewan Clague, Commissioner For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U .S. Government Printing Office Washington 25, D. C. •- Price 30 cents CONTENTS Summary-------------------Changes in food prices by city-------------------------------------------------------------Monthly fluctuations---------------------------------------Trend of prices of major food subgroups----------------------------------------------------Meats, poultry, and fish---------------------------------------------------------------Dairy products-------------------------------------------------------------------------Fruits and vegetables------ ------------— Cereals and bakery products------------------------------------------------------------Other foods at home--------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 1 2 3 3 3 U 6 8 9 CHARTS 1.Retail prices of foods, United States, 1913-56------------------------------------------ — 2* Retail prices for groups of foods, United States, 191*7-56— ---------------- — --------3* Retail prices for subgroups of meat and poultry, 191*7-56------------------------------- iv v 5 TABLES 1. 2. Percent changes in retail food prices in the United States for selectedperiods— -— Retail food prices-percent changes by ciiy, and by subgroup, December 1951*-December 19$6 ------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------3* Indexes of retail prices of food in the United States, by year, 1913-56, and by month, January 1955 to December 1956-— -------------------------1*. Indexes of retail prices of food in the United States, by commodity group, by year, 1923-56, and month, 1955-56-----------------------------------------------------------5# Indexes of retail prices of food by commodity group, by city for 20 large cities, by year and month, 1955-56 ---------------------------6 . Indexes of retail prices of principal foods in the United States, by year, 1939-56^--7. Indexes of retail prices of principal foods in the United States, by month, 1955 and 19$6 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------8. Classification of retail food items by percent change in price for selected periods, 1955-56-....................................................... 9 Average retail prices of principal foods in the United States, by month, 1955 and 195610. Annual average retail prices of principal foods by city, 1955 and 1956---------------- . 1 2 11 12 ll* 18 20 2i* 27 APPENDIX The retail food price index----— A brief description of theretail food price index-------------------------------------Collection of prices-— -----Processing----------------------------------------------------------------------------Relative importance-------------------------------------------------------------------Index base period----- -----------------------------------------------------------------Sample of cities— --------------------------------------------------------------------Food away from home--------------------------------------------Sample of food items------------------------------------------------------------------Selection of store sample--------------------------------------------------------------Outlet weights------------------------------------------------------------------------Revisions-----------------------------------------------------------------------------Publications--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 31 31 31 31 32 32 33 33 33 3^ 3^ 3^ APPENDIX TABLES A. B. C. Relative population weights used in computing retail food prices and indexes for 1*6 cities combined, beginningJanuary 1953------------------------------List of foods and relative importance of individual foods and groups of foods included in the retail food price index, December 1955 and December 1956-- — — -— -— — 36 Conversion factors for conversion of retail price indexes for individual items and groups of items from the previous base period to the base periodcurrently used--------- — -37 m Chart 1. RETAIL PR ICES OF FOODS United States. 1913-56 1947-49*100 Retail Prices of Food, 1955 and 19561?/ Summary As measured by the retail food price index computed by the U*S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, retail prices of food in the United States increased 2*3 percent on the average over the 2 years between December 1951* and December 1956* All major food subgroups except meats, poultry, and fish shared in the increase* Food prices, which had been declining from the post-Korean high of August 1952, began to rise in the early months of 1956* A general increase occurred which carried through July, followed by some de crease to the end of the year. (See charts 1 and 2*) Although food prices registered an increase over the 2 years, the annual average prices were the lowest since 1950 , approximately 1 1 percent and 12 percent above the 191*7 -1*9 average. Prices of foods experienced the usual seasonal movements over the period with a tendency to reach the low point for the year at the beginning of the year and the high point at midyear. Fluctuations from month to month were within the range of /2.0 percent and -1.5 percent, with decreases of greater importance than increases in 1955 and increases predom inating in 1956. Starting from the lowest level since the August 1952 peak, the food index rose generally to the ye a r ’s high in July 1955 and decreased thereafter through the remainder of the year to a new low in February 1956* Monthly increases March through July, with sub stantial ones in May, June, and July, raised the index to the highest level for the 2 years in July 1956* Following a sharp decrease in August, the index continued virtually unchanged for the remainder of the year* These movements of the all foods index reflected record sup plies of beef, particularly in the fall and winter months of both years, and large supplies V Prepared in the Bureau’s Prices and Cost of Living Division by Maynard C* Heins. Table 1*—Percent Changes in Retail Food Prices in the United States fo r Selected Periods Group and subgroup Total food-------------Food away from homeTotal food at home— Cereals and bakery productsMeats, poultry, and fis h ----Beef and veal------------------Pork---------------------------------Poultry----------------------------Fish---------------------------------Dairy products--------------------Fruits and vegetables---------Frozen------------------------------Fresh-------------------------------Canned------------------------------Dried-------------------------------Other foods at home-----------Beverages— ---------------------Fats and o i l s ------------------Sugar and sweets-------------Eggs--------------------------------- Aug, 15, 1952 peak to Dec. 15, 195U to Dec. 15, 1955 to Dec. 15, 1951* to Dec. 15, 1956 Dec. 15, 1955 Dec, 15, 1956 Dec. 15, 1956 0.8 + 1.5 + 3.1 + 2.6 + 3.1 + 2,3 + 2.8 + 3*6 + 3.3 + U.6 - +11.0 - 5*9 - 7.1* - 3.2 - 1*.6 - - + 8.1* 1.2 -17.9 -23.3 -13.3 -27.3 - l*.l + 0.5 - 7.1* - !*.9 -15.3 + .9 - .5 + .3 + .8 1.1 + 2.1 + 3.5 + 1.9 + 2 ,0 + 3.0 + 1.5 - 8.5 - 3.1 - 3.9 +28.3 - - 2.3 - 1*.3 + 5.9 +U*o8 + 1.0 + 18.8 + 3.9 + 3.3 -21.5 l - + + + + - + 8.2 .3 3.3 6.1 1.7 9.2 2.3 2.5 . 1* + 9.7 + 6.2 + 1.9 +15.1 + li.l + 1.8 - - 1**1 .6 1 .0 + i*.2 + 8.3 + 1 .8 +11.3 + 1**3 + . 1* + 2 .0 + .3 + 2.9 - 2 .0 + 9.0 - 2- of hogs in the fall and early winter of 1956, as well as record production of milk and in creasing production of eggs* On the other hand, unfavorable weather and growing conditions for some major fruits and vegetables in both years contributed to the sizable increases in the index during the spring and early summer months* Prices of food away from home (restaurant meals) moved independently of prices of food for use at home.in 1955 and 1956* Prices of food away from home advanced month by month with a limited number of exceptions when prices were unchanged or experienced small decreases* The total advance in restaurant meals over the 2 years amounted to l*.l percent* Changes in Retail Food Prices by City Retail food prices advanced in all 20 large cities over the period December 195k — December 1956, in contrast to the decreases in the preceding 2 years* Increases ranged from 1.0 percent in Atlanta to 5#2 percent in Portland, Oreg. The smallest increases generally occurred in southern and midwestern cities while the largest were experienced on the Pacif ic Coast. Increases were noted in all 20 cities for food at home; cereals and bakery prod ucts, fruits and vegetables, and other foods, and for dairy products except for Kansas City where a fractional decrease occurred. Prices of meats, poultry, and fish decreased in all 20 cities* Table 2 .—R etail Food P rices—Percent Changes by City, and by Subgroup, December 195>U-December 1956 City Total food Food at home Cereals and bakery products Meats, poultry, and fis h Dairy products Fruits and vegetables United States ---------------- 4 2.3 + 1.8 + 3.3 - 4.1 4 4.2 + 8.3 + 2.0 Atlanta ---------------------Baltimore -------------------Boston----------------------Chicago---------------------Cincinnati ------------------Cleveland -------------------D etroit ---------------------Houston----------------------Kansas City -----------------Los Angeles---------------------------Minneapolis-----------------New York--------------------Philadelphia --------------- — Pittsburgh ------------------Portland, Oreg*-------------Sto Louis— ------------------San Francisco ---------------Scranton---------------------S ea ttle ----------------------Washington, DoC«------------- + + + ♦ ♦ + ♦ + 4 + l.U + .9 + 2.3 + .8 4 .9 + .9 + .9 + .7 + + * + + + + + 1.9 3.5 6o0 3.9 .1 - 5.0 - 4.9 + 3.9 + 3.1 + 4 .6 4 8.8 4 + + 4 + + + + + + + + + + + + 1.0 3.1 3.1 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.5 1.5 2.0 1.8 2,2 2.3 2.3 3.4 5.2 2.0 4 .0 1.8 4.2 3.1 + 1.3 + 3.7 + 1.8 + 1.8 + 1.9 + 2.6 + U.3 + .3 + 3.8 + 1.3 + 3.4 + 2.8 + + + + + + + + + + + + 1.0 .3 l.U 2.9 3.1 3.0 3.0 8.2 .3 4.6 3.3 6.1 5.3 7.3 5.7 - 2.2 - 6.9 - 4.3 - 4.2 - 6.9 - 5.5 - 4.2 - 1.5 - 4.7 - 2.7 - 3.7 - 1.3 - 5.2 - 7.5 - 2.3 -4 .5 - 4.9 - 1.7 + 5.4 t 2.6 + 4 .6 + 5.9 + 3.4 - .3 + 2.0 * 5.4 + 2.5 + 3.2 * 3.5 +11.3 + 4.3 + 8.1 4 «5 + 9.9 + 4.7 4 6.3 + 5.3 + 6.4 + 7.9 + 5.9 + 7.4 4 7.0 +10.2 +14.1 + 5.8 + 9.7 + 7.3 +12.4 + 8.9 4 6.1 +10.0 +10.1 4 7.4 + 6.5 Other foods at home 4 4 4 4 + + + + + 4 4 + + 4 4 2.2 1.4 2.0 2.2 1.9 1.8 2.9 1.2 1.3 3.2 3-4 .6 .4 1.7 6.3 1.9 2.2 1.2 4.2 2.1 Monthly Fluctuations For 5 successive months at the end of 1951*,the index for all foods had declined# This decline was followed by small advances in January and February 1955# as prices of fresh fruits and vegetables and chickens increased, and meat prices continued to decrease# March was characterized by small movements in component series which left the index unchanged# An increase in April, due primarily to higher fruit and vegetable prices, was followed by small changes in May and June and a sharp increase in July to the high point of the year as prices of fruits and vegetables reached the year*s high# A sharp drop as large as the July in crease occurred in August as increasing supplies of fresh fruits and vegetables, particu larly tomatoes and potatoes, came on the market# A temporary upturn followed in September, when meat prices increased. Thereafter, food prices decreased each month through February 1956, as prices for meats declined— particularly in the late months of 1955 with near record marketings of cattle— and fruit and vegetable prices were seasonally lower. Lower egg prices also contributed to the decline, particularly in February. These successive de creases, which brought the all foods index to the lowest point for the 2 years in February 1956, were followed by monthly increases through July. Recovery of meat prices from the lows at the beginning of the year, sharply higher fruit and vegetable prices induced by cold weather in this country and in Europe, increased exports, high prices for potatoes as supplies ran short and the new crop was delayed, all contributed to the increases in the index for all foods# Arrival of new-crop fruits and vegetables in quantity caused a sharp decrease in the index in August, after which a period of practically no change extended to the end of the year# Monthly percent changes for all foods in 1955 and 1956 were as follows: Percent change 1955 T O T .2 o 1956 -0.3 - .k T .2 March-April— ---------April-May------— ------ ..........1 May-June---------------- ---T .2 T .6 A.3 /2.0 June-July--------------- ---T .7 July-August------------- - ........8 Augus t-September------- ---/ .h A A -1.5 0 September-October------ ..........7 October-November-— -— — ......... . November-December------ ......... 3 0 - .2 0 December-January------- ---January-February------- ---February-March-— -— — ---- Trend in Prices of Major Food Subgroups Meats, poultry, and fish#— Average prices for meats, poultry, and fish continued to decline through 1955 to a low point in March 1956, 92.8 percent of the 191*7-1*9 average. In creases over the following 6 months brought the index to 101#3, the highest point in 1956. Seasonally lower prices, as meat supplies reached a peak, lowered the index in December to a level l*#l percent below the index in December 1951** Annual average indexes for meats, poul try, and fish in 1955 and 1956 were the lowest since 19l*9* Decreases in the meats, poultry, and fish index in the 2 years were due mainly to lower prices for beef and poultry# Meat production reached new record levels in 1956 as the peak in the current cattle cycle was passed. Numbers of cattle attained a cyclical peak in January 1956 and declined somewhat over the year. The reduction in numbers in the Great -4 Plains region, particularly in the Southwest, through increased slaughter in the latter half of 1956 raised total and per capita meat supplies to a new high for the year* In creasing production of chickens over the 2 years brought prices to new lows by the end of 1956. The movements of prices of beef and veal, pork, and poultry are depicted on chart 3L Price levels for the three series tended toward similar levels with respect to 191*7k9 in early 1955# There were some decreases in prices of beef and veal and pork. There was a sharp rise in prices of chickens following reductions in production and marketings due to the low prices of late 195li. Seasonally higher prices for pork in the spring and summer of 1955 were followed by sharp reductions in the later months of the year as pork production ran well above a year earlier. Prices turned upward in February 1956 and continued to ad vance sharply through May and more slowly through September. Prices declined seasonally thereafter to December. Prices of chickens turned downward for 1 month in May 1955> after which they lev eled off over the summer months. A sharp drop in prices occurred in the late months of the year as record supplies came to market. Fluctuating prices at or near the level of Decem ber 1955 followed through June 1956. Higher prices in July, when meat supplies were at a seasonal low, were followed by substantial decreases for the remaining months of the year as production reached successive new highs. Beef prices followed a declining trend over the year in 1955* reacting to the in creasing supply from the record numbers of cattle. The marketing of record numbers of heavy, high quality cattle in late 1955 and the first months of 1956 carried prices down ward through March. Prices recovered with equal rapidity and increased to the highest levels of the 2-year period in October. Reduced marketings of heavy beef and good demand were sufficient to extend the price rise into the period of heavy fall marketing of lower grade cattle. In November and December 1956, the heavy flow of cattle from the drought areas, plus a large supply of fed cattle from the Midwest feed lots, was sufficient to cause sharp decreases in beef and veal prices. Prices of lamb fluctuated over the 2 years and finished the period at 0.1* percent below prices in December 195k* Fish prices fluctuated little from month to month, and December 1956 prices aver aged 0.8 percent below December 1951*. Fresh and frozen fish prices declined 1.1 percent, while canned salmon increased 16.1 percent in response to reduced supplies, and canned tuna was 8.9 percent lower over the 2-year period. Dairy products.— Prices of dairy products increased 1*.2 percent between December 1951* end December 1956, although milk production set new records in both years. Strong demand, increased support prices for butter, and government action in 1956 to increase fluid milk prices over the summer months were contributing factors. Butter prices averaged 2.1 percent lower in 1955 than in 1951*# fluctuating between 88.5 and 90.1 percent of the 191*7-1*9 average. Increases in price after April 1956— when the support price for butter was raised by 1.75 to 2.00 cents per pound— which continued through the end of the year, accounted for a rise of l*.l percent in the price of butter over the 2 years. Commodity Credit Corporation stocks of butter were reduced to zero during March 1956 and such purchases as were made during the remainder of the year were immediately disposed of, so that there were no government-owned stocks of butter overhanging the market in any of the last 1* months of the year, and stocks in other months were very small. 1/ 1/ Purchases of butter by CCC under the Agricultural Act of 191*9 were: 162,300,0750 pounds, 1956— 161**700,000 pounds. 1955— RETAIL PRICES FOR SUBGROUPS OF MEAT AND POULTRY, 1947-56 1947 49*100 - 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 - 6 - Milk prices declined seasonally in 1955 from January through May, the low point for the year, and increased thereafter through November# A minor decline in December was fol lowed by seasonal declines through April 1956# Producers* pressure for higher prices re sulted in a milk strike in the Detroit area, which was settled with the granting of in creased prices in April# Increases also were granted in other milk marketing agreement areas in April and May, producing a contraseasonal rise of 1#5 percent in milk sold in stores and 1.1* percent for milk delivered to homes in May# The general increases were main tained in June and seasonal increases were added thereafter to the end of the year, in spite of record production of milk# Prices of cheese increased about 1#5 percent in early 1955 and fluctuated within a very narrow range thereafter# By December 1956, cheese prices were 2#0 percent higher than in December 1955* 2/ Ice cream prices fluctuated very little in 1955 and 1956 and were 0.2 percent higher at the end of the period than at the beginning. Fruits and vegetables#— Prices of fruits and vegetables rose 8#3 percent between December 1951* and December 1956, with the normal seasonal swings somewhat exaggerated and distorted by unusual weather developments and by special supply situations for potatoes. All subgroups of fruits and vegetables increased in price over the 2 years. Changes from December 1951* to December 1955 were relatively small; most of the increases occurred in 1956. Seasonal increases in prices of fresh fruits and vegetables during the first half of 1955 were larger than usual because of sharp advances in prices of potatoes when the spring crop in Alabama was lost and production in other areas was delayed by cold weather# The March freeze also practically destroyed the peach crop in the southeastern part of the country# Potato prices jumped 50 percent between March and May 1955, and decreases there after through July were insufficient to offset higher prices for other fruits and vege tables# As a result, the fresh fruit and vegetable index in July 1955 was at the highest level since July 1952 with one exception. Sharp decreases in prices of potatoes, peaches and tomatoes in August reversed the situation and reduced the index below the March level# Potato prices continued to decrease seasonally through October# In view of the large crop of fall potatoes, a government diversion payment program was initiated in August and con tinued into 1956. 3/ By February 1956, prices of potatoes had risen to levels above a year earlier. A freeze in Florida and extensive damage by cold weather in Europe became factors in the increase. Continued exports of potatoes in the ensuing months, plus the usual seasonal upswing in prices, and rain and cold weather in late spring which delayed domestic production of new potatoes, added further upward pressure to potato prices. By June, old supplies were exhausted and new potatoes were moving directly from the field to market at prices 28 percent above the high prices of a year earlier. In July 1956, further increases, as the new crop continued to flow directly into consumption, raised prices of potatoes to the highest levels since the Bureau of Labor Statistics* records began in 1913* Following the appearance of the summer crop in volume in late July and August, potato prices decreased sharply but remained above corresponding months in 1955* With the arrival of the fall crop, about 11 percent above that for 1955 , h / prices eased further to a minimum for the year, about 15 percent above October 1955, ari3 then advanced seasonally thereafter. Prices in December 1956 were 3*2 percent higher than in December 195U* 2 7 C C C p u r c h a s e s to support cheese prices at the wholesale level were made throughout the 2 years: 1955 — 150 ,000,000 pounds; 1956— 188,000,000 pounds. 3/ In all, 10,575,000 hundredweight of potatoes were diverted under this pro gram. 1*/ A diversion payment program was announced by the U# S# Department 6f Agriculture on September 21. Diversions to December 31, 1956, amounted to 9,866,000 hundredweight. - 7- Sweet potato prices followed somewhat the pattern for white potatoes* Highest prices occurred in midsummer and lowest prices in October and November of each year* Prices averaged higher in the first half of 1955 than in 1956 and lower in the second half of the year* A relatively large crop was harvested in 1955# The change in prices from December 1951* to December 1956 was an increase of 3#1 percent* Onion prices were higher in the first half of 1956 than in 1955* partly as a re sult of lower stocks at the beginning of the year* Smaller production than in 1955 resulted in higher prices in the last half of the year* Lower stocks at the beginning of 1956 and smaller midyear production were accompanied by higher prices in the early part of the year and a shortage with very high prices through the summer* Larger production of late summer onions reduced prices in November 1956 to the lowest point for the 2 years* Onion prices averaged 11.5 percent higher in 1955* and 31*6 percent higher in 1956 than in 1951** Carrot prices averaged about the same in 1955 and 1956 as in 1951** Monthly price movements were somewhat different in the 2 years as supplies varied. Prices decreased 2*9 percent from December 1952* to December 1956. Lettuce averaged 7.1* percent higher in price in 1955 and 8 percent higher in 1956 than in 1951*# Prices ended the 2-year period more than 1*5 percent higher than in December 1951* because of a temporary shortage of California supplies, which caused sharp increases in October and November of 1956* Celery prices rose in the spring of 1955* as unfavorable weather curtailed sup plies. Improved growing conditions and large supplies in the summer reduced prices some what, but smaller production in the later months of the year again brought higher prices. Generally larger production in 1956, with more even distribution of harvests, brought lower prices, but somewhat above those for 1951*# Low carryover stocks of cabbage at the beginning of 1955 were followed by high prices in the early months of the year* Poor growing conditions extended the period of high prices through midyear, and light production and low stocks at the end of the year and at the beginning of 1956 caused relatively high prices through the middle of 1956. Prices dropped at the end of the year to levels 1*.9 percent below those of 1951* as good growing weather provided ample supplies. Prices of tomatoes were generally higher in 1955 than in 1951*# They were at rela tively low levels in the summer and fall as favorable growing weather produced large crops. Winter crops in 1956 were damaged by cold weather in January and prices were high, particu larly in March when an increase of 29 percent occurred in 1 month. The spring crop, which was sufficient to reduce prices in April and May, was curtailed somewhat by draught, lead ing to higher prices in June. Prices dropped thereafter to low levels as generally heavy production of the main summer drop followed after midyear. A drastic cut occurred in the late fall crop as compared with that of 1955 and prices were l?.i* percent higher in Decem ber 1956 than in December 1951*. Green beans averaged a little lower in price in 1955 than in 1952* but increased to 11.5 percent over the 1951* average in 1956 and finished the year some 23.8 percent above prices in December 1951*# Adverse growing conditions in the first half of 1956, particu larly the period of cold weather early in the year, brought reduced production and higher prices. Sharp price decreases followed after midyear as more favorable growing conditions produced larger supplies. Prices rose sharply thereafter in October, November, and December, as supplies were reduced by cold weather in Florida. Oranges averaged lower in price in 1955 and higher in 1956 than in 1951*. Starting at relatively low levels in January 1955* prices increased generally to a peak in October, the end of the California Valencia orange season, and decreased in November as Florida oranges came on the market in quantity from a crop of about the same size as in l951*-55. - 8 - Prices declined in January 1956 and fluctuated around the same level through April, the end of the main Florida season, and increased irregularly thereafter until the opening of the new Florida season in November* Exports were made to Europe in the spring to replace pro duction losses due to cold winter weather in Spain* Arrival of the new Florida orange crop in November was followed by price decreases to the end of the year* Prices in December 1956 were 18.2 percent above December 195k* Prices for fresh oranges were affected to some extent by the greater amounts of fresh juice being shipped from Florida over the 2 years, which, with canned and concentrated juice, reduced the supplies available for fresh shipment* Prices of frozen orange juice concentrate moved somewhat similarly to those for fresh fruit, although with smaller swings. Canned orange juice decreased in price through March 1955 but increased steadily thereafter through November 1956, ending the period 12.2 percent higher than in December 1951*. Prices of lemons fluctuated seasonally within narrow limits over most of the 2 years and increased over the last half of 1956, averaging lO.li percent higher in December 1956 than in December 1951** Retail prices of apples increased steadily after the peak production month of Oc tober 1951* to a seasonal peak in July 1955* The rise in the late spring and early summer was unusually sharp for apples because of the destruction of the southeastern peach crop by the freeze in March. Appearance of new crop apples in July and August was followed by lower prices through the seasonal production peak in October and into November. Prices in creased seasonally thereafter through July 1956 and then decreased through October. By December 1956 they were 8.0 percent higher than in December 1951*• However, average prices for 1955 and 1956 were 1.1* percent and 1.1 percent lower, respectively, than in 1951*# Prices of bananas were little changed in 1955 and 1956 as compared with 1951** Supplies varied seasonally and prices were generally increasing over the later months of 1956 following some wind damage to the crop after midyear* December 1956 prices were 3*1* percent higher than prices in December 1951*. Frozen fruit and vegetable prices averaged only slightly higher in 1955 than in 1951* but were I*.0 percent higher in 1956, finishing the period up 1.8 percent from December 1951*. Prices of frozen strawberries averaged lower in both 1955 and 1956 following record production in each year. The decrease from December 1951* to December 1956 was 6.5 percent. Orange juice concentrate decreased in price over the first months of 1955 as pro duction rose, and increased thereafter into the new packing season as prices for oranges for juice were raised to obtain fruit for processing. Somewhat lower prices for oranges were accompanied by decreases in concentrate prices in the closing months of 1956 to a level 5.2 percent above December 1951*. Prices for frozen green peas, which increased in the late months of 1955 and the early months of 1956 and turned downward as the record production of 1956 came on the mar ket, increased 1*.9 percent over the 2 years. Changes in prices of frozen green beans were gradual over the 2 years, resulting in a decrease of 5.2 percent by December 1956 as pro duction increased to a new high. Cereals and bakery products.— 'The rise in prices for cereals and bakery products, begun in T£50, continued with only a minor pause in the last half of 1955. The increase for the 2 years amounted to 3.3 percent. Bread prices, the major cause of the increase, either advanced each month from the month before, or showed no change in price, in all months but one, for a net rise of 5*5 percent. Among other cereals and bakery products, soda crackers increased 3.2 percent; va nilla cookies, 2.1* percent; rolled oats, 5.1 percent; c o m flakes, 3*6 percent; and corn meal, 0.1* percent. Flour prices decreased 1.0 percent by December 1955, but increased - 9again to 0.2 percent above the December 195k price by the end of 1956. Biscuit mix prices averaged just under 195k levels in 1955 and decreased 1*0 percent in price by the end of 1956. Prices for rice declined 1.8 percent between December 195k and December 1956. A Government purchase program for rice tended to maintain stable prices over the 2 years. Other foods at home.— This group, which includes partially prepared foods, condi ments and sauces, nonalcoholic beverages, fats and oils, sugar and sweets, eggs, and miscel laneous foods, averaged 2.0 percent higher in price in December 1956 than in December 195k* Increases of 2.9 percent for fats and oils, 9*0 percent for eggs, and 0.3 percent for bever ages accounted for the advance. A 2.0-percent decrease in prices of sugar and sweets was the only decrease of any importance. Coffee prices declined 1.3 percent while tea increased 10.2 percent and cola drink, 3*0 percent. Coffee prices dropped 8.3 percent in February 1955 and by smaller amounts over the following months through July, continuing the decreases from the alltime high average price of $1.23 per pound in August 195k# Prices fell from $1.06 per pound in January 1955 to $0.89 per pound in June and August. These reductions in price came following more favorable crop reports and were strengthened by consumer resistance to the high prices preceding Hie de cline. The February decrease came after Brazil raised export subsidies for green coffee. Increases in price in the late summer, when reports of frost in Brazil and the threat of a dock strike in New York occurred, were succeeded by 3 months of lower prices as prospects of a larger world supply appeared. Beginning in Februaiy 1956, however, coffee prices started a new series of monthly increases which continued through November. Doubts as to the size of the Brazilian crop, and a developing shortage in good quality mild coffees, which were damaged ty heavy rains, were followed by new threats of a dock strike in New York. Price increases at retail were held down somewhat by greater use of cheaper African coffees in coffees sold in paper bags. As a result of price rises in 1956, the reduction in coffee prices from December 195k* which amounted to 12.9 percent to the end of 1955* amounted to a decrease of only 1.3 percent to December 1956. Tea prices, which had been increasing since April 195k as coffee reached its highest levels, turned downward in May 1955 and declined slightly in price until October 1956. Lower coffee prices and larger production of tea contributed to the decline. Fats and oils increased in price an average of 2.9 percent during 1955 and 1956. A general reduction in prices of fats and oils except for peanut butter during 1955, includ ing a decrease of nearly one-fifth in the price of lard, was followed by higher prices in 1956 for all items except peanut butter. Lard prices, which had reached a peak in May 195k, decreased 13*7 percent in the first 3 months of 1955 as supplies were increased by heavy slaughter of hogs, and drifted lower during the remainder of the year. A further buildup of supplies in early 1956 brought prices to a low for the 2 years in March. Improved demand and higher exports through the remainder of the year, particularly in the late months when the international situation be came tense, resulted in rising prices; but at the end of the period, prices were 11.1 per cent under December 195k# Shortening, margarine, and salad dressing decreased slightly in price during the year 1955 in response to ample supplies of vegetable oils, and increased in 1956 as larger proportions of the supply went to the export market. Peanut butter prices, under the influence of a reduced crop in 195k, increased 11.2 percent between December 195k and Sep tember 1955 when a new crop of peanuts became available. After an initial decrease by Jan uary 1956 to 8 percent above December 195k, prices hovered around that figure to the end of the year. Sugar and sweets averaged 2.0 percent lower in price in December 1956 than in De cember 195k. Prices for sugar increased 3.0 percent in 1955 and 1956. Sugar prices were stable over the year 1955 and advanced appreciably only after the end of the first quarter - 10 - of 1956 as increased consumption in the United States pressed on the quota for the year, and finally required additions to the quota* A change in the weight of chocolate bars in 1951* had resulted in an increase of 16 percent in the prices of candy bars in the last half of 195>lw Higher prices for cocoa beans forced the change in weight# Chocolate bars were returned to the former weight in the later months of 1955 * when cocoa prices were reduced following receipt of new crop beans# Prices then returned approximately to the level pre ceding the increase# Prices for corn syrup rose gradually over the 2 years to levels 2.9 percent above December 195U# Grape jelly prices increased 6#2 percent. Egg prices increased 9#0 percent between December 195U and December 1956* but ex perienced some unusual fluctuations which resulted in annual average prices only 3*3 per cent higher in 1955 and only 2.7 percent higher in 1956 than in 1951i* Average prices at retail ranged from a low of 52 cents per dozen in January 1955 to a high of 69 cents per dozen in December 1955# Heavy production of eggs in the last half of 1951i* which eliminated the usual seasonal rise in late summer and early fall, continued into 1955 and caused the lowest price of the period in January# Some reaction to the extremely low prices of late 195k and the cold weather in January and February followed, with higher prices in February and March, after which some seasonal decline occurred through May 1955* Prices experienced a more normal seasonal increase over the period of hot weather in the summer and the period of small supplies of large eggs in early fall# The usual seasonal decline was delayed by an increase in prices in December when supplies of large eggs were light# Seasonal de creases in egg prices were small from February through May 1956, as supplies ran somewhat lighter than in 1955* Seasonal advances in prices of eggs in the summer and fall of 1956 were followed by very heavy production and lower prices toward the end of the year. T able 3*— Indexes o f Feet a i l P r ic e s o f Food in the U nited S t a t e s , by Year , 1913-56, and by Month January 1955 to December 1956 /I9li7-1*9-1007 T o ta l Year T o ta l Year fo o d T o ta l Year fo o d Year and month By year 1913------------- 191)4----------1915 --1916 --------- 39.6 1*0.5 h O .O 1*5.0 1917------------1913------------- 57.9 66.5 ------- 7U,2 83,6 63,5 59, h 1919 1920 1921 --1922 ------------- 1923----------192U----------192519261927- 61*.8 1929— 193019311932- 65.6 62.1* 51.1* U6,l* 19U9----------1950 --1951 --- U9,7 60,8 1939 --- U7.1 65.8 68.0 19U0----------- 17.8 52.2 61.3 19h2---------- 191*6---------- 19l*7----------191*8---------- 61ch 65.5 191*3----------19l*l*----------191*5----------- 1*2.8 1*1.6 1936--------1937 -1938 -- 19U1----------- Year and month T o ta l fo o d 1 / By month 1928— 193U----------1935 --- T o ta l fo o d 1 / fo o d 1 / 50,1 52,1 U8.U 1952 -- 1953 --- 68.3 67.1* 68.9 79.0 95.9 1956 1955 January------- 1 1 0 .6 February----March---------- 110.3 110.3 April-------------- 1 1 1 ,2 May---------------- 111.1 January-----------February----------March---------------- 1 0 9 ,2 108,8 109,0 10 l*.l 100.0 101.2 111.3 A p r il---------------May-------------------June------------------ 112.6 109,6 111.0 1 1 3 ,2 111),e8 1111.6 J u ly ------------------ 112.1 August------------ 1 1 1 .2 1 1 1 .6 August------------ 1951i--------- 112.8 112.6 September--------- 113.1 113.1 1955----------1956----------- 110.9 111.7 O ctob er— NovemberDecember- 1 1 0 .8 O ctob er— NovemberDecember- 113,1 112.9 112.9 Septem ber--------- 109,8 109,5 1 / Beginning January 1953, the food index includes restaurant meals and other food bought and eaten away from home Table a .—Indexes of Retail Prices of Food in the United States l / , by Commodity Group, by Year, 1923-56, and Month, 1955-56 /I9li7- 1*9-100 unless otherwise indicated/ Tear and month Foods Total away Total Cereals Meats and poultry, foods from foods bakery and at home home products fish 3/ 2/ Meats Beef Total and veal 3/ Pork Fruits and vegetables Leg of lamb Other foods at home Chick Dairy ens Fish products Total Frozen Fresh Canned Dried Total Bever ages a/ 5/ Fats Sugar and and • Eggs oils sweets By Year, 1923-56 6/ 1923------------ .... — -— -— — 1925-----------1926-----------1927------------- 61.1* 60.8 65.8 68.0 65.5 1928-----------1929-----------1930-----------1931------------1932------------ 61*.8 65.6 62.1* 51.1* 1*2.8 1933 ------------ 1*1.6 1*6.1* 1*9.7 50.1 52.1 ___ ___ ___ ___ — 191*0-----------19^1-----------191*2------------ 1*8.1* 1*7.1 1*7.8 52.2 61.3 ___ ___ ___ ___ — 191*3-----------191*1*-----------19li5-----------191,6-----------191,7------------ 68.3 67.1* 68.9 79.0 95.9 191*8-----------191*9-----------1950-----------1951-----------1952------------ 101*. 1 100.0 101.2 112.6 111*. 6 192 u------------ 1931*------------1935—--------1936 -----------1937 -----------1938 -----------1939 ------------ 1953-----------1951*-----------1955-----------1956------------ 112.8 112.6 110.9 111.7 __ — ___ — __ ___ __ _ ___ — _____ ___ ___ .... — 100.6 102.3 103.1* 1Q5.1* 1*3.6 1*1*.1 U7.» 50.7 1*9.9 ___ — — — — 63.8 61i.9 70.2 70.0 68.5 — ___ — — — — ___ — — — — ___ — — — — ___ — — — — ___ — — — — 67.2 61*.1* 66.5 66.1 67.9 ___ —— ___ ___ — 66,6 65.1 63.1 55.3 50.0 53.0 51*.7 51.3 1*3.5 3l*.l — — — — — — — — — — ___ — — — — — — — — — — — — — — ___ — — — — ___ -— ___ 51.2 59.5 61.6 60.9 62.5 29.7 3i*.0 1*3.0 1*2.6 1*5.5 — — 1*3.9 1*3.0 1*6.1* — — ia.5 — — 1*8.7 1*8.1 1*9.6 — — 39.5 1*1.1* 1*3.1 — — 1*9.6 52.5 51*.5 ___ ___ __ _ — 60.1* 57.2 58.6 59.2 63.6 1*2.6 1*1.6 1*1.2 1*6.3 51*.2 1*2.7 1*2.1 ia . 2 1*6.1* 53.1* 1*1*.8 1*1.1* 37.8 1*6.6 56.1 1*0.1 1*0.8 1*0.8 1*3.7 50.8 ____ . —__* ___ — 65.1 65.6 65.9 75.6 9i*.0 57.6 55.9 56.5 69.1* 93.5 51*.2 51.1* 51.5 65.8 93.6 55.8 ___ , ___ ___ — 103.1* 102.7 10l*.5 lll*.0 116.8 106.1 100.5 10i*„9 117.2 116.2 106.1* 100.0 105.5 119.5 118.1* 112.5 111.9 109.7 110.2 119.1 121.9 123.9 125.6 — - — __ __ ___ — — — — 82.3 77.1 91.7 107.3 92.2 78.5 76.9 33.2 77.3 76,0 71.3 6a.9 6a.7 62.0 59.3 68.2 68.0 62.8 53.1* l*l*.l 79.0 ___ 82.8 — 86.9 — 61.6 — 50.7 — 78.9 32.3 88.1 61.0 50.2 75.8 78.2 7a.6 65.0 57.3 62.6 69.5 6a. 5 a8.3 37.1 ___ — 32.8 32.9 33.7 1*3.0 1*7.2 50.6 52.8 51*.7 55.7 58.3 1*8.8 51.3 ___ — — — 56.a 58.0 a6.8 50. a 35.9 ai.i ai.o 52.8 — 51 .5 55.3 65.3 66.8 63.5 6a.9 5U.3 1*8.7 1*9.2 53.0 63.7 33.8 33.7 36.9 ia.6 5 I1. 1* 51.7 1*9.8 52.6 58.2 65.1 1*5.6 1*6.3 1*7.3 50.5 61*.l ___ — — — — a3.7 a5.i a6.i a9.a 63.0 61.3 58.1 58.1 61.6 76.5 56.1 55.1 55.7 67.1 90.2 75.9 78.1* 80.2 90.3 95.1 69.0 69.3 72.5 78.9 90.6 69.9 69 . a 69.5 85.7 96.7 82.7 ___ 82. a — 86.7 — 89.3 97.6 — sa.a sa. 0 82.1 81. a 108.7 103.6 101.1 101.5 95.9 103.1 111.7 91*.6 107.3 130.5 100.1* 120.2 129.5 99.3 118.1 105.5 99.1* 95.2 99.7 100.1 101*. 5 101*.9 103.0 117.6 111*.6 106.3 96.9 95.9 107.0 111.5 1 0 0 .5 101.9 — 97.6 — 106.7 111.7 117.2 102.8 100.7 103.7 97.7 105.9 123.2 109.9 110.6 102.1 110.5 101*. 3 108.0 110.0 98.3 113.9 102.5 101.6 [101.2 97.2 98.1 98.2 97.1 97.9 95.7 93.1 99.8 97.6 88.1 91.7 80.1* 110.3 110.8 108.6 108.5 109.6 113.5 111.9 113.5 119.0 116.1 105 .0 ioa.o 112.2 l 7a .5 113.9 ioa.o 103.1 na.8 207.3 116.0 10 a. 0 116.3 111.5 185.6 122.8 107.9 n a .6 112.8 19a.O 39.8 1*1*.8 ia.5 1*2.5 1*3 .2 1*6 .6 5 2.0 52 . 1* 1*9 .9 1*9.8 63.3 89.8 5 2.2 52.1* 69.0 100.5 106.1 105.9 108.7 83.0 78.1 90.6 103.2 90.0 ___ 101.2 99.1 9 9 .5 103.1 8 9 .2 90 . a 9 5 .5 81.9 88.6 ioa.5 6a.a 72.3 83.a 83. a 80.0 69.9 7a.3 82.6 80.3 73.6 99.2 90.0 70.5 67.9 71.9 66.8 71.1 70.5 66.0 53.2 39. a 69.6 6a. 6 60.7 56.1 50.7 67 . a 7 0 .6 5 9 .6 a7.2 50.1 52.7 50.9 as. 7 — 50.7 36.8 a2.3 61.1 57.0 58.6 53.3 55.a 57.0 56.3 57.2 38.3 a3.5 39.3 — — ___ — — — 30.9 80.7 70.2 61.0 55.1 3 7 .9 3 7 .9 ao.9 a3.a 55 . a 6a.6 66.9 68.a 77 . a 107.2 — — — — ___ — — — — — — ___ — — — 100.1 a7.s a6.8 a5.3 a9.7 51.8 a8.6 a5.5 55.a 56.9 5a.a 5 2 .1 6 0 .2 59.8 66.3 71.5 69.9 68.3 61.1 68.7 63.a 8a.3 9 1 .5 109 . a 71.9 71.5 71.5 81. a 6 1 .1 60.9 101.8 99 . a 100 . a 96.2 9 2.5 91.8 ioa.3 1 0 3 .0 102.5 100 . a 108.3 93 . a 97.5 108.1 82.2 99.8 92.9 101.2 153.0 79.9 101.8 101.6 na.6 163.7 93.5 105.5 97.9 109.3 169.8 79.3 106 . a 79.6 83.9 81.3 33.1 1 0 7 .6 109.8 112.2 1 09.6 6 8.3 7a.3 69.6 65. a a7.o ao.a 5 1 .2 50.7 a9.7 a9.3 aa.7 L6.1 55.1 67.0 79.5 75.6 80.7 82.9 93.6 102.5 98.8 85.3 103.8 9a.8 100 . a sa.o 86.8 86.3 By Month, 1955-56 7 / 1955 January--------February------March-----------April-----------May--------------June------------July------------August---------September—— October--------November------December------- 110.6 110.8 110.8 111.2 111.1 102.8 109.1* 102.8 109.6 123. 1* \ 23 .8 109.5 101*. 3 107.9 123.9 123.9 123.8 12i*.0 121*.2 121*.1 12l*o0 123.9 123.9 123.9 • 109.2 108.8 109.0 109.6 111.0 113.2 lli*.8 113.1 113.1 113.1 112.9 112.9 101*. 1 101*. 1 10l*.l* 101*.8 105.0 107.5 107.1 107.3 107.9 109.5 123.9 12i*.3 12ii.lt 12U.5 121*.7 105.3 113.8 111.8 111.7 111.7 111.3 102.9 103.0 103.2 102.9 103.3 103.5 109.7 110.1 110.0 110.3 111.1 110.0 110.1* 112.1 111.2 111.6 103.6 110.8 10l*.0 109.1* 109.8 101*. 0 108.2 102.1* 102.5 102.3 103.0 102.1 103.8 103.7 102.9 103.5 100.9 97.1 91*.6 103.7 99.7 100.1 98.9 102.6 99.1* 98.5 98.8 98.2 100.9 98.1* 95.8 101.1 98.1 96.6 99.0 101.1* 96.5 99.3 97.2 96.8 103.1 100.2 103.3 103.1* , 96.7 ,103.6 98.9 102.1 96.5 101.0 97.9 103.2 97.1* 102.5 98.1* 97.0 98.9 98.2 101. k 96.8 91.1 97.1 95.3 9i*.3 . 91*.3 86.1 95.1* 93.3 93.6 92.8 91*.0 95.5 98.0 99.3 99.9 101.3 100.8 98.8 98.0 93.1 92.5 92.7 91.5 91.6 89.9 93.6 90.5 95.5 91.8 99.1 93.1 99.8 91*®1* 101.3 98.0 103.8 102.7 103.5 103.5 101.3 101.2 100.3 98.6 90.3 97.3 101.3 93.9 95.5 91*. 1* 95.3 9l*.l 86.9 31*.0 31.1*' 109.3 109.2 108.5 108.6 108.5 103.0 108.2 108.2 108.3 103.1* 108.6 109.2 106.1* 106.1 105.1* 10li.6 10!*.0 101*.1 101*.7 105.7 106.5 107.5 107.8 107.7 110.6 110.7 112.0 117.5 120.2 119.5 121.9 111.3 110.2 108.5 109.0 110.7 98.5 96.8 97.1* 97.3 97.9 98.1 98.6 100.9 101.7 102.1 102.3 102.1 111.8 112.1* ill*.5 123.2 127.5 126.1 129.6 112.2 109.9 107.1 81.9 83.7 83.3 81.6 82.1 80.7 81*.7 31.1* 78.7 76.7 75.1 71*.7 109.6 108.3 109.2 108.5 108.1 108.0 107.6 108.0 108.1 108.3 108.3 108.9 107.3 107.3 106.9 106.1; 107.5 107.7 108.7 109.2 109.8 110.7 111.1 111.2 112.6 113.3 Hi*.8 116.7 121.5 131.1* 135.2 120.7 llli.8 113.9 115.8 117.1* 102.3 102.9 103.9 103.6 103.5 10l*.l 101*.7 iol*.5 101*.1 102.5 101.1 100.1* 85.1 103.6 102.8 102.6 102.8 103.0 103.1* 103.7 101*. 1 10l*.7 113.2 Hl*.l* 115.5 115.9 116.1. 117.1 107.6 105.1 105.8 110.3 118.1* 118.0 117.0 116.3 105.9 115.6 111.3 112.1 111.9 109.1* 108.1* 107.7 109.2 112.6 ll!*.l 113.9 113.1 113.7 113.3 lll*.l 116.3 119.3 126.3 11*2.5 11*8.1* 121*.9 135.5 nl*.I 117.1* 120.1* 106.1 106.5 106.9 107.3 107.6 108.0 103.6 103.3 108.7 103.9 103.8 108.3 111*.7 111*.7 ill*.5 H l.5 111*.6 111*. 9 115.1* 115.1* H5.3 ill*.6 113.6 112.7 112.8 109.6 110.7 110.8 110.9 111.1 112.3 113.9 115.1* 115.3 115.2 111*.2 1 1 7 .6 202.2 190.7 137.3 135.5 181*.9 180.1 130.3 180.3 182.1 181*.7 185.7 183.3 82.5 82.1 31.8 31.6 30.9 30.7 81.1 31.5 31.3 80.8 30.6 80.3 113.3 113.3 113.3 113.2 113.2 113.0 113.0 113.0 113.0 110.2 109.1 108.8 73.9 81*.6 86.3 78.7 76.2 76.9 81.9 93.1* 97.9 97.6 91*.9 93.7 182.9 183.3 188.0 133.9 139.3 191.7 196.9 197.3 201.5 202.3 202.8 201.6 79.6 79.6 80.1* 32.2 33.9 31*.6 81t.it 81*.1* 31*.2 81*.2 31*.6 35.3 103.3 103.3 103.9 109.0 109.0 109.3 109.6 109.7 109.9 L10.3 110.6 110.9 96.3 81*.9 85.1 33.5 82.2 1956 Januajy--------February------March---------- April ----------May--------------June------------July------------August---------September----October--------November------December------- 101*. 9 112.1 105.7 106.0 106.5 106.8 111.3 107.0 111.2 125.2 125.8 126.3 126.6 126.8 127.0 127.1* 83.5 85.7 81*.7 88.5 90.9 97.1* 98.2 93.6 99.8 98.5 95.2 95.6 93.1 93.5 92.6 91*.9 103.5 108.5 103.5 102.2 103.0 101.1* 102.3 98.9 1 / 51- c i t y average January 1923 - February 191*3, 56-cities March 19U3 - December 1952, 1*6 c itie s beginning January 1953. For a more complete d e sc rip tio n see appendix, page 2 / January 1953“ 100. Restaurant meals included in to ta l foods beginning January 1953* 3/ Only t o t a l meats, p ou ltry, and fis h available through 1931*. Other meats included in meats, and in meats, p o u ltry, and f i s h beginning January 1953. £ / December 1952 - 100.0. 5 / P a r t ia lly prepared foods and other miscellaneous foods included in t o t a l foods bought to be prepared at home beginning January 1953. V Indexes fo r the years 1923-52 have been computed by converting indexes from the 1935-39 base, previously published, to the 191*7-1*9 base. (See table C, p .37.) fo r conversion fa cto rs. 7/ Indexes by month 191*7-51* may be found in R etail P rices o f Food, 1953-51* > BLS B u ll. 1183, (ta b le 1*, pp. 12— 11*)• 80.8 83.1* 36.5 39.9 90.7 87.7 33.3 Table 5 . —Indexes of Retail Prices of Food by Commodity Group, by City for 20 Large Cities, by Year and Month, 1955-56 - £91*7-1*9-1007 Year aid month United At States lanta, Ga. 1/ Balti more, Md. Boston, Mass. Tin™ cinChi cago, nati, 111. Ohio Cleve land, Ohio De troit, Mich. Houston, Texas Kansas Los Minne City, Angeles, apolis, Calif. Minn. Mo. New Phila York, delphia, Pa. N.Y. 2/ Pitts burgh, Pa. Port land, )reg. St. Louis, Mo. -San— Fran Scran ton, , Seattle, cisco, Pa. Calif. Wash. Wash ington, D.C. All Foods 3/ 1955: AverageJanuary— February— March------A pril------May---------June--------July--------August-----SeptemberOctober— November— December— 110.9 110.6 110.8 110.8 111.2 111.1 111.3 112.1 111.2 111.6 110.8 109.8 109.5 110.2 110.2 110.1 110.0 110.8 111.1 111.0 110.8 110.6 111.1 110.1 108.1 108.3 111.7 111.6 111.7 111.7 111.6 111.3 112.2 112.1 113.3 112.5 ll l.l * 110.3 110.1* 109.5 108.2 109.1* 109.0 109.0 108.8 109.5 110.8 110.3 111.0 109.9 109.2 108.1* 109.1 108.7 108.7 108.3 109.0 109.2 109.2 110.5 110.5 110.5 109.1 107.8 107.6 112.0 111.7 111.9 111.7 112.5 112.5 112.9 113.8 111.5 112.1* 112.1 110.3 110.1* 108.9 109.0 108.8 108.6 108.1 109.6 109.3 109.7 109.6 109.6 109.5 107.1* 107.1 113.2 112.7 113.3 113.0 113.3 llit.lt 113.9 Hir.lt 113.5 113.6 112.7 111.9 111.5 109.9 109.lt 110.2 110.7 111.1 110.7 110.2 110.7 110.1 110.2 109.1* 108.1 107.7 106.8 106.9 107.3 106.9 107.0 107.1 107.lt 107.7 105.8 107.2 107.1 U05.5 105.7 111.8 111.2 111.1 112.0 113.0 112.1 lll.it 112.2 110.7 112.1 112.1* 111.1* 112.1 111.6 110.2 111.1 111.3 111.5 111.1* 111.7 112.1 111.1* 112.1* 112.3 111.6 111.7 110.8 110.6 111.1 111.0 111.6 110.5 110.8 111.6 ll l.l * 111.9 110.5 109.9 103.7 113.0 112.7 113.2 113.3 113.1* 112.9 113.1 llit.2 lll* .l 113.8 112.8 111.1* 110.6 111.2 m .o m .o m .o 111.5 111.3 112.5 112.3 111.8 112.3 111.1 109.3 109.3 110.6 109.5 109.2 109.7 130.0 110.1 110.7 113.7 110.1* 110.7 113.9 111.2 112.1 112.3 112.2 131.7 111.8 112.5 112.5 112.1* 113.1* 112.5 113.7 112.8 111.5 110.2 112.9 112.3 113.0 113.1 113.5 113.lt 113.lt 113.6 111.9 113.0 112.7 111.9 112.5 108.3 108.3 108.7 108.7 109.0 108.6 108.9 110.2 109.1 109.1 107.5 106.0 105.9 112.1 111.2 112.1 112.a 111.9 113.2 113.0 113.1* 112.2 111.9 111.6 110.9 111.6 111.2 111.0 110.9 110.9 111.5 111.3 111.3 112.0 111.7 112.7 111.3 109.9 109.7 1956r AverageJanuary— February— March------A p ril------May............ June--------July--------August-----SeptemberOctober— November— December— 111.7 109.2 108.8 109.0 109.6 111 .0 113.2 lli*.3 113.1 113.1 113.1 112.9 112.9 110.2 103,2 107.9 107.9 107.8 108.9 111.3 113.5 112.1 111.9 111.7 110, J* 111.1 112.9 n o .5 109.9 110.2 111.0 112.0 111*. 2 115.1 l l lt .i n i*.5 lll* .l 113.9 111*.8 111.0 108.1* 107.6 107.6 107.9 109.7 112.1 11)*.2 112.8 lll* .l 113.2 111.9 111.9 109.3 106.5 106.8 106.3 107.1 108.8 110.6 112.8 110.9 110.8 110.7 110.1* 109.8 113.2 110.3 109.5 109.6 111.3 112.6 115.3 117.2 llli.7^ 115.5 111*.6 1L1*.1* 113.9 109.9 107.1 106.6 106.6 107.7 109.2 111.9 113.1 111.6 111.8 111.7 110.9 110.3 111*.2 110.6 no.)* 111.0 112.2 113.9 116.5 119.0 115.6 115.7 115.1 115.9 lllt.7 108.8 107.0 106.7 106.1 106.6 107.5 108.7 110.lt 110.2 110.1 110.3 110.6 lll.l* 108.1 lOit.9 101*. 7 10i*,9 105.9 107.6 110.1 111.0 109.9 109.7 109.9 109.5 109.2 113.5 111.5 111.1* n i.5 112.7 113.0 111*.2 lllt.8 113.1* 113.7 111*.6 115.6 116.0 112.6 111.2 111.2 111.2 112.0 112.9 lll* .l 115.3 113.0 112.2 113.2 112.9 112.3 111.5 109.1 108.6 103.8 108.9 110.6 112.7 llli.O 112.6 113.1* 113.6 113.3 112.6 113.8 110.5 110.3 111.1 111.)* 112.9 lll*.6 117.5 115.9 115.9 116.0 111*.8 115.2 ]13.0 109.1* 109.2 109.3 110.5 111.3 115.2 115.8 n lt.5 115.1 111*.8 115.0 l i l t .6 113.8 110.2 110.2 110.8 112.1 113.5 116.1 116.7 115.6 llit.9 115.2 135.0 H5.lt 112.3 11C. 2 109.7 110.7 110.5 111.5 113.3 115.)* 113.3 111*.7 11*1.5 n it.2 11)4.5 lll* .l 132.3 111.7 112.1 112.8 113.2 l i l t .5 115.3 lllt.7 115.3 115.8 115.7 116.3 109.1 106.2 105.1* 106.1 106.7 108.3 112.0 113.1 110.5 110.6 110.5 110.3 110.0 113.2 110.7 110.2 110.9 111.6 111.8 113.6 115.0 11)4.9 111*.2 ill* .5 115.1 115.5 112.6 110.lt 109.9 110.0 110.0 112.0 111*.2 115.9 113.7 115.0 113.7 112.8 113.1 Foods at Horae 1955: AverageJanuary— February— March------A pril------May.........— June--------July--------August-----SeptemberOctober— November-December— 109.7 109. It 109.6 109.7 110.1 110.0 110.3 111.1 110.0 110.1* 109. k 108.2 107.9 108.5 108.5 108.3 108.2 109.1 109.5 109.6 109.3 109.0 109.7 108.5 106.2 106.1* 110.1 110.2 110.3 110.3 110.1 109.7 110.7 110.6 112.0 111.0 109.3 108.1* 107.3 107.9 106.5 107.9 107.6 107.5 107.2 108.0 109.6 109.0 109.8 108.0 107.1 106.0 107.5 107.1 107.3 106.6 107.6 107.7 107.6 109.0 109.0 108.9 107.2 105.9 105.6 110.9 110.3 111.1 110.7 111.6 111.5 112.0 113.0 110.1* 111.3 111.0 109.0 108.7 107.5 107.8 107.7 107.1* 106.8 108.6 108.3 108.8 108.1 108.1 108.0 105.6 105.3 111.8 111.1* 112.0 111.6 111.9 113.2 112.8 113.3 112.1 112.2 111.2 110.1* 109.9 108.7 108.1* 108.9 109.5 110.0 109.6 108.9 109.5 109.0 109.1 108.1 106.9 106.3 105.1 105.2 105.7 105.2 105.5 105.5 105.9 106.2 10l*.0 105.7 105.3 103.1* 103.7 109.3 109.1* 109.1* 110.2 110.7 109.6 109.2 109.7 107.5 109.3 109.1* 108.3 109.0 110.8 109.1* 110.5 110.7 110.8 110.6 111.0 111.3 110.5 111.6 111.5 110.6 110.8 109.7 109.6 110.2 110.0 110.7 109.3 109.7 110.6 110.1* 110.9 109.2 108.1* 106.9 111 .8 1J1.5 112.1 112.1 112.3 111.7 111.9 113.3 113.1 112.9 111.6 110.1 109.0 110.5 110.1 110.1 110.1 110.7 110.5 112.0 111.7 111.1 111.7 110.3 108.9 108.3 109.8 103.8 108.1* 109.0 109.6 109.7 110.1* 111.1 109.5 109.9 110.1* 109.6 110.7 110.0 112.0 110.0 111.2 112.1 109.lt 109.2 112.3 110.1 ; 112.8 110.1 112.6 110.1 112.9 lll.it 113.1 13.0.2 111.0 112.0 111.6 111.8 110.5 110.7 108.9 107.9 111.3 108.0 103.0 108.6 108.6 108.9 108.1* 108.8 110.3 108.8 108.3 107.0 105.1 105.1 m .l * 110.9 111.lt 111.9 111.3 112.3 112.1 112.5 111.6 m .3 110.9 109.9 110.6 109.6 109.8 109.5 109.5 110.2 109.7 109.7 110.5 110.1 111.3 109.6 107.3 107.6 1956: AverageJanuary— February— March------A pril------May__ ____ June--------July--------August-----SeptemberOctober— November— December— 110.2 107.5 107.1 107.3 107.9 109.5 112.1 113.8 111.3 111.7 111.7 111.3 111.2 108.7 106.2 105.9 105.6 106.0 107.3 110.0 112,6 111.2 110.9 110.1* 108.9 109.8 110.2 107.9 107.2 107.1* 108.3 109.5 112.0 113.1 111.9 111.9 111.1* 111.2 111.0 108.6 105.8 10i*.8 10)*.9 105.3 107.1 110.2 112.7 110.9 111.9 110.9 109.3 109.3 107.1* 10l*.l* 101*. 7 10i*.l 105.1 107.1 109 ’.1 111.1* 109.1 109.0 108.8 108.5 107.6 111.8 108.6 107.7 108.0 109.9 111.1* 111*.3 116.5 113.7 113.9 112.9 112.7 112.1 108.1 105.3 10li.lt iolt.5 105.6 107.3 110.1* 111.9 109.9 110.2 110.1 108.9 108.7 112.7 108.8 108.6 109.1 110.5 112.1* 115 II* 118.3 lllt.3 lllt.lt 113.6 111*.2 112.7 106.2 107.2 102.9 105.5 105.3 : 102.7 10i*.5 102.9 10l*.8 103.7 I. inti 7 XUp oU 107.1* 108.7 108.8 109.6 108.9 108.3 108.1 108.7 107.8 108.7 108.7 107.lt 109.6 107.1 110.2 108.3 108.2 108.2 109.1* 309.6 m !o 111.6 109.9 110.2 110.9 111.9 112.6 111.9 110.1* 110.1* 110.1* 111.3 112® 1* 113 °9 115.3 112.5 111.6 112.1 111.8 111.1 109.9 107.3 106.6 106.9 106.9 i no 0 iuy m .6 112.9 110.9 111.9 112.2 111.7 m .o 112.2 109.0 108.7 109.2 109.5 iX nJ. •c0 X 113.2 116.2 nit.it in* .3 11U.3 113.0 113.it 111.7 108.3 108.0 103.3 109.0 110.5 u ltlu lllt.7 113.1 113.9 113.1 113.3 112.9 1L2.1* 108.9 108.3 109.6 110.1* 112.1 H 5l3 116.0 lllt.7 113.3 113.2 113.0 113.5 110.1 107.8 107.3 103.2 108.0 109.1 1J1.9 113.9 111.)* 111.5 111.3 110.9 110.1* 108.5 105.3 ioit.5 105.3 106.1 107.3 1 i1.6 H 2.9 ilO.O 110.1 109.9 109.6 109.2 112.1* 109.5 109.0 109.8 110.6 111.1 113.2 115.0 11it.it 113.6 llli.O 113.8 lllt.3 110.7 108.5 107.8 107.9 107.9 109.9 1<2.7 111*.7 112.0 113.5 112.0 110.7 111.1 112.9 111.0 110.3 110.7 111.5 112.0 113! 2 llit.2 113J* ll lt .l lllt.8 ID*.6 111*.9 Cereals and Bakery Products 1955: Average- January---February— March------A pril------May---------June--------July--------August-----SeptemberOctober— November— December— 1956: Average- January— February— March------A pril------May----------June--------July........... August-----SeptemberOctober— November— December— 123 o9 123. h 123.8 123.9 123.9 123.8 121.0 12U.2 12ii.l 12U.0 123.9 123.9 123.9 125.6 123.9 12 lu3 121.1 12 a.5 12U.7 125.2 125.8 126.3 126.6 126.8 127.0 127. h 117.9 117.8 117.2 116.6 116.2 116.3 121.9 122.0 122,2 122.0 121.9 121.9 121.9 121.9 121.9 121.9 121.7 121.6 121.3 120.0 119.1 119.0 119.1 119.1 119.2 119.1 119.1 119.6 120.); 122.1 122.2 122.1 119.1 116.9 120.7 119.2 118.9 118.8 118.7 119.3 119.6 l-i 9.3 118.8 119.0 119.5 12a.5 i2a.9 12U.8 125.1 126. a 121.9 121.7 12a.6 12a.1 i2 a .i 1211.0 123.3 123.6 119.8 120. a 120.6 1 20.a 120.5 120.1 120.1 119.3 1 1 9 .a 139. a 118.9 119.1 119.2 119.6 119.6 120.0 120.0 120.2 120.0 119.9 119.7 119.7 119.3 119.2 119.1 118.9 118.2 118.5 318.7 113.8 118.7 118.1 118.1 118.2 118.2 117.8 117.8 117.8 117.6 120.7 120.7 120.6 120.7 120.8 120.9 120.7 120.8 120.9 120.9 120.7 120.5 120.3 127.9 127.7 127.8 127.8 127.9 127.9 127.9 127.9 128.0 127.9 127.8 127.9 128.0 125.9 125.7 125.3 125.9 126.1 126.0 126.1 126.2 126.1 126.0 125.9 125.5 125. a 128.5 127.3 128.3 128.2 128.2 128.0 123.7 128.? 129.0 123.8 128.7 128.7 128.6 121.8 120.3 121.0 121.0 121.0 120.9 119.9 122.9 123.0 122.1 123.0 122.8 123.2 121;.6 12a. 3 12a.5 12a. a i2a.5 123.9 i2a.3 i2a.5 125.1 125.1 125.0 125.0 125.0 i? a .2 121.5 123.9 i2 a .2 i2a.3 12a.1 12a.8 12lj.8 123.5 12a.O 123.9 i 2 a .i i2 a .6 118.9 113.7 1J8.9 118.9 118.9 118.8 113.5 118.7 118.8 119.1 119.0 119.1 1)9.0 130.7 130.5 130.2 130.7 130.9 130.9 130.9 130.9 130.9 130.8 130.6 130.7 130.3 113.9 1)9.1 118.5 118.6 118.6 117. a 119.6 119.5 119. a 119.6 119.2 113.8 119.0 127.7 127. a 127.1; 127.5 127.3 127.8 127.8 127.3 127.7 128.0 127.9 127. a 127.8 122.1 122.5 122.5 122.3 122.2 122.0 121.9 121.9 121.9 122.0 122.1 121.7 121.6 118.1 117.8 118.8 118.9 117.7 118,3 118.3 117.7 117.6 117.5 117.8 117.9 119.2 122.5 121.2 121.3 121.3 121.3 121.6 121.8 121.9 121.8 122.2 122.0 126.9 126.6 123.1 122.1 121.9 122.1 122.1 122.2 122.3 122.9 123.6 123.1i 123.7 12li.l 126.3 120.1 118.9 118.9 119.0 119.8 120.0 120.1 120.3 120.7 120.6 120.6 120.5 121.3 i2a.5 123.8 123.8 12a.2 121.6 121.6 12a.9 121.9 i2a.6 i2a.8 i2a.8 i2a.7 i2a.8 120.9 119.7 118.9 119.1 119.3 119.6 119.7 119.2 119. a 119.a 119.6 119.8 121.5 119.6 122.2 119.9 122.2 120.0 122.0 120.2 121.9 119.9 121.8 119.1 121.7 120.2 118.1 117.6 117.a 117.6 117.1 117.6 117.a 117.5 117.6 117.6 120.1 119.7 119.8 121.a 120.3 120.5 120.5 120.3 120.5 120.7 121.2 121.1 121.0 123.5 123.8 123.8 129.9 128.0 128.2 128.5 128.2 128.3 130.9 131.1 131.1 131.0 130.8 131.2 1 3 1 .a 127.0 1 25.a 125.9 125.8 126.5 1 2 6 .a 126.3 126.3 126.3 1 2 8 .a 128.5 128.9 129.2 129.8 128.7 129.0 129.1 128.8 129.2 1 2 9 .a 129.8 130.3 130.5 130-.6 131.1 131.1 126.7 123.1 123.5 121.P i2a .5 i2 a .6 i2a .7 12a.? 129.9 130.0 129.9 130.6 130.6 125.3 12a.9 125.3 125.5 125.6 125.6 125.5 125.6 125.1 12a.9 12a .9 i2 5 .a 125.0 123.1 12a.6 125.1 125.0 125.7 125.3 130.2 130.1 130.1 130.1 130.0 130.3 130.1 120.1 113.9 119.2 J19 ./' 119.5 119.5 1 1 9 .a 120.1 120.3 120.6 120.9 121.0 122.7 133.7 130.7 130.5 130.6 130,8 130.8 130.8 131.1 137. a 1 37.a 137.7 137.9 138.2 123.1 119.3 119.5 119.1 123.9 12a.0 123.8 i2a.3 12a.a 12a.3 12a. a i2a.7 i2a.9 133.8 127.6 131.5 131.5 131.a 131.2 132.0 136.8 136.8 136.7 136.6 136.3 136.7 122.7 121.6 121.3 121.6 121.5 121.9 122.3 123.0 122.5 122.7 123.0 123.0 127.7 93.7 98.5 98.6 98.3 99.3 98.8 101.5 100.8 100.5 101.2 9 9 .a 9a.a 92.7 102.2 ioa.o 102.1 101.6 102.1 102.0 103.5 105.0 103.1 103.9 102.6 99.5 97.0 101.0 102.2 102.2 101.3 102.5 102.3 103.6 103.7 102.8 102.9 100.9 95.8 91.7 105.9 106.0 105.7 106.2 107. a 106.7 106.7 107.7 106.7 107.a 105.7 102.8 101.2 100.5 101.8 102.0 100.9 102.0 102.0 103.9 103.5 101.5 103.1 98.9 9 a .2 92.7 101.7 102.5 101.9 101.7 100.5 101.6 102.1 103.9 10a.1 103.8 102.a 99.5 95.9 99.2 101. a 100.1 100.1 100.5 99.3 101.7 101.2 100.5 101.1 97.1 9a.2 92.6 96.0 90.6 9 1 .a 91.2 92.3 93.6 97.3 98.2 99.2 98.2 9 3 .a 93.6 92.8 95.7 97.3 100.0 101.2 102.5 103.1 101.0 99.1 93.3 9a.6 90.6 9 1 .a 91.8 92.0 93.1 96.2 96.7 97.1 98.1 98.1 95.8 9a. 6 102.8 100.1 100.7 100.0 101.5 101.9 103.7 ioa.9 ioa.8 105.1 ioa.6 102.5 103.5 96.1 90.8 91.2 91.1 93.5 9 3 .a 98.5 99.3 99.7 100.8 99.7 97.5 97.7 97.3 93.9 93.5 93.1 91.7 95.9 98.0 99.0 1 0 0 .a 101.5 100.9 93.8 97.7 95.2 91.6 93.0 90.6 91.2 93.0 95.3 97.0 97.1 1 0 0 .a 99.3 96.9 96.5 117 .U 117.6 117.7 117.9 117.9 117.6 118 .li Meats, Poultry, and Fish 1955: Average- January— February— March------A pril------May............. June--------July--------August-----SeptemberOctober— November— December— 1956: Average- January— February— March-------A pril------May----------June--------July--------August-----SeptemberOctober— November— December— 101.3 97.2 95.7 99.3 99.6 100.6 100.0 100.6 99.7 101.2 101.li 100.2 101.1 98.1 95.2 93.7 96.1 97.8 96.9 95.14 97.2 96.9 98.2 98.1; 97.0 98.9 95.3 91.8 38.8 102. a 103.7 103.9 102.8 103.9 103.7 105.2 105.U 102.9 ioa.7 101.9 96.8 91.1 99.0 99.9 99.7 99.7 98.8 100.8 102.1 101.1 100.1 101.3 98.9 93.5 91.6 100.1 101.0 101.3 100.1 ICO.7 100.3 102.3 101.6 101.6 102.3 99.8 96.0 93.6 9 9 .a 97.6 99.7 100.8 101.2 101.3 101.5 102.2 101.9 100.5 99.6 95.0 91.9 96.5 97.5 97.0 96.9 98.7 98.5 99.8 98.9 97.5 98.7 96.1 90.5 87.9 101.2 101.8 101.1 101.6 102.1 101.8 102.7 103.6 102.1 102.3 101.7 97.6 96.0 97.5 9 7 .a 98.3 97.5 98.7 98.1 100.0 99.7 99.1 99.3 96.a 93.8 92.0 103.9 ioa.8 106.2 106. a 106.6 ioa.o 105.9 10 a .8 ioa.8 105.0 101.9 99.5 9 7 .a 10a. a 106.5 106. a 106.3107.0 ioa.9 106.7 106.3 105.6 106.6 102.3 98.1 9li.8 95.0 93.7 95.U 96.2 98. a 100.1 101.0 102.7 101.5 9 9 .a 99.3 96.6 93.8 92.5 91.1 92.2 9li.2 97.3 99.3 100.5 103.1i 101.0 97.3 97.0 90.5 87.0 87.6 86.2 36.1: 89.1 91.3 93.0 93.2 95.1a 9U.7 91.8 90.8 98.2 93.1 93.9 93.1 9a.u 95.8 99.6 101.5 101.3 103.a 102.0 100.8 91.8 90.9 91.1 89.7 9 2 .a 93.2 95.3 96.3 97.2 100.3 98.7 96.1 95.7 95.6 91.5 91.9 91.2 92.0 93.5 97.1 99.1 98.1 100.2 99.0 98.2 95.1 92.3 88.9 89.6 89.2 90.3 90.3 92.6 93.3 9a.5 96.2 95.6 93.2 93.3 92.2 86.9 88.7 87.2 88.1 89.6 93.5 9a.2 95.9 96.6 9 7 .a 9a.a 93.8 97.8 9a.6 9a.7 93.8 9a.9 96.2 97.7 99.0 99.9 100.7 101.0 100.0 100.5 93.7 91.1 92.2 91.1 92.1 93.0 95.0 9a.8 95.3 96.3 95.7 9a.o 93.2 99.9 96.6 96.3 95.6 96.6 99.1 99.6 100.9 101.8 ioa.3 ioa.o 103.2 100.6 9 9 .a 95.0 96.0 95.3 96.6 98.3 9 9 .a 102.6 103.2 103.2 102.3 99.9 100.6 101.6 102. h 102.5 102.3 103.0 102.1 103.8 103.7 102.9 103.5 100.9 97.1 91i.6 105.0 105.8 106.3 105.3 107.0 106.0 107.6 107.5 105.7 107.1 105.3 99.1 96.8 102. U 10l|.6 10li.2 103.7 103.3 101.7 IOI4.2 101.6 103.8 97.1 93.3 93.6 92.8 9U.0 95.5 98.0 99.3 99.9 101.3 100.8 98.8 98.0 99.1 95.2 96.2 9lu3 95.6 97.3 100.0 102.5 103.0 103.5 102.0 99.5 99.7 lOii.O 99.8 98.6 96.1 ic i.a 100.1 93.7 9 7 .a Table 5 .—Indexes o f Retail Prices of Food by Commodity Group, by City fo r 20 Large C itie s, by Year and Month, 1955-56 /I9li7-1*9-1007 Year and month United States At lanta, Ga. B alti more, Md. Boston, Mass. Chi cago, 111. Cin cin nati, Ohio Cleve land, Ohio De t r o it, Mich. Houston, Texas Kansas City, Mo. Los Angeles, C a lif. Minne a p olis, Minn. Phila New delphia, York, Pa. N.Y. 7 j P itts burgh, Pa. Port land, Oreg. St. Louis, Mo. San Fran cis co , C a lif. Scran ton, Pa. Seattle, Wash. Wash ington, D.C. Dairy Products 1955: AverageJanuary---February— March------April------May----------June--------July--------August-----SeptemberOctober---November— December— 105.9 106.4 106.1 105.4 104.6 104.0 104.1 104.7 105.7 106.5 107.5 107.8 107.7 108.3 108.3 108.4 108.4 108.0 108.9 108.1 108.0 108.2 108.3 108.2 108.2 108.5 108.6 108.9 108.5 108.3 108.2 108.1 108.1 108.3 109.1 109.0 109.1 108.9 108.9 109.3 109.9 110.7 108.0 105.3 104.1 105.2 106.4 107.7 111.6 114.2 114.1 114.3 105.9 105.3 105.3 105.5 105.5 103.4 104.6 106.4 109.5 106.0 106.2 105.5 107.1 107.8 110.5 110.3 106.5 106.4 106.4 106.4 106.4 106.2 106.1 109.1 109.8 110.0 100.8 103.2 103.0 99.6 96.7 96.5 96.5 96.1 102.2 101.5 104.7 104.5 104.9 105.2 106.4 106.9 102.8 102.1 105.8 105.6 105.3 105.7 105.5 105.5 105.5 105.5 109.1 108.6 108.7 108.8 108.7 108.6 108.5 108.6 109.6 109.7 109.8 109.7 109.9 105.3 108.4 108.6 108.0 104.5 104.4 104.4 103.8 94.8 104.2 107.4 107.3 107.5 103.0 103.6 103.0 102.9 102.9 102.9 103.2 103.0 102.9 103.0 103.0 102.9 103.0 105.8 102.7 102.4 103.1 102.9 102.6 102.5 104.2 105.9 110.8 110.9 110.6 110.7 104.7 106.1 106.1 104.2 104.1 101.6 101.5 102.7 105.1 105.9 106.9 107.3 105.3 109.1 109.5 109.2 109.2 106.3 106.0 106.1 108.8 108.7 108.9 111.3 112.8 112.8 108.4 110.0 109.7 109.7 106.9 106.8 106.7 106.5 106.6 109.4 109.4 109.3 109.5 104.4 102.5 102.5 103.5 103.5 102.9 103.3 103.2 102.7 103.2 108.1 108.5 108.5 95.8 98.3 93.9 91.5 90.3 91.3 91.1 95.1 95.5 100.9 100.7 100.6 100.9 105.0 104.8 105.0 104.9 104.6 104.9 104.9 105.0 105.0 104.8 105.3 105.4 105.3 106.6 108.0 108.0 107.7 105.1 104.9 105.0 105.0 105.1 107.8 107.9 107.5 107.7 108.3 105.9 106.2 108.2 108.2 108.4 108.2 108.6 108.2 108.3 108.1 109.9 110.9 111.0 111.1 110.9 111.0 110.1 109.5 109.1 109.3 109.4 112.8 112.9 112.8 112.9 1956: AverageJanuary---February— March------April-------May----------June--------July--------August-----SeptemberOctober---November— December— 108.7 107.3 107.3 106.9 106.4 107.5 107.7 108.7 109.2 109.8 110.7 111.1 111.3 110.7 108.8 108.7 109.0 108.9 108.9 109.5 112.2 112.7 112.6 112.6 112.1 112.5 109.4 108.8 108.9 108.9 108.8 103.9 109.1 109.2 109.2 109.4 109.7 109.9 112.5 110.2 108.9 108.9 107.6 106.4 105.2 10 c o 110.0 111.4 111.4 114.4 116.3 116.5 109.8 107.6 107.6 107.6 109.1 110.3 110.7 109.5 110.2 110.2 111.4 112.0 111.2 112.8 110.3 110.7 110.9 110.9 113.8 113.6 113.6 113.7 113.9 114.1 114.2 114.2 104.6 105.0 102.2 101.7 101.0 104.2 104.3 104.1 104.3 104.4 107.6 108.2 108.3 109.3 105.1 104.8 104.7 108.7 108.9 109.1 109.3 110.7 112.2 112.1 112.7 112.8 108.9 109.9 109.7 104.3 104.1 108.7 108.8 109.0 109.1 109.5 109.4 112.2 112.4 109.0 107.5 107.5 107.3 107.2 110.6 110.6 110.8 111.2 111.0 108.0 108.3 108.2 103.9 102.7 102.8 102.9 103.0 103.0 103.3 103.6 103.5 105.4 105.5 105.5 105.4 110.5 110.7 111.2 110.7 110.5 111.9 111.0 110.9 111.4 110.3 110.6 108.6 108.5 105.7 104.6 104.5 104.3 102.2 102.6 103.3 106.0 106.8 107.1 108.0 109.5 109.7 111.1 110.1 110.1 109.7 107.2 107.5 107.7 111.4 111.4 111.9 114.9 114.6 116.1 109.5 109.5 110.0 109.9 107.2 107.3 107.3 107.7 107.6 110.9 111.3 111.7 113.8 112.1 108.6 108.9 108.9 109.2 112.5 113.4 113.6 113-7 113.9 114.0 113.8 114.1 102.7 100.9 100.4 100.2 97.5 101.5 101.7 104.5 104.8 106.1 106.3 106.3 102.4 107.9 105.4 105.7 105.7 105.6 105.7 105.8 105.9 106.1 110.5 112.4 113.2 113.2 106.9 107.7 107.7 107.6 105.0 105.2 105.3 105.4 105.2 107.9 108.1 108.5 108.8 113.3 110.8 111.1 111.1 112.6 112.9 112.9 113.0 113.0 113.1 116.0 116.2 116.4 114.2 113.1 113.1 113.3 112.4 112.1 112.3 115.5 115.3 115.6 115.8 115.9 116.0 Fruits and Vegetables 1955: AverageJ anuary---February— March-------April------May----------June--------July--------August-----SeptemberOctober---November— December— 113.5 110.6 110.7 112.0 117.5 120.2 119.5 121.9 111.3 110.2 108.5 109.0 110.7 113.1 112.4 108.9 110.0 117.2 120.6 118.7 115.7 112.7 112.8 111.0 107.1 110.6 112.4 108.0 108.7 110.0 114.6 116.9 118.6 115.8 118.9 111.0 109.6 109.0 107.9 109.7 105.0 107.5 107.8 112.0 114.5 115.9 120.7 111.2 111.3 103.8 104.7 102.1 112.4 109.3 108.4 108.5 114.1 118.6 116.0 120.0 114.2 111.7 108.6 109.0 110.9 112.6 107.2 106.9 109.5 115.6 118.8 120.2 123.5 108.9 109.9 110.0 109.3 110.8 109.1 105.2 105.7 105.9 111.0 119.3 116.5 119.1 108.5 104.3 106.1 103.3 104.7 125.9 121.5 122.2 124.9 131.6 137.2 132.9 135.3 121.9 118.2 118.0 122.1 124.4 114.6 113.1 113.1 116.6 119.8 119.2 116.8 118.5 112.9 113.2 109.6 110.8 112.0 106.4 102.7 103.4 103.0 108.0 109.9 111.2 114.3 105.8 103.0 103.0 104.2 108.3 112.6 112.6 111.6 115.6 121.6 116.0 113.4 114.5 102.7 107.9 107.7 111.7 115.6 118.6 115.0 116.6 118.3 123.1 124.8 125.6 123.1 112.6 111.7 115.2 117.3 119.8 107.5 106.0 105.1 105.4 111.4 113.4 111.6 115.3 104.9 107.0 103.8 104.1 101.7 116.4 111.3 113.6 114.3 119.9 124.4 123.1 123.6 117.8 115.5 113.9 110.4 109.2 111.1 107.3 108.5 107.5 115.6 118.2 122.1 120.0 110.9 108.5 103.4 105.8 105.4 113.9 110.5 111.7 114.4 117.5 119.0 120.1 118.7 110.7 107.5 107.3 111.5 117.3 121.3 117.0 117.4 118.5 125.9 127.2 126.7 128.6 120.4 119.5 118.0 117.5 118.9 117.1 114.1 115.6 118.2 121.8 121.9 123.5 122.7 109.5 111.3 112.7 115.2 118.1 108.5 104.5 107.4 108.5 115.2 117.0 114.3 120.2 108.2 103.1 101.2 100.0 102.2 119.0 118.2 119.4 122.0 124.2 126.7 125.2 123.4 114.2 110.3 110.9 113.1 120.1 111.1 108.1 108.5 107.8 115.2 117.7 114.7 117.5 110.4 112.2 109.0 105.7 106.3 1956: AverageJanuary---February— March-------April------May----------June--------July--------August-----SeptemberOctober— November— December— 119.0 112.6 113.3 114.8 116.7 121.5 131.4 135.2 120.7 114.8 113.9 115.8 117.4 120.4 113.6 113.9 114.7 114.2 118.6 130.1 137.8 125.5 121.5 119.2 115.9 119.8 117.3 112.5 111.4 112.7 115.0 120.0 129.9 130.3 121.4 115.5 113.3 113.4 112.1 115.6 106.6 108.2 108.9 110.4 118.5 130.6 134.2 118.7 115.8 111.5 111.6 111.8 115.8 108.6 112.6 110.3 113.9 117.8 124.4 133.7 118.5 111.8 109.6 114.2 114.1 118.0 112.8 110.2 110.9 118.3 122.3 131.6 137.8 119.7 114.5 111.0 112.9 114.3 113.8 107.0 107.8 109.3 111.2 116.7 127.9 131.5 116.9 110.0 110.0 107.6 110.0 132.6 123.6 124.8 127.6 129.5 138.9 148.7 159.6 132.8 124.6 123.6 129.3 128.1 116.7 113.0 113.4 113.9 113.9 111.4 120.2 125.5 121.5 115.9 114.4 116.5 120.9 114.1 108.3 107.3 108.6 111.0 115.7 124.2 127.5 115.5 111.4 111.0 113.6 114.5 118.5 114.3 115.8 118.6 122.5 121.8 126.3 125.1 113.3 111.8 111.8 118.6 122.1 125.6 120.9 122.8 123.8 127.2 130.5 136.3 144.1 125.1 115.9 117.6 121.6 120.9 114.5 107.4 108.4 109.5 110.3 116.6 128.7 128.5 113.7 112.0 113.4 111.2 113.7 121.9 115.0 116.0 118.7 119.3 125.3 135.0 140.0 123.5 118.7 117.2 115.9 118.2 119.9 109.9 110.1 114.1 116.0 122.0 139.0 134.9 123.6 117.7 114.4 118.2 118.6 119.5 115.4 117.0 119.1 120.0 124.8 132.2 131.9 117.0 110.2 111.6 115.5 118.8 124.5 121.5 120.6 122.5 125.0 125.3 135.1 140.7 124.4 118.8 116.5 120.6 122.8 122.5 119.1 120.1 121.5 124.8 127.2 130.5 130.0 119.6 117.8 117.8 120.0 121.4 115.7 108.1 107.9 111.1 109.9 117.2 134.3 137.4 118.0 109.7 110.4 111.9 112.3 122.3 119.3 119.8 122.3 123.1 123.6 130.4 133.3 122.9 115.1 114.1 119.7 123.5 118.7 114.6 113.6 114.5 114.7 122.3 133.0 136.6 120.5 119.4 113.0 110.6 111.9 Year and month United States 3/ At lanta, Ga. B alti more, Md. Boston, Mass. Chi cago, 111. Cin cin nati, Ohio Cleve land, Ohio De t r o it , Mich. Houston, Texas Kansas Los City, Angeles, Mo. C alif. Minne a p olis, Minn. New Phila York, delphia, Fa. N.Y. 2 / P itts burgh, Pa. Port land, Creg. St. Louis, Mo. San Fran c is co , C a lif. Scran ton, Pa. Seattle, Wash. Wash ington, D.C. Other Foods at Home 1955: AverageJanuary— February— March-------April------May----------June--------July--------August-----SeptemberOctober---November— December— 111.5 111.3 112.1 111.9 109.4 108.4 107.7 109.2 112.6 114.1 113.9 113.1 113.7 104.0 103.2 104.1 103.9 101.5 101.5 101.3 102.4 105.1 106.3 105.4 105.9 106.9 111.2 111.6 112.2 112.1 108.9 107.7 107.4 108.5 112.5 113.7 113.0 113.0 113.2 106.6 103.9 106.2 107.2 105.1 104.0 103.9 105.8 110.4 109.4 108.2 107.9 107.1 116.9 116.7 117.6 117.3 114.7 113.9 112.8 113.9 117.9 119.8 119.7 119.3 119.7 116.6 116.5 117.4 117.9 115.3 113.7 112.6 114.4 117.6 118.7 118.8 117.8 119.0 1956: AverageJanuary---February— March-------April------May----------June--------July--------August-----SeptemberOctober---November— December— 112.8 112.8 109.6 110.7 110.8 110.9 111.1 112.8 113.9 115.4 115.8 115.2 114.2 105.3 105.5 102.4 102.8 103.7 104.1 104.0 105.0 106.0 107.0 108.1 107.6 107.4 112.8 111.9 109.4 110.7 110.7 111.1 111.4 113.3 113.6 115.4 116.1 115.2 114.2 106.8 106.8 103.2 105.5 105.6 105.7 105.9 107.5 108.1 110.9 110.1 107.0 105.8 119.1 118.4 116.0 117.1 117.1 117.8 118.3 119.6 120.0 121.4 122.6 121.5 119.2 118.8 118.0 114.7 116.1 116.9 116.6 116.8 119.1 120.8 122.4 122.3 121.7 119.6 1/ 2/ 113.1 115.7 117.7 117.2 116.5 116.8 113.1 112.1 113.2 114.3 110.6 110.0 108.8 110.4 114.6 116.9 116.5 115.5 114.8 109.5 111.8 111.1 109.6 109.3 108.2 106.9 107.0 108.5 110.5 110.0 110.2 111.1 104.9 104.7 106.6 105.5 103.1 102.2 101.3 101.7 106.0 107.4 107.4 106.1 107.2 110.1 109.2 111.4 111.2 108.1 108.1 107.0 107.5 109.1 112.3 113.5 111.1 112.6 119.7 119.0 121.5 121.9 117.2 116.2 114.4 116.7 120.2 121.8 122.7 121.4 123.0 113.3 112.3 113.2 113.3 111.5 109.5 109.6 111.3 117.0 116.9 115.5 114.6 114.6 112.0 111.9 112.9 112.8 110.8 108.0 107.7 110.2 114.6 114.3 113.8 113.6 113.1 120.2 120.4 119.3 120.9 118.4 116.7 l lo .2 117.8 121.6 123.2 123.4 122.5 122.4 111.5 109.3 109.3 109.4 109.3 108.9 108.9 110.9 113.3 115.3 115.8 112.7 115.4 119.3 119.3 119.5 120.8 118.3 117.2 115.7 116.8 118.8 121.4 120.8 121.4 121.9 110.3 109.6 112.3 110.4 108.4 108.4 108.4 108.3 110.7 112.9 112.7 109.9 112.0 116.7 115.8 113.0 114.0 114.4 114.3 115.4 117.1 118.5 120.2 120.0 119.4 118.2 115.2 113.9 111.6 112.8 113.5 112.8 113.4 115.2 117.3 119.1 118.4 118.2 116.4 111.2 106.6 105.3 102.8 104.8 105.1 105.8 107.1 107.3 108.0 109.4 108.5 108.4 107.0 111.7 112.7 110.7 109.9 110.5 110.1 109.3 110.9 111.8 112.0 114.4 114.2 114.0 120.9 121.8 118.2 119.5 119.3 119.5 120.0 120.7 121.2 121.9 123.9 123.2 121.5 113.2 113.5 109.7 111.3 112.6 112.4 108.5 110.1 110.6 111.0 110.8 113.2 114.0 116.4 116.5 115.2 112.8 121.9 121.9 118.7 119.6 119.8 120.0 119.9 122.4 122.8 124.8 125.5 124.7 123.0 115.5 113.4 111.4 114.1 113.0 112.6 114.3 115.8 119.3 119.6 118.5 117.0 117.3 121.4 121.2 118.5 120.5 119.3 119.6 120.1 121.8 121.9 124.0 124.3 123.1 122.9 110.4 111.5 107.0 108.3 107.4 107.1 107.5 110.3 111.9 112.5 114.4 114.0 112.7 115.1 115.9 115.2 116.4 113.4 112.3 111.0 111.0 108.9 109.3 109.4 109.8 109.7 110.9 112.2 112.7 113.6 113.6 113.7 111.1 111.1 111.5 113.6 114.2 116.7 116.2 115.4 113.6 l|6-city average, including 26 c itie s not shown separately. Includes New York, N. Y .— Northern New Jersey. Indexes fo r a l l foods by month, 1957-54 appear in Retail Prices of Foods, 1953-54, 34S Bull. 1183 (table 6, pp. 16-17)* 109.9 109.7 110.3 111.1 108.2 105.6 105.4 108.5 113.4 112.6 111.7 111.2 111.1 110.4 110.6 106.3 108.1 108.5 108.7 108.5 110.4 111.0 114.0 113.6 113.8 111.1 110.6 109.9 111.7 110.5 108.2 108.9 108.7 109.0 111.8 113.3 113.3 110.1 112.0 111.7 111.3 111.9 112.1 110.0 118.0 107.7 109.3 113.5 114.2 114.4 113.5 114.1 111.4 110.7 106.6 108.7 108.5 108.6 109.4 113.4 112.9 109.1 111.8 111.6 112.1 112.5 113.7 114.3 116.9 116.3 115.8 114.3 111.0 114.1 114.9 116.0 114.0 114.5 Table 6 . —Indexes o f R etail P rices o f P rincip al Foods in the United S ta te s, by Year, 1939-56 /T9h7-149=100 unless otherwise in d ic a te d / A r t ic le or group 1939 A ll foods 1 / ------------------------------------- - ............ . U7.1 — Foods at home ---------------------------------------------57.2 Cereals and bakery products -----------------C ereals: U5.8 F lour, wheat -------------------------------------— B iscu it mix 2 / ---------------------------------h6.8 Corn meal ------------------------------------------Rice --------------------------------------------------— R olled oats --------------------------------------Corn flak es --------------------------------------56.7 Bakery products: 59.6 Bread — --------------------------------------------— Soda crackers 2 / ------------------------------V anilla cookies 5 / --------------------------55.1 Meats, p ou ltry , and Tish 6 / -----------------h i .6 Meats 6 / ------------------------” ---------------------U2.1 Beef and veal -----------------------------------h2.5 Round steak -----------------------------------Ul. 2 Chuck roa st -----------------------------------39.6 Rib roa st --------------------------------------h2.3 — Hamburger --------------------------------------Veal c u tle ts ---------------------------------h3.9 P o r k --------------------------------------------------h l.h 39.6 Pork chops ------------------------------------h3.8 Bacon, s lic e d -------------------------------Ham, whole ------------------------------------h l.h Lamb, le g ------------------------------------------ho.h Other meats: — Frankfurters 2 / ----------------------------— Luncheon m eat/ canned 2 / ------------P oultry, fry in g chickens 7 / --------------h8.7 F i s h ---------------------------------- -------------------33.7 F ish , fresh or frozen ---------------------38.9 Canned fi s h : Salmon, pink, canned -------------------25.5 — Tuna f i s h , canned 2 / 8 / ------------h9.8 Dairy p r o d u c t s ----------------------------------------M ilk, fr e s h , (grocery ) 9 / 1 0 / ----------56.2 M ilk, fre s h , (d eliv ered )" 1 0 / ------------58.1 — Ice cream 2 / ----------------------------------------Butter ------------------------------------------------h0.5 ho.o Cheese, American process 1 1 / ------------5o.o M ilk, evaporated ---------------------------------A ll fr u it s and vegetables ---------------------h6.3 — Frozen fr u it s and vegetables 2 / Frozen f r u i t s : — Strawberries 2 / ----------------------------— Orange ju ic e concentrate 2 / -------Frozen vegetables: ” — Peas, green 2 / -----------------------------— Beans, green 2 / ----------------------------F re s h .fr u its and vegetables --------------h $ .l Fresh f r u it s : 3 3.6 Apples -------------------------------------------3 8.0 Bananas ------------------------------------------Oranges, s iz e 200 ------------------------5h.3 — Lemons 1 2 / ------------------------------------— Grapefruit * / 1 3 / ------------------------— Peaches * / Th/”^ ----------------------------— Strawberries"”*-/ 1 5 / ---------------------— Grapes, seedless” * / 1 6 / --------------Watermelons * / 1 7 / -----------------------— 19 h0 19 hi 19 h2 19h3 19 hh 19 h5 19 h6 19 h7 19h8 19 h9 1950 1951 1952 1953 195h 1955 1956 h7.8 — 53.6 52.2 — 59.2 61.3 — 63.6 68.3 — 65.1 6 7 .h — 65.6 68.9 — 65.9 79.0 — 75.6 95.9 — 9h.O lO h .l — 103. h 100.0 — 102.7 101.2 — io h .5 112.6 — l i h .o l l h .6 — 116.8 112.8 112.5 119.1 112.6 111.9 121.9 110.9 109.7 123.9 111.7 110.2 125.6 U9.2 — h l.h 51.3 — h8.3 5 8 .h — 52.9 63.7 — 59.1 66.3 — 63.2 65.9 — 6h.9 — 56.8 — 5 7 .h — 59.2 h /67.3 " 58.9 73.5 57.5 80.5 58.5 99.6 — 97.6 3/100.5 82.1 " 90.9 86.2 66.3 101. h — 103.8 105.9 1 0 6 .h 106.3 99.0 — 93.6 93.7 102.8 107.6 101.7 — 96.8 85.9 10] .5 109.2 107. h — lOh.O 90.1 110.0 121.0 108.3 — 112.9 90.9 112.9 126.9 108.3 9 9 .h l l h .9 99.7 113.6 127.7 110.3 97.2 lli.h 96.2 llh .l 127.9 110.8 96.3 131 .h 95.2 117.6 128.0 110.7 9 5 .h 111.0 92.8 119.1 128.9 61.1 — 56. h h i.2 h i.2 h3.2 h2.6 h0.3 h2.7 — hh.l 37.8 36.8 38.3 36.9 ho.h 6 l.5 — 57.3 h6.3 h6.h h6.6 h5-7 h3.9 h5.6 — h8.7 h6.6 h5.2 h8.2 h6.3 h3.1 65.7 65.9 — — 6h.6 62.5 57.6 5h.2 5h.2 5 3 .h 52.0 5 2 .h 50.9 51. h 52.0 50.5 51.2 h9 -7 — lt/57.1i 55.5 - 5 2 .h 56.1 55.8 5h.8 53.h 57.8 5 5 .h 57.0 56.9 58.0 51.3 65.3 — 65.7 55.9 51. h h9.9 h3.7 50.0 h9.2 5h:3 h8.o 52.2 h9.7 55.0 53.6 57.9 6 5 .h — 65.8 56.5 51.5 h9.3 h8.h h9.6 h9.1 5h.h h? .8 5 2 .h h9.8 55.3 53.8 5 8 .h 77.1 — 7h-7 6 9 .h 65.8 63.3 62.2 6h.O 63.5 67.6 60.1 69.0 65.0 72.3 72.1 7 0 .h 93.0 — 93.6 93.5 93.6 89.8 90.2 90.1 91.5 87.1 87.6 100.5 96.8 105.h 101.8 90.2 103.2 — 102.7 106.1 106. h 108.7 107.9 112.6 108.7 111.2 10h.9 103.6 103.6 10h.3 102.5 101.1 103.8 — 103.8 100.5 100.0 101.5 101.8 97.2 99.3 101.7 107. h 95.9 99.6 90.3 95.7 103.1 106.0 — 105.2 10h.9 105.5 ill.7 11.1.6 107.1 109.5 1 1 2 .h 116.1 9h.6 100.8 8 6 .h 93.5 107.3 116.1 — 116.6 117.2 119.5 130.5 130. h 128.9 125.3 133.0 l3 h .9 100. h 106.3 91.1 100 .h 120.2 119.3 — 120.6 116.2 1 1 8 .h 129.5 132.7 127.8 126.3 126.9 137.0 99.3 1 07 .h 87.9 98.5 118.1 122.7 103.2 3 19 .h 109.9 110.6 102.1 110.0 9h.3 10h.3 92.6 122.6 110.5 113.3 107.0 107.3 10h.3 127.3 105. h 121.3 103.0 110.0 98.3 108.9 91.6 lOh.O 8 3 .h 118.9 313.9 118.0 111.0 108.1 102.5 131.6 10h.9 1 22 .h 101.6 101.2 97.2 108.7 89.5 105.3 81.0 1 19 .h 98.1 108.5 39.7 93.8 98.2 13h.7 107.3 12h.O 97.1 97.9 95.7 107.1 87.2 10h.7 79.3 120.8 93.1 107.6 79.0 9 2 .h 99.8 — — h9.2 36.9 h i.6 — — 53.0 h i .6 h6.h — — 63.7 5h.h 62.3 — — 75.9 69.0 8 1 .h — — 7 8 .h 69.3 81.7 — — 80.2 72.5 85.9 — — 90.3 78.9 93.7 — — 95.1 90.6 9h.8 — — 105.5 io h .5 103.2 — — 9 9 .h 10h.9 102.0 — — 95.2 103.0 105.9 — — 99.7 117.6 112.9 — — 100.1 l l h .6 l l h .h 95.0 101.5 97.6 110.3 109.9 90.9 103.3 88.1 110.8 109.6 87.1 89.9 91.7 108,6 105. h 8 5 .h 8h.h 3 0 .h 108.5 105.5 30.2 — 52.6 58.0 60.6 — h5.o h l.h 51.2 h7.3 — 3h.7 — 58.2 63.2 6h.9 — 51.5 h8.0 5 7 .h 50.5 — h2.2 — 65.1 68.2 71.5 — 59.3 55.8 65.1 6 h .l — h6.9 — 69.9 7 2.h 7h.3 — 6 5 .h 60.2 73.2 82.7 — h7.7 — 6 9 .h 73.2 7h.h — 62.1 61.1 72.8 8 2 .h — h8.0 — 69.5 73.2 7h.h — 62.9 60.6 73.0 86.7 — 50.6 — 35.7 3h.3 85.0 — 38.8 81. h 83.9 89.3 82.7 — 96.7 9h.h 9h.h — 100.7 95.7 95.7 97.6 106.9 — 106.3 105.1 10h.7 — 108.5 106.6 108.0 100.5 — 1 1 0 .h — 96.9 100.6 100.8 — 90.8 97.7 96.3 101.9 — 97.9 — 95.9 97.3 98.8 — 91.3 96.9 92.8 97.6 —- 127.5 — 107.0 108. h 110.2 — 102 .h llO .h 105.7 106.7 — 115 .h — 111.5 113.8 115.8 — 107.0 113. h 109. h 117.2 — 1 0 9 .h 100.9 109.6 1 12 .h 115.1 99.1 9 9 .h 113.1 107.1 113.5 101.2 107.8 103.3 106.1 110.1 113.1 97.3 91.1 108.0 101.3 111.9 99.1 115.7 99.6 105.9 110.3 113.9 95.6 89.2 108.0 100.2 113.5 99.5 125.5 9h.6 108.7 113.6 118. h 95.5 91.3 108. h 103. h 119.0 103.1 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 96.7 106.1 9h.7 100.5 93.7 99.2 91.2 107.0 — — h6.1 — — h9.h — — 63.0 — — 8h.h — — 8h.0 — — 89.2 — — 9 0 .h ___ — 95.5 — — 100.7 — — 103.7 — — 97.7 — — 105.9 — — 123.2 97.3 100. h 116.1 98.2 in o .2 113.9 102.7 98.9 .116.0 107.5 95.9 122.3 h i.2 39.3 5h.2 — — — — — —- h2.5 hh .l 57.3 — — — — — 55.9 6 h .l 67.2 — — — — — 3h.7 7 5.h 98.2 — — — — — — 88.6 7 h .l 93.0 — — — — — 101.5 68.9 100.7 — — — — — — 107.7 73.0 106.9 — — — — — — 103.2 95.0 93.0 — — — — -— — 96.0 100.3 96.0 — — — — — — 100.9 10h.6 111.0 95.6 1 0 2 .h 105.8 — — — — — — 87.6 102.8 lOh.O — — — — — — 118.6 103.0 107.9 —— — — — 133.9 lOh.O 105.3 103.5 97.6 9h.3 91.1 9h.O 37.7 130.3 lO h .l 119.1 98.2 95.1 96.7 96.2 8h.h 71.6 128.5 105.0 113.8 97.1 97.5 133.0 95.3 7 9 .h 80.2 128.9 lOh.h 126.7 101.9 lOh.O 9 7 .h 99.7 80.3 79.5 73.1 — 75.0 — — — — — — Fresh vegetables: Potatoes --------------------------------------Sweetpotatoes -------------------------------Onions -----------------------------------------Carrots ------------------— -------- —----Lettuce - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Celery 18/ -----------------------------------Cabbage ---------------------------------------Tomatoes 2/ ----------------------------------Beans, green --------------------------------Canned fruits and vegetables --------------Canned fruits: Orange juice 2/ ----------------------------Peaches ---------------------------------------Pineapple ------------------------------------Fruit cocktail 2/ -------------------------Canned vegetables” Corn, cream style 19/ -------------------Peas, green 20/ ---------------------------Tomatoes --------------------------------------Baby foods 2/ -------------------------------Dried fruits ancT vegetables----------------Prunes ------------ ------------------------------Dried beans 21/ —----------------------------Other foods at home 22/ -------------------------Partially prepared"Toods: Soup, vegetable 2/ 23/ --------------------Beans with pork 7 / --------------------------Condiments and sauces^. Pickles, sweet 2/ — ................. ............ Catsup, tomato 7/ ----------------------------Beverages, non-alcoholic --------------------Coffee 2 V ------------------------------------- Tea 2/ 7 5 / ------------------------ -------------Cola drinks 2 / --------------------------------Fats and oils ------------------------------------Shortening, hydrogenated 26/ ------------Margarine, colored ----------------------------Lard --------------------------------------------------Salad dressing 27/ --------------------------Peanut butter 2T~-------------------------------Sugar and sweets -----------------------------------S ugar--------------- --------------------------------Corn syrup 2 / ----------------------------------------Grape je lly 2 / --------------------------------------Chocolate bars 2 / ---------------------------------Eggs, grade A, large ----------------------------Miscellaneous foods: Gelatin, flavored 2 / ----------------------------- ioa.3 102.2 125.3 108.6 9a.i — 96.0 — 101.0 99. a 101.7 n5.a 37.7 9a.3 112.2 — 97.5 — 96.8 96.2 35.a 80.5 — 86.7 — 91.6 88.6 9a.o 9a.9 87.0 97.1 93.7 — 106.5 — 102.2 ioa.5 92.6 so.a 90.2 95.2 — 87.5 — 101.6 91.8 93.5 107.6 93.6 112.2 110.3 — 127.3 — 105.7 ioa.3 iao.o 163 . a 13 a.i 103.5 105.2 — iao.5 — 112.5 103.0 102.2 ias.8 1C1.0 108.0 105.2 99.2 105.1 99.2 113.1 76.5 — — 93.1 77.1 — — 101.6 91.1 — — 99.9 101.1 — — 98.a 107.7 — — 91.2 103.6 — — ■107.3 106.0 — — 107.8 ioa.9 — 56.5 73.1 5a.o — 76.0 90.3 7a.7 — 66.9 75.2 56.a — 76.9 90.3 75.5 — 68.a 76.a 58.1 — 80.6 93.7 88.3 — 77 . a 83.1 70.2 — 95.8 102.9 n3. a — 107.2 107 oa 106.9 100.1 102.9 99.2 97.1 — ioo. a 92 . a 101.3 97.9 89.5 — 92.5 100.2 82.6 97.5 92.6 98.7 86.8 — 92.9 106.6 77.1 101.2 106.7 101.1 111.2 — 101.6 119.3 83.2 na.6 112.7 97.8 103.8 — 97.9 113.9 80.6 109.3 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 59.8 59.0 — — 61.1 59.7 — — 60.9 5 9 .a — — 61.1 59.6 — — 68.a 67.3 — — 91.5 91.5 — — ioo. a ioo. a — — 108.1 108.0 — — 153.0 I5a.8 — — 168.7 169.1 — — 169.8 169.2 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 82.2 85.0 8 0 .0 58.1 U.O a6.5 53.5 a9.7 56.7 — 50.7 — 50.5 58.1 a2.3 a6.8 60.3 52.3 62.8 — 62.7 — 57.9 61.6 62.1 5o.lt 70.5 67.7 78.lt — 65.1 — 6a.7 76.5 8a.3 98.7 90.2 80.0 91.8 — ioa.6 — 80.3 82.1 85.7 93.3 83.a 79 . a 79.8 — 76.6 — aa.5 si.a — 56.6 57. It — — 57.2 57.8 — — 62.7 59.2 — — 79.6 7a.6 — — 87.6 78.7 — — 90.1 77.0 — 90 . a 58.a 77.2 a9.a — 37.9 a2.a 32,7 — 58.7 77.9 a8.9 — ao.9 a5.9 3a.9 — 63.5 79.1 52.5 — i*3.a a7.o 39.3 — 72.5 90.6 69.5 75.9 93.1 75.7 55.a 61.3 1*8.6 — — — — — — — — — a6.8 a6.o — — a5.3 1*3.9 — — a9.7 a8.8 — — — — — — — — a8.6 a7,3 16.7 ao.a 63.6 a5.5 a5.i aa.6 3a.9 61.1 52.1 a8.5 a8.2 a7.o 63.9 63.7 73.9 -169.9 60.7 6a.5 69.9 7a.5 6a.3 68.7 7a.5 — — — — — — 56.9 56.6 5a.8 5a.a 60.2 59.9 71.5 71.2 71.9 70.8 — — — — Wi.5 U6.1 Wi.7 U7.3 56.0 Sh.Q hS.3 — — — 66.3 60.2 62.8 — — 68.3 91.2 87.8 81.9 79.1 sa.s — 88.0 — 91 . a 81.9 68.7 6o.a 8 1.2 8a.3 70.1 108.0 109 . a 69.5 7a.7 75.3 97.9 80.9 108.5 117.6 101.9 — — 71.5 70.a 71.5 70 . a si.a 80.5 — — — 6 0.2 — 6 a.2 — — 101.8 101.9 — — — — — — — — — — — — aa.7 a6.i 55.1 67.0 79.5 75.6 80.7 32.9 98.6 — — — — — — — — — 1 / Restaurant meals included in a ll foods beginning January 1953. 7/ December 1952-100. T / Average for 6 months. V Average fo r 11 months. 5/ Vanilla cookies replaced pound cake in October 1939. V Other meats included in Meats, and Meats, poultry and fish, beginning January 1953. 7 / Frying chickens replaced roasting chickens in April 19li9. 3 / Specification revised to chunk style tuna in 1*2 c itie s and continued as solid pack tuna in h c i t i e s , beginning August 1955; chunk style in li3 c itie s and solid peck in 3 c itie s , beginning November 1955. 9 / S p ecification revised to include Vitamin D milk and milk in h alf-gall on containers, “ beginning November 1950. 10/ Milk sp ecification s revised to standard sp ecification by c ity , beginning August 1956. H / American process cheese replaced number 1 mild cheddar cheese in July 19ii9. 12/ May 1953-100. 1953 average fo r 8 months. IT / January 1953-100. 1953 and 195a averages fo r 1* months, 1955 and 1956 averages fo r 7 months. I V July 1953-100. 1953-56 averages fo r 3 months. 87.a loo. a si.a 1 1 0 .5 102.5 108.3 107.0 109.9 110.7 ioa.9 79.9 71.7 93.3 30.1 71.6 92.1 — — — 98.a 98.a 99.8 99.8 — — — — 102.5 — 81.6 — 101.8 102.2 — — — — 98.8 85.3 — — 93.5 95.5 89.7 92.5 102.9 — 105.5 106.2 — — — 103.8 — 79.3 81.5 76.3 69.1 92.8 — 106 . a 108.2 105.0 99.3 121.1 S5.a 108 . a 105.9 90.2 99.1 9a.7 107.2 ioa.o 107.2 123.1 95.2 108.8 113.7 98.9 119.9 98.5 105.1 ioa.o 127.8 na.9 112 . a 108.1 na.a 92.7 na.5 io5.a 119.5 107.9 107.8 107.6 ioa.8 100.2 110.5 ioa.o ioa.9 101.7 107 . a 108.0 106.1 101.3 120.0 111.0 103.8 100.8 113 . a 101.1 102.0 99.7 ioa.o 120.6 85.7 112.2 103.1 101.1 9 9 .a 99.2 108.1 126.5 88.5 na.8 101.5 101.8 103.0 98.6 116.3 138 . a 93.7 111.5 106.8 102.1 ioa.i 100.9 na.6 ia7.2 85.7 112.8 99.8 100.0 99.6 100.9 98.7 103.9 93.3 103.0 101.5 97.8 17a.5 173.5 100.2 103.5 79.6 32.8 76.7 72.7 91. a 102.0 97.2 207.3 99 . a ioa.7 109.7 83.9 85.5 77 . a 95.0 9a.a 98.8 101.6 19a.O 192.0 121.2 113.0 83.1 90.5 75.6 73.1 9a.3 99.9 100.1 107.6 109.3 109.3 108.3 100.7 215.2 98.1 185.6 180.7 122.5 111.9 81.3 aa.7 75.0 76.0 92.8 no.a 110.0 112.2 109.6 101.5 in . a — 100.2 — ioi. a 1 05.0 108.0 100.9 107.8 99.9 105.a 8a.o 112.6 86.8 100.0 ioo. a 99.7 98.9 98.8 99.3 — 9a.8 109.8 86.3 15/ April 1953-100. 1953-56 averages fo r 3 months. 15/ July 1953*100. 1953 average for 3 months, 1951* and 1955 averages for 5 months, 1956 average for k months. 17/ June 1953-100. 1953-56 averages fo r 3 months. IT / January 1953-100. 15/ Cream style corn replaced cream style and whole kernel corn in April 1939. 70/ No. 303 can fancy grade replaced No. 2 can standard grade peas in April 1950. 2 1 / Navy beans through June 1955. Specification revised to include Great Northern Beans beginning July 1955. Published as dried beans beginning August 1955. 22/ Partially prepared foods and miscellaneous foods were added to the l i s t of foods bought to be prepared at home in January 1953. 23/ Tomato soup replaced vegetable soup in August 1956. 2Tj/ Specification revised to include prices far tinned coffee in 211 stores and coffee in bags in chain stores and supermarkets only, beginning January 1956. 25/ Tea bags replaced loose tea in August 1955. 75/ Published as shortening in other containers prior to August 19V . 27/ Salad dressing replaced mayonnaise in January 1950. * / Priced only in season. -2 0 Table 7.—Indexes of Retail Prices o f Principal Foods in the United States, by Month, 1955 and 1956 /T937-39*100 unless otherwise indicated/ Article or group Aver age Jan. Feb, Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. All foods ------------------------------------------------ 110.9 Poods at home ------------------------------------------ 109.7 Cereals and bakery products ------------------ 123.9 Cereals: Flour, wheat ----------------------------------- 110.8 Biscuit mix 1 /--------------------------------96.3 Corn meal --------------------------------------- 111.3 R ic e ----------------------------------------------95.2 Rolled oats ------------------------------------ 117.6 Corn flakes ------------------------------------ 128.0 Bakery products: Bread --------------------------------------------- 131.6 Soda crackers l / ------------------------------ 103.9 Vanilla cookies ------------------------------ 122.3 Meats, poultry, and fish ---------------------- 101.6 Meats------------------------------------------------ 101.2 Beef and veal --------------------------------97.2 Round steak --------------------------------- 108.7 Chuck roast --------------------------------89.5 Rib roast ------------------------------------ 105.3 Hamburger-----------------------------------81.0 Veal c u t le t s ------------------------------- 119.3 Pork----------------------------------------------98.1 Pork chops ----------------------------------- 108.5 Bacon, sliced -----------------------------89.7 Ham, whole ---------------------------------93.8 Lamb, l e g --------------------------------------98.2 Other meats: Frankfurters 1 /---------------------------87.1 Luncheon meat, canned 1 /--------------89.9 Poultry, frying chickens ------------------91.7 F is h -------------------------------------------------- 108.6 Fish, fresh or frozen --------------------- 105.it Canned fish : Salmon, pink, canned ------------------- 115.7 99.6 Tuna fish, canned 1/ 2 / --------------Dairy products -------------------------------------- 105.9 Milk, fresh, (grocery) ---------------------- 110.3 Milk, fresh, (delivered) ------------------- 113.9 Ice cream 1 /--------------------------------------95.6 89.2 Butter ---------------------------------------------Cheese, American process ------------------- 108.0 Milk, evaporated -------------------------------- 100.2 All fruits and vegetables --------------------- 113.5 Frozen fru its and vegetables 1/---------99.5 Frozen fru its : Strawberries 1 /----------------------------93.7 99.2 Orange juice concentrate 1 /---------Frozen vegetables: Peas, green 1 /------------------------------ 102.7 Eeans, green l / ----------------------------98.9 Fresh fruits and vegetables--------------- 116.0 Fresh fru its: Apples ----------------------------------------- 128.5 Bananas --------------------------------------- 105.0 Oranges, size 200 ------------------------ 113.8 Lemons 3 /-------------------------------------97.1 Grapefruit 3 /------------------------------ 5 / 97.5 Peaches 6 /------------------------------ ---- 7/133.0 Strawberries 8 /--------------------------- 7/ 95.3 Grapes, seedless 6 /--------------------- $/ 79.3 Watermelons 10/--------------------------- 7/ 80.2 Fresh vegetables: Potatoes -------------------------------------- 107.2 Sweetpotatoes ------------------------------ 123.1 Onions ----------------------------------------95.2 Carrots --------------------------------------- 108.8 Lettuce --------------------------------------- 113.7 Celery 3 /-------------------------------------98.9 Cabbage --------------------------------------- 119.9 Tomatoes 1 /---------------------------------98.5 Beans, green -------------------------------- 105.1 Canned fruits and vegetables ------------- 103.0 Canned fru its: Orange juice 1 /---------------------------- 107 .3 Peaches --------------------------------------- 108.0 Pineapple---------------------------------- - 106.1 Fruit cocktail 1 /------------------------- 101.3 Canned vegetables: Corn, cream style ------------------------ 101.5 Peas, green --------------------------------- 101.8 Tomatoes -------------------------------------- 103.0 Baby foods l / -------------------------------- 98.6 Dried fruits and vegetables--------------- 116.3 Primes-------------------------------------------- 138. 3 Dried beans 11/-------------------------------- 93.7 110.6 109.1; 123.1; 110.8 109.6 123.8 110.8 109.7 123.9 111.2 110.1 123.9 111.1 110.0 123.3 111.3 110.3 123.0 112.1 111.1 123.2 111.2 110.0 123.1 111.3 96.8 110.7 93.3 115.3 128.1 111.1; 96.6 111.5 91; .5 116.1; 128.1 111.2 96.7 111.5 95.2 116.9 128.1 111.3 96.7 111.5 95.5 117.1 127.9 110.9 96.6 111.5 95.2 117.3 128.0 111.0 96.7 111.5 95.8 113.0 127.8 110.9 96.7 111.9 96.3 118.2 127.7 130.3 105.3 122.3 102. 3 103.7 99.7 111.5 93.7 108.6 82.2 119.0 100.1 103.6 96.1 97.3 98.9 131.3 101;. 3 122.3 102.5 102.6 99.U 110.7 93.6 107.6 81.5 122.8 98.5 103.6 93.0 9U.7 98.3 131.3 101;.9 122.3 102,3 100,9 98.); 109.3 92.7 106.2 81.1; 120.2 95.8 101.7 90.8 92.0 93.2 131.3 10U.7 122.6 103.0 101.1 98.1 108.9 91.9 106.3 81.8 119.7 96.6 106.3 89.7 91.0 99.0 131.3 105.0 122.3 102.1 101. h 96.5 107.1 88.3 105.1 81.3 119.2 99.3 113.U 89.2 93.5 97.2 131.7 103.9 122.3 103.3 103.3 96.3 108.3 88.8 105.3 30.9 119.1 103.1 122.9 89.1; 95.8 100.2 88.3 98.5 85.1 109.3 107.2 87.5 93.7 90.3 109.2 107.1 87.5 93.0 97.8 108.5 105.8 87.U 90.7 101.3 108.6 106.0 86.9 89.5 93.0 108.5 105.9 111.3 101.0 106.1 111.3 liU. 5 96.2 90.1 106.7 100.3 110.6 98.5 112.0 100.6 106.1 110.9 113.1 96.2 89.5 107. ii 100.2 110.7 96.8 112.8 100.2 105.1; 109.6 112.6 96.0 89.U 108.3 100.3 112.0 97.li 113.5 99.6 103.6 108.5 111.2 95.8 89.1 108.0 100.2 117.5 97.8 93.1 98.7 93.2 95.1 9U.U 95.7 99.1 100.0 111.8 98.5 99.5 112 .3 116.9 103.3 98,0 100.3 93.9 * * * * See footnotes at end o f table.. Oct. Nov. Dec. 111.6 110.3 123.0 110.8 109.3 123.9 109.8 108.2 123.9 109.5 107.9 123.9 110.7 96.0 112.7 97.1 118.3 128.0 110.3 96.0 112.6 95.9 117.9 128.1 110.0 95.9 111.2 93.3 117.9 128.3 110.0 95.7 110.0 93.0 118.5 128.1 109.9 95.7 109.7 93.7 118.8 128.2 131.9 103.6 122.6 103.7 103.3 96.7 108.5 88.0 105.2 81.0 118.7 103.6 119.2 91.8 97.9 98.9 131.7 103.8 122.6 102.9 102.1 96.5 109.3 86.5 103.1 80.8 118.3 101.0 111.5 91.8 97.8 97.9 131.9 105.1 122.5 103.5 103.2 97.3 110.3 88.3 105.0 60.7 120.1 102.5 116.8 91.6 97.3 98.3 132.1 103.9 122.2 100.9 101.3 97.0 109.0 86.3 103.5 60.8 119.6 98.9 110.9 90.6 92.9 98.2 132.2 103.5 122.1 97.1 97.1 95.3 106.2 87.2 103.1 60.1 118.3 91.1 100.2 83.0 88.3 96.8 132.3 103.9 122.3 93.6 93.3 93.3 105.0 65.6 102.3 79.7 118.2 86.1 92.0 76.3 86.3 95.3 86.7 88.8 95.5 103.0 103.8 86.7 88.1 93.3 108.2 105.1 87.0 87.6 95.3 108.2 105.3 87.3 87.3 93.1 108.3 103.9 87.2 87.0 86.9 108.3 103.9 86.7 86.9 83.0 108.6 103.2 85.9 86.1 81.3 109.2 105.1 111;. 2 99.li io3.o 107. U n o .5 95.7 83.6 108.1 100.0 120.2 97.9 113.8 99.1 103.1 107.5 110.7 95.6 88.6 108.3 100.1 119.5 98.1 113.6 99.3 103.7 108.7 111.7 95.6 88.5 108.2 100.0 121.9 98.6 115.2 98.8 105.7 110.7 113.1 95.3 88.8 108.5 100. C 111.3 100.9 117.0 98.8 106.5 lll.l 115.3 95.3 89.3 108.1 100.0 110.2 101.7 120.3 99.3 107.5 112.3 117.3 95.1 89.7 108.1 100.1 108.5 102.1 120.9 99.1 107.8 112.9 117.9 93.9 39.5 108.3 100.0 109.0 102.3 121.7 99.2 107.7 112.6 117.7 93.6 69.6 108.1 101.1 110.7 102.1 93.8 96.7 93.3 97.U 93.1 97.8 93.3 99.0 92.9 101.2 93.2 101.7 92.9 102.2 93.6 102.3 93.2 102.1 99.3 99.7 113.5 99.9 99.5 123.2 99.it 99.0 127.5 99.5 98.9 126.1 100.1 98.6 129.6 103.9 98.8 112.2 107.0 98.8 109.9 108.0 98.3 107.1 108.7 97.7 107.6 108.5 97.5 110.3 121.0 103.9 96.0 99.1 93.1 # * # * 122.0 105.0 103.8 97.5 92.6 * * * * 130.9 105.1 107.6 98.5 96.2 * 307.6 * # 136.3 10U. 8 112.3 96.7 101.1 * 90.3 173.2 107.2 119.9 93.9 * 191.1 * 117.5 75.7 135.2 106.7 123.3 93.5 * 113.2 * 81.3 61.3 120.6 106.3 127.7 96.0 *■ 93.7 * 61.5 * 103.9 106.2 131.0 93.5 * * * 61.9 * 102.9 103.7 115.6 97.3 103.6 * 160.0 105.2 113.0 93.2 *■ * 88.1 * 103.6 * 73.5 * 108.1 101.5 115.7 102.7 100.8 * * * * 100.1 118.5 90.9 111.7 120.8 95.8 129.1; 107.0 133.8 103.6 102.8 127.9 90.3 103.2 117.8 100.3 126.0 109.7 130.7 102,8 103.8 133.1 86.9 102.5 120.7 103.3 113.2 122.8 109.0 1Q2S6 133.3 136.3 99.3 100.3 121.9 98.9 135.5 116.0 116.1i 102,8 151;. 0 lhl.2 100.1 98.5 105.6 95.2 150.8 108.7 119.7 103.0 136.5 131.3 99.6 102.3 92.3 92.6 116.2 96.8 87.3 103*3 112.7 135.8 101.7 103.8 109.9 98.2 100.8 100.9 72.5 103.7 91.9 128.8 91.7 103.5 120.7 93.9 100.0 63.3 89.0 103.1 85.3 107.5 92.9 112.3 127.3 107.2 105.0 75.3 95.6 103.7 83.7 96.8 93.2 117.3 103.1 105.0 110.0 81.9 99.7 105.1 89.3 97.1 96.8 116.2 103.0 98.6 116.3 99.8 102.5 105.8 90.7 102.1 98.3 133.1 118.5 97.3 135.7 98.9 103.3 105.9 108.7 10ii.8 105.2; 101.3 101;. 7 105.3 105.5 101 .U 103.1; 105.8 105.7 101.0 103.7 106.3 105.6 101.0 Id ;. 6 106.9 105.5 100.7 105.6 107.3 105.6 100.6 106.1 107.7 106.0 101.2 107.7 109.1 106.0 101.6 109.3 110.3 106.3 101.8 110.9 110.5 106.8 101.9 112.1 110.8 107.1 101.7 111.7 110.9 107.5 101.7 103.0 101.7 100.9 98.7 113.2 132.5 92.6 101.5 101.5 101.2 98.3 113.3 133.3 93.0 100.7 101.5 101.7 98.5 115.5 133.3 95.0 100.6 101.5 102.2 98.7 115.9 135.0 95.2 100.0 101.5 102.9 98.3 116.1; 137.1; 93.6 99.9 101.6 103.6 98.5 117.1 138.6 93.7 99.7 101.7 103.0 98.6 117.6 139.1 95.3 100.2 102.0 103.2 98.3 118.3 130.2 95.8 101.2 101.9 102.9 93.8 118.0 130.8 93.8 102.0 102.0 102.6 98.7 117.0 132.0 92.6 103.3 102.3 103.3 98.8 116.3 133.5 90.6 105.1 102.3 103.7 98.8 115-6 133.0 89.2 Sept. - 21 - Table 7. —Indexes of Retail Prices of Principal Foods in the United States, by Month, 1955 and 1956—Continued /T9l+7-!+9=*100 unless otherwise indicated/ 1955 Article or group Aver age Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Oct. Nov. Dec. Other foods at home ---------------------------Partially prepared foods: Soup, vegetable 1 /------------------------Beans with pork 1 /------------------------Condiments and sauces: Pickles, sweet 1 /--------------------------Catsup, tomato 1 /--------------------------Beverages, nonalcoholic ------------------C offee -----------------------------------------Tea 1/ 13/-------------------------------------Cola drinks l / ------------------------------Fats and oils ----------------------------------Shortening, hydrogenated --------------Margarine -------------------------------------Lard--------------------------------------------Salad dressing -----------------------------Peanut butter 1 /---------------------------Sugar and sweets ------------------------------ i n .5 111.3 112.1 111.9 109.1+ 108.1+ 107.7 109.2 112.6 lll+.l 113.9 113.1 113.7 98.7 103.9 99.3 102.1+ 98.8 103.1 93.7 103.6 98.1+ lQi+.l 98.1+ 103.8 98.5 101+.1+ 98.5 101+.7 99.0 101+.3 99.1 101+.3 98.6 101+.8 98.7 103.1 98.9 103.2 99.U 98.1 185.6 180.7 122.5 111.9 31.3 81+.7 75.0 76.0 92 o3 110,1+ 112.2 108.0 100.9 107.3 112.6 86.3 100.5 97.1+ 202.2 205.1+ 113.5 111.9 82.5 85.3 76.3 81+.1 93.3 103.7 113.3 108.3 100.9 106.9 116.1 73.9 100.1 97.0 190.7 188.1+ 119.0 111.9 82.1 85.3 76.0 19.9 93.1 106.7 113.3 108.3 101.0 106.6 116,2 81+.6 99.7 97.3 187.3 183.0 122.9 111.9 81.8 85.6 75.9 76.9 93.1 108.1+ 113.3 108.1 101.0 107.1 116.1 86.3 99.7 97.3 185.5 179.7 125.6 112.3 31.6 85.1 75.7 75.9 93.0 110.1 113.2 108.0 101.0 107.0 116.1 78.9 99.6 97.6 181+.9 179.1 121+.9 112.1 80.9 83.5 7U.7 76.6 92.7 110.5 113.2 107.3 101.0 107.)+ 116.1 76.2 99.3 97.8 180.1 172.9 123.3 111.9 80.7 83.6 71+.3 75.8 92.8 110.5 113.0 107.7 101.0 107.2 115.3 76.9 99.3 97,9 180,3 173.0 123.2 112.1 81.1 81+.3 71+.7 75.1+ 92.7 111.8 113.0 107.6 101.0 107.5 115.6 81.9 99.0 98.1+ 180.3 173.0 123.3 112.1 81.5 85.1 75.1 71+.1+ 93.2 112.9 113.0 107.6 101.0 108.2 115.1+ 93.1+ 98,9 98.1+ 182.1 175.8 123.5 111.6 81.3 85.3 71+.6 73.5 92.1 113.5 113.0 107.3 100.9 109.0 111+.9 97.9 98.7 98.9 181+.7 179.1+ 123.1+ 111.7 80.8 Sl+.l 71+.5 73.6 92.1 112.9 110.2 107.3 100.8 108.9 106.2 97.6 98.9 99.6 185.7 180.7 123.5 111.3 80.6 81+.1 71+.1+ 73.3 92.1+ 111.9 109.1103.1+ 100.7 108,7 102.0 91+.9 99.3 100.1 183.8 178.1 123.1+ 111,7 80,3 81+.0 71+.0 72.0 92.)+ 111.5 108.8 108.6 100.6 109.0 100.9 98.7 98.8 98.9 93.9 98.9 98.6 98.5 99.0 98.9 99.0 98.3 98.7 99.0 99.1 Corn syrup 1/--------------------------------Grape je lly 1 /------------------------------Chocolate bar 1 /---------------------------Eggs, grade A, large -----------------------Miscellaneous foods: Gelatin, flavored 1 /---------------------- Sept. 1956 109.2 All foods ----------------------------------------------111.7 110.2 Food at home -----------------------------------------107.5 Cereals and bakery products ---------------125.6 123.9 Cereals: 110.2 Fleur, wheat --------------------------------110.7 Biscuit mix l / ------------:------------------95.3 95.U Corn meal -------------------------------------111.0 110.3 R ic e --------------------------------------------92.8 93.3 Rolled oats ---------------------------------119.1 118.7 128.2 Corn flakes ----------------------------------128.9 Bakery products: Bread -------------------------------------------131+.7 132.3 Soda crackers 1 /---------------------------101+. 6 107.3 122.1 Vanilla cookies ---------------------------12U.0 Meats, poultry, and fish --------------------97.1 93.3 Meats ----------------------------------------------92.5 97.9 Beef and veal ------------------------------95.7 93.1 103.0 Round steak ------------------------------107.1 87.2 Chuck roast ------------------------------83.7 Rib roast ---------------------------------101.1 101+.7 Hamburger ---------------------------------79.2 79.3 120.8 Veal cutlets -----------------------------119.8 Pork--------------------------------------------93.1 83.5 89.2 Pork chops--------------------------------107.6 79.0 75 =0 Bacon, sliced ---------------------------Ham, whole --------------------------------92.h 85.5 Lamb, l e g -------------------_----------------9 9 .5 93-1 Other meats: Frankfurters 1/--------------------------85.U 85.5 Luncheon meats, canned 1 /-----------81+.]+ i 85.1 80.U Poultry, frying chickens -----------------81.9 F ish -----------------------------------------------109-6 108.5 106.0 Fish, fresh or frozen ------------------105.5 Canned fish : Salmon, pink canned ------------------122.6 125.5 Tuna fish , canned 1 /------------------9U.6 98.1+ Dairy products -----------------------------------108.7 107.3 Milk, fresh, (grocery) 11+/—------------113.6 112.1 Milk, fresh, (delivered) ~ihj------------118.1+ 116.9 Ice cream 1 /-------------------------------------9b.8 95.5 Eutter --------------------------------------------89.6 91.3 Cheese, American process -----------------108.1+ 108.0 Milk, evaporated -----------------------------101.1+ 103.1+ All fruits and vegetables ------------------119.0 112.6 Frozen fruits and vegetables 1 /--------- 103.1 102.3 Frozen fru its: 91.2 Strawberries 1 /--------------------------93.2 107.0 Orange juice concentrate 1 /-------102.9 frozen vegetables: Peas, green 1 /---------------------------108.6 107.5 Beans, green 1 /--------------------------95.9 97.3 Fresh fruits and vegetables------------122.8 113.3 Fresh fru its: Apples --------------------------------------128.9 113.5 Bananas ------------------------------------101+.1+ 101+.1+ Oranges, size 200 ---------------------126.7 108.9 Lemons 3 /-----------------------------------101.9 101+.9 97.0 Grapefruit b j----------------------------- ! / 101+.0 * Peaches 6 /---------------------------------- 7 97.1+ Strawberries 8 /-------------------------- 7 99.7 See footnotes at end of table» 1 108.9 107.1 121+.3 109.0 107.3 121+.!+ 109.6 107.9 121+.5 111.0 109.5 121+.7 113.2 112.1 125.2 111+.8 113.8 125.3 113.1 111.3 126.3 113.1 111.7 126.6 113.1 111.7 126.3 112.9 111.3 127.0 112.9 111.2 127.1+ 110.2 95.3 110.6 93.3 118.7 128.1 110,1+ 95.6 110.5 93.2 118.7 128.1 110.5 95.1+ 110.6 92.9 118.9 128.1 111.0 95.1 110.3 92.7 119.0 12So2 111.5 95.2 111.3 92.9 119.0 128.2 111.1 95.2 111.9 93.0 119 o0 128.1+ 110.9 95.2 111.3 93.1 119.3 126.5 110.5 95.3 111.1+ 92.9 119.2 128.5 110.5 95.5 lll.l 92.2 119.2 129.2 110.7 95.6 111.0 92.1 119.5 130.2 111.2 95.6 111.1+ 92.2 120.2 132.6 132.5 107.0 122.9 93.6 92.7 91.5 100.9 81.3 99.3 77.3 122.0 85.7 95.2 ?>;.!+ 87.0 93.5 132.6 107.3 123.0 92.8 91.6 89.9 98.8 79.8 97.3 11.2 119.1+ 81+.7 92.6 72.8 88.9 92.6 132.9 105.5 123.6 9lu0 93.6 90.5 100.2 80.1 97.7 77.5 118.9 88.5 100.1+ 71+.2 91.1+ 91+.9 133.0 106.3 123.7 95.5 95.5 91.3 102.1 82.1 98.9 11.1 119.9 90.9 106.3 71+.6 92.1+ 103.5 133.7 107.5 123.9 98.0 99.1 93.1 10)+. 2 83.1 100.9 78.1 120.2 97.1+ 118.7 78.0 96.6 109.5 131+.9 107.7 121+.1 99.3 99.8 91+.1+ 106.7 83.6 102.8 79.0 120.0 98.2 118.1 80.6 96.5 103.5 136.0 107.8 121+.6 99.9 101.3 98.0 111.3 89.0 106.1+ 79.9 120.7 98.6 117.3 81.9 96.7 102.2 136.6 107.7 122+. 8 101.3 103.8 102.7 117.5 96.1 113.8 81.1 122.6 99.3 120.9 83.3 95.1 103.0 137.1 107.9 125.0 100.8 103.5 103.5 117.2 98.1 115.1 82.3 122.6 98.5 116.9 81+.9 92.6 101.1+ 137.2 108.6 125.1 98.3 101.3 101.2 113.3 96.2 113.3 81.1+ 122.0 95.2 109.1 83.5 91.8 102.3 137.5 108.7 125.3 98.0 100.3 98.6 109.0 93.0 110.2 80.6 122.0 95.6 106.9 81+.1+ 91+.3 98.9 81+.6 81+.3 33.7 108.3 io 5 .lt 81+.7 81+.2 83.3 109.2 105.3 31+.7 83.3 81.6 108.$ 10!+.9 81+.9 83.6 32.1 108.1+ 105.5 85.2 83.6 30.7 108.0 105.1 85.)+ 83.5 81+.7 107.6 101+.7 85.2 83.6 31.1+ 108.0 105.3 85.9 83.6 78.7 103.1 105.6 86.1 31+.9 76.7 108.3 105.7 86.2 85.9 75.1 108.3 105.8 86.0 86.8 71+.7 108.9 106.7 122.6 97.1 107.3 111.9 116.8 95.2 89.6 108.1 101.6 113.3 102.9 122.8 93.1, 106.9 111.3 116.2 95.0 89.5 108.1 101.7 111+.8 103.9 123.6 96.5 106.1+ 110.2 115.3 95.1 89.1+ 108.2 101.8 116.7 103.6 121+.3 9b.9 107.5 111.8 116.9 91+.9 90.7 106.5 101.3 121.5 103.5 125.2 93.9 107.7 112.0 116.9 95.2 90.9 108.1+ 103. U 131.1+ 101+.1 125.9 93.1 108.7 113.6 113.6 95.5 90,9 108.5 103.9 135.2 101+.7 126.5 92.9 109.2 111+.2 119.0 95.7 91.1 108.9 10)+. 5 120.7 101+.5 126.9 92.7 109.8 115.3 119.8 96.0 91.5 108.7 105.0 111+.9 101+.1 128.0 92.6 110.7 116,5 120.9 95.9 92.9 108.5 105.1 113.9 102.5 128.6 92.2 111.1 117.0 121.1+ 96.2 91+.3 108.5 105.1 115.8 101.1 129.0 92.1+ 111.3 117.2 121.5 96,3 91+.6 108.8 105.2 117.1+ 100.1+ 92.6 105.7 92.3 107.6 92.6 , .106.1+ 92.6 106.1+ 93.3 107.0 92.3 109.0 90.1+ 109.7 89.5 109.8 88.8 108,0 88.0 106.3 38.2 101+.8 107.1+ 96.7 lll+.l 108.1 96.9 116.3 108.6 96.6 119.3 109.0 95.8 126.3 109.5 96.3 U+2.5 110.0 95.5 11+8.1+ 109.2 95.2 121+»9 108.2 95.0 115.5 101+.5 96.5 lll+.l 103.8 9l+.2 117.)+ 103.3 91+.3 120.1+ 116.9 107.0 109.5 99.1 95.0 -H - 119.0 102.8 108.7 95.9 93.9 *- 129.2 96.1 109.1+ 96.0 96.6 * 122.2 31+1.9 105.1 118.9 91+.8 109.0 * 85.2 155.0 106.5 130.8 91+.1 * * 91.7 157.0 101.2 11+2.7 102.3 * 111.1+ 136.9 103.2 139.5 100.1+ # 89.6 * 123.0 101+.8 11+8.1 106.6 * 91.2 111.5 106.1 151.0 108.3 * * * 113.9 107.8 130.1 109.8 121.6 123.5 107.5 122.6 110.3 111+.6 * Table 7. —Indexes of Retail Prices of Principal Foods in the United States, by Month, 1955 and 1956—Continued ^L9U?-ii9=100 unless otherwise specified / Article or group Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May 1956 June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. * * * * * * * * * * 99.0 10ii.9 77.1 75.6 62.1* 68.1* * 7l*»5 * * * * * 98.3 106.3 97.1* 121*. 0 95.1 89.7 U*0.1* 120.0 11*9.9 106.1 103.7 105.7 93.5 110.8 96.2 89.8 119.9 116.9 157.3 106.5 108.2 107.2 92.0 102.1: 103.2 90.1 115.6 151.1 126.1* 106.9 126.3 106.9 9U.2 97.8 106.1* 96.7 121*.3 121.1 121.1* 107.3 150.6 112.5 107.8 101.8 111.1 90.6 115.9 101.7 132.3 107.6 17U.U 121.8 11*8.2 107.9 112.0 99.6 125.6 118.8 13U. 0 108.0 218.6 138.1* 186.1* 108.5 96.9 99.6 116.3 106.9 101.5 108.6 11*6J* 136.1 159.6 108.8 102.8 92.8 107.1* 77.2 81.1* 108.8 108.9 117.6 106.0 110.9 111.0 86.0 10!:.1 59.2 86.3 108.7 97.6 106.9 89.2 106.2 125-U 81*.7 100.3 71*.8 102.1 108.9 99.1* 105.5 81*.6 108.3 167.8 92.0 97.1 9l*.5 U0.9 108.8 101.2 113.1* 89.9 109.1: ll*5.U 101.3 107.1 122.8 130.0 108.3 111.7 111.2 107.8 101.5 113.5 111.2 107.9 101.0 111: .9 no.9 108.3 100.7 116.6 111.3 108.7 100.7 117.5 111.6 103.7 100.6 118.6 111.8 109.1 100.5 121.1: 112.1 109.1 100.8 123.1* 111.1 103.9 100.9 121*. 2 110.5 109.0 101.1 126.1* 110.1 109.1 101.0 126.1* 109.9 109.3 100.7 121*. 9 109-7 109.8 100.2 106.0 102.5 103.6 98.7 106.8 102.6 10)4.7 99-1 ill*. 5 11*6.7 85.9 110.7 106.7 102.5 105.2 99.2 111:. 5 11*7.6 85.3 110.8 107.3 102.5 10U.3 100.5 111:.6 11*8.1 85.2 110.9 107.3 102.3 10U.5 101.1* nl*.9 11*3.6 85.3 111.1 108.1 102.5 10l*.0 101.8 115.1: 11:9.5 85.5 112.8 108.1: 101.8 10l*.2 101.9 115.1* 11*9.7 85.5 113.9 108.1* 87.6 112.8 106,li 102.6 10L.5 99.0 111*. 7 11:6.0 86.6 109.6 103.6 102.1 115.3 11*9.9 85.3 115.1* 106.9 101.5 103.5 102.2 111*.6 11:7.5 85.7 115.8 105.3 101.5 103.9 102.3 113.6 11*5.0 85.6 115.2 103.6 101.8 103.3 102.2 112.7 11*3.6 85.1 111*. 2 98.7 103.2 98.6 103.0 98.6 103.1 98.6 102.2 98.5 102.5 98.6 103.3 98.7 103.1* 99.0 103.2 97.7 103.2 97.3 102,8 97.6 102.1* 97.8 103.2 86.3 99.1 100.0 182.9 176.9 123 .U 111.1* 79.6 81*.0 72.8 69.8 92.2 110.6 108.8 108.8 100.7 109.2 100.1* 96.8 98.7 100.3 183.3 178.1 120.6 111.1* 79.6 81*.1 73.1 69.2 92.2 110.0 103.8 109.0 100.5 109.5 100.1 81*.9 98.6 101.0 188.0 I8I4.6 120.7 111.6 80.1* 86.0 73.7 69.1 92.5 110.1 108.9 109.0 100.5 110.0 100.0 85.1 98.8 101.1* 188.9 185.U 121.1 112.3 82.2 89.5 75.6 69.8 93.1 109.7 109.0 109.3 100.5 110.5 99.9 83.5 93.7 101.5 189.3 185.9 120.8 112.1* 83.9 92.1: 76.5 73.2 9U.1 109.7 109.0 109.3 100.5 110.8 99.8 82.2 98.1i 101.9 191.7 189.1 120.7 112.7 81*.6 9U.2 76.2 73.5 9l*.9 109.8 109.3 109*8 100.6 110.7 100.0 80.8 98.5 102.0 196.9 195.8 120.8 113.6 8U.U 93.6 76.2 72.9 95.5 110.1 109.6 110.0 100.9 111.6 100.0 83.1* 99.0 102.2 197.8 196.9 121.0 113.3 81*.1: 93.3 76.1* 73.6 95.1* 109.9 109.7 110.C 101.5 111.6 100.0 86.5 99.1* 102.1* 201.5 202.1 121.0 113.9 81*.2 92.1* 76.1* 7U.U 9U.8 109.9 109.9 110.0 102.5 112.2 99.9 89.9 98.6 102.1 202.8 203.7 120.9 111*.2 61.2 92.2 76.2 75.9 9U.6 110.0 110.3 110.2 103.1 113.1* 10C.1 90.7 98.5 102.3 202.8 203.7 121.1 111*.2 81*.6 92.2 76.6 76.9 95.6 109.9 110.6 110.7 103.1: 113.8 100.0 87.7 99.0 102.1* 201.6 201.8 121.9 lll*.3 85.3 92.6 77.3 79.2 96.1* 109.9 n o .9 111.5 103.7 113.1* 100.0 83.8 99.3 99.1 99.0 98.9 98.1 99.0 99.2 99.3 99 oh 98.8 99.0 100.6 101.3 Aver- -SffiAll fruits and vegetables-Con. Fresh fruits and vegetables-Con. Fresh fruits-Con. Grapes, seedless 6 /--------------9 / 80.9 Watermelons 10/--------------------- ----- 7 / 79 Fresh vegetables: Potatoes -----------------------------127.8 Sweetpotatoes ---------------------1 1 1 * .9 112.li Onions --------------------------------Carrots -------------------------------108.1 Lettuce -------------------------------lUi.U Celery h/-----------------------------92.7 Cabbage -------------------------------llk .S Tomatoes 1 /--------------------------1 0 5 .U Beans, green -----------------------119.5 Canned fruits and vegetables — 107.9 Canned fru its: 120.0 Orange Juice l / -----------------Peaches ----------------------------108.8 Pineapple ------------------------100.3 Fruit cocktail l / --------------Canned vegetables: 106.8 Corn, cream style ------------102.1 Peas, green ---------------------Tomatoes --------------------------10U .1 Baby foods 1 /--------------------100.9 111;.6 Dried fruits and vegetables ---11:7.2 Primes--------------------------------Dried beans ------------------------85.7 112.8 Other foods at home ---------------------Partially prepared foods: Soup, vegetable 1 / 12/------------98.3 103.0 Beans with pork Tj------------------Condiments and sauces: 9 8 .8 Pickles, sweet 1 /--------------------101.6 Catsup, tomato 1 /--------------------191.0 Beverages, nonalcoholic ------------192.0 Coffee 15/-------------------------------121.2 Tea 1 /— -------------------------------113.0 Cola drinks l/------------------------Fats and oils ----------------------------83.1 Shortening, hydrogenated --------90.5 75.6 Margarine-------------------------------L ard--------------------------------------73.1 Salad dressing -----------------------9U.3 1 1 0.0 Peanut butter l / ---------------------109.6 Sugar and sweets -----------------------109.8 Corn syrup 1 /--------------------------Crape je lly " 1 /------------------------Chocolate bar 1 /---------------------Eggs, grade A, large -----------------Miscellaneous foods: Gelatin, flavored l / ---------------- ------ 101.5 111.U 1 0 0 .0 m .7 mu-5 1 / December 1952=100. 7 / Specification revised to chunk style tuna in 1*2 cities and continued as solid pack tuna in 1* c itie s, beginning August 1955; chunk style in 1*3 cities and solid pack in 3 citie s, beginning November 1955. 3 / May 1953=100. I*/ January 1953=100. |/ Average for 7 months. %/ July 1953=100. 7/ Average for 3 months. %] April 1953=100. 9/ Average for 5 months in 1955; average for h months in 1956. 1£/ June 1953=100. 11/ Specification revised to include Great Northern beans in addition to navy beans, beginning July 1955. Published as dried beans, beginning August 1955. 12/ Tomato soup replaced vegetable soup in August 1956. 13/ Tea bags replaced loose tea in August 1955. 53:/ Milk specification changed to standard specification by city, beginning August 1956. 15/ Specification revised to include prices for tinned coffee in all stores and coffee in bags in chain stores and super markets only, beginning January 1956. * Priced in season only. 101,h -23Table 8.—C la s sific a tio n o f R eta il Food Items by Percent Change in Price fo r Selected Periods, 1955-56 Percent Change From December 195k to December 1956 + 10.0* and over Lettuce Beans,green fresh Oranges Tomatoes, fresh Salmon, pink, canned Celery Orange ju ic e , canned Lemons Tea + + 5.0* to 4 9.9* + U5*7 Eggs Prunes, dried + 23.8 Apples + 18.2 Shortening, hydrogenated -►17-U Peanut butter + 16.1 Grape j e l l y + 12.3 Milk, fresh , delivered ♦ 12.2 Bread + 10. U Catsup ♦ 10.2 Orange ju ic e , concentrate Peaches, canned Rolled oats 1 . 0* to + Peas, frozen M ilk ,fresh, grocery Milk, evaporated + 7 .7 Pineapple, canned + 7 .6 + 6.2 Veal cu tlets Butter + 5*6 Baby foods + 5.5 Corn flak es + 5.3 Bananas Rib roa st + 5.2 Soda crackers + 5.2 Potatoes + 5 .1 Salad dressing Sweetpotatoes Cola drinks Sugar Corn syrup Tomatoes, canned Gelatin Vanilla cookies Cheese Margarine Beans with pork Pork chops + 9 .0 + 8.9 + 8.0 ♦ U.9 Peas, canned + U.8 + U.8 + U .6 + U .U 4 U .l + 3 .9 + 3.6 + 3«U + 3 .3 + 3«2 + 3 .2 + 3 .1 + 3 .1 + 3«0 + 3 .0 ♦ 2.9 + 2 .9 + 2 .6 + 2.U + 2 .0 + 1 .8 ♦ 1.7 + 1 .2 Corn meal Ice cream Flour Corn, canned Lamb, leg Onions + 0.5 B iscu it mix + .U Fish, fresh, frozen + .2 + .2 Chuck roa st + .2 Coffee - ,U Fruit co c k ta il, canned - .7 Soup Round steak Hamburger Rice Pickles Carrots Frankfurters Ham, whole Cabbage - 10.0* and over - 5.0* to - 9.9* - 1.0* to - U.9* + 0.9* to - 0.9* a .9* - 1 .0 - 1.1 - 1.1 - 1.3 - l.U - 1.6 -1 .7 -1 .7 - 1.8 - 2.6 - 2.9 - 3 .0 - U.8 - U.9 Beans, green frozen Strawberries, frozen Dried beans Frying chickens Tuna fi s h , canned - 5.2 - 6.5 - 6.9 - 7.U Lard Luncheon meat, canned Bacon Chocolate bar - 11.1 Ham, whole - 12.8 Pork chops Coffee Chocolate bar Luncheon meat, canned Bacon Lard - 12.9 - 12.9 - 12.9 - 12.8 - 12.9 - 13.7 - 8.9 Percent Change From December 195U to December 1955 Eggs Cabbage Lettuce Carrots Oranges Tea Peas, frozen + + + + + + + Salmon, pink, canned Prunes, dried Peanut butter Onions Celery Peaches, canned 28.3 20.5 18.7 18.1 11.6 11.6 10.2 + 9.5 ♦ + + + + 9.2 9.2 8.6 8.0 6.3 R olled oats Tomatoes, canned Catsup Lemons Orange ju ic e , concentrate Pineapple, canned Milk, fresh, delivered Grape j e l l y Beans with pork Corn, canned Bread Cheese Veal cu tlets Peas, canned 3.8 + 3.3 + 3.0 + 2.8 + 2.5 + 2.U 4 2.3 + 2.1 + 1.7 + + + *■ 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.1 1.1 Frying chickens Milk, fresh, grocery Milk, evaporated Cola drinks Orange ju ic e , canned Baby foods Gelatin Sugar Corn flakes Fruit c o c k ta il, canned Vanilla cookies Rice Corn syrup Soda crackers Soup Beans, green, fresh B iscu it mix + 0,.9 Flour Corn meal + .7 Strawberries, .7 frozen «• .6 Salad dressing Ice cream + .U Butter + .u Beans, fresh , + .u frozen + .3 Tuna fis h , ♦ .2 canned P ickles + .1 Shortening, - .1 hydrogenated .2 Bananas - .2 Dried beans - .u Margarine - .5 Fish, fresh, frozen - .7 Hamburger - .9 Frankfurters Lamb, leg Rib roa st _ 1.0 _ 1.2 1.2 1.2 l.U _ l.U - Round steak Tomatoes Apples Sweetpotatoes Potatoes Chuck roa st - 5.3 5.U 5.5 7.2 7.5 8.9 _ 2.0 - 13.5 - 19.1 - 19.2 _ _ 2.2 2.3 - 2.3 _ 2.U _ 2.U - 2.5 - 2.6 _ 2.8 - 3.2 - 3.9 ~ U.O Percent Change From December 1955 to December 1956 Beans, green fresh Tomatoes, fresh Lettuce Pork chops Apples Grapefruit, fresh Coffee Orange ju ic e , canned Potatoes Sweetpotatoes Shortening, hydrogenated Lard Ham, whole Chuck roast + 2U.6 2U.2 Bacon + 22.7 Rib roa st 16.2 Lemons + 1U.2 Salmon, pink, + 13.7 +• 13.3 canned Oranges Bananas Butter + 11.8 + 11.6 + 11.1 + 10.2 10.0 9.1 + 8.6 + 7.7 ♦ 7.6 7.U + 6.0 + 6.0 + 5.9 5.6 Margarine Salad dressing Milk, fresh , grocery Milk, evaporated Celery Grape J elly Bread Round steak Lamb, leg Soda crackers Corn flak es Baby foods Veal cu tlets Milk, fresh, delivered Corn syrup Sugar Orange ju ic e , concentrate V anilla cookies Catsup Cola drinks Gelatin Pineapple, canned Ice cream Corn meal Fish, fresh , frozen Flour Rolled oats Hamburger + U.5 + U.3 + + + + + + + U .l U.l U.o U.o 3.9 3.8 3.7 + 3.6 ♦ 3.U ♦ 3.U + 3.2 + 3.2 + 3.1 ♦ 2.7 + + + + + 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.2 + 2.1 + 1 .6 + 1.5 + + + + 1.5 1.2 1.2 1.1 Luncheon meat, canned Cheese Frankfurters Beans with pork B iscu it mix Prunes, dried Pickles Tomatoes, canned Peas, canned Chocolate bar Peaches, canned Soup Tea Corn, canned 0 Peanut butter .1 Fruit c o c k ta il, canned .3 .3 Rice .U Beans, green, frozen .6 .9 Dried beans Peas, frozen + 0.8 ♦ .6 + .1 - - 1.1 1.1 1.2 l.U l.U - 1.5 - 1.6 - 3.3 - U.6 - U.8 Strawberries, frozen Tuna fis h , canned Frying chickens Onions Eggs - 5.U Carrots Cabbage - 6.9 - 8.2 - 8.5 - 15.1 - 17.8 - 21.1 -24Table 9«— Average R e t a il P r ic e s o f P r in c ip a l Foods in the United S ta te s by Month, 1955 and 1956 /Tn cents7 1955 Article or group Cereals and bakery products: Cereals: Flour, -wheat---------------------------------5 pounds Biscuit mix 2 /---------------------------- 20 ounces Corn meal 3/~—-------------------------------- pound Rice, short grain U/------------------------- do Rolled oats---------20 ounces Corn flakes 5 /---------------------------- 12 ounces Bakery products: Bread------------------------------------------------ pound Soda crackers------------------------------------- do Vanilla cookies 6 /------------------------7 ounces Meats, poultry, and fish : Meats: Beef and veal: Round steak 7 /-------------------------------pound Chuck roast 8/----—------------------------- do Rib roast 7f - ---------------------------------- do Hamburger---------------------------------------- do Veal cutlets 2 /------------------------------do Pork: Pork chops--------------------------------------do Bacon, sliced --------------------------------- do Ham, whole 9 /---------------------------------do Lamb, leg 9 /--------------------------------------do Other meats: Frankfurters---------------------------------- do Luncheon meat------------------------- 12-oz. can Poultry, frying chickens: Pressed 10/---------------------------------------pound fteady-to-cook 13/------------------------------do Fish: Fresh and frozen: Ocean perch, f i l l e t , frozen 6 /------- do Haddock, f i l l e t , frozen 15/-----------do Aver age Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. 53.8 27.3 12.6 17.7 19.1 22.0 51.1 27.': 12.6 17.6 18.7 22.0 51: »1 27 A 12 „ 6 17.6 18.9 22.0 5U.1 27 A 12.6 17.8 19.0 22.0 5U.1 27 A 12.6 17.8 19.0 22.0 May June July Aug. 53.9 27 A 53.9 27 A 12.6 53.6 17.8 19.1 22.0 53-9 27 A 12.6 17-9 19.2 21.9 1 2 .6 1 8 .0 19.2 21,9 See footnotes at end of table0 Oct. Nov. Dec. 53.6 53 A 53 A 2 7 .2 2 7 .2 2 7 .1 2 7 .1 12.6 13.1 19.2 21.9 12.6 17.8 19.2 22.0 12.6 17.6 19.2 22.0 12.6 17.5 19.3 22.0 53 A 27.1 12.6 17 .U 19.3 22.0 17.7 17.6 17.7 2 7 .2 23.8 2 7 .0 23.8 17.7 27.0 23.8 27. C 2 3 .8 17.8 26.9 23.8 17.7 27.0 17.7 27.1 2 3.8 17.7 27.1 23.8 17.8 2 7 .0 2 3 .8 2 3.8 2 3.8 23 07 17.8 26.9 23.7 17.8 27.0 23.8 90.3 50.1 70.5 39.5 109.9 9 2.8 5 2 .6 73.2 U0.1 109.1: 92.1 52.6 72A 39.7 113.0 91.0 52.1 71.5 39.7 110.5 90.8 51.6 71.6 39.9 11C.1 89.2 U9.8 70.7 39.6 109.6 90.1 U9.8 70.8 39 A 109.5 89.9 1*9.1 70.U 39 A 109 cU 90.6 U8.3 69.5 39.3 109.0 91.5 U9.2 69.9 39.3 110.5 90.5 U9.3 69.6 39.3 110.1 88.1 18.6 68.7 39.0 109.0 87.1 U7.7 68.2 38.8 1C8.9 79.3 65.9 60.5 68.1 75.7 70.6 62.8 68.6 75.7 69.0 61.3 68.6 7U.3 59A 68.1 77.6 65.9 56.9 68.7 82.9 65.5 60 A 67 A 89 .8 65.7 61.9 69.5 87.1 67 A 63.0 68.8 dl A 67.3 62.9 68.0 85.3 67.2 62.6 68 A 31.0 66.5 59.8 68.1 73.2 60.9 56.9 67.2 67.2 57.5 55.7 66.2 53.1 U3.9 53.8 1:8.1 53 A 1:6.3 53 A U5Jt 53.3 A .3 . 53.0 U3.7 52.3 1*3A 52.9 U3.0 53.1 U2.7 53.3 U2.6 53.2 U2.5 52.9 1*2A 52 A U2.0 11/1*6.9 25/57A 1*2.8 51.6 1:6.3 51:.6 U8 .9 59 A 50.3 61.7 U6.C 57.5 U6.6 58.6 1*7.1 57.5 U7.6 57.9 U6A 57.6 12/ 5373 12/ 5t72 12/ U977 U2.8 U6.7 1*3.5 1*8.0 U3 A Udol U2 .7 U7.5 U2-9 U7.3 U3.0 U7.0 U2.5 U6.6 U2.6 U6.2 L2.8 U6.3 U2.7 1*5.9 U2.2 U5.6 h2.b U5.5 U2 .5 U6 .0 55.9 17/ 17/ 53.9 38.2 51:. 2 33.0 5U.6 37.9 5U.9 37.7 55.3 37.6 55.5 37.5 56.5 53.1 — — — — — — ^A 37.5 55.6 — — — — — 35.3 35.3 35A 35.3 35.2 21.9 23.1 29.0 70.9 57.7 13.7 22.2 23.2 29.2 71.6 56.8 13.7 22.1 21.8 22.9 21.U 22.5 29.1 70A 57.7 13.7 21A 22.5 29.0 70 .u 57 A 13.7 2 1 .6 2 2 .7 2 9 .0 70 .2 57.8 13.7 7C.5 57.9 13.7 22,1 23 A 28.9 71.0 57.7 13.7 22.3 23.8 28.9 71.2 57.7 13.7 22 A 71.0 57.8 13.7 21.6 22.6 29.1 70.8 57.6 13.7 22.0 23.0 29.2 71.2 57.8 13.7 23.9' 28.8 71.0 57.8 13.7 22.U 23.9 28.8 71.1 57.7 13.8 30.6 16.3 30.6 18.3 30.7 17.6 30.8 17.7 30.6 17.9 30.8 18.0 30.7 13.1 30.6 18.3 30.U 18.7 30.5 18.8 30.5 18.? 30.7 18.9 30.6 I d .9 20.2 21*. 1 19.5 21*.3 19 A 2U.2 19.5 2U.2 1 9 .6 19.6 2U.2 19.6 2U.2 19.7 2L.0 20.6 2U.1 21.0 2U.1 21.3 2U.0 21A 21A 2 3 .6 2 3.8 15.1 17.0 13.7 16.7 U5.5 13.7 9.3 1U.2 16.8 A .6 18.5 9.6 15.3 17.0 U9.9 18.3 9.9 17.2 16.9 13.3 17.0 52.9 17.5 20.6 17.3 55.6 17 A 1 6 .0 H i.3 17.2 59.2 17.3 * 30 .9 * -* 12.3 17.1 60.7 17.5 * 12.3 16.U 53.6 19.0 10.3 18.3 15.3 * * * * * 12.2 16.9 53.6 18.0 13.6 # * * * * ■* 17.2 57.6 17.5 * -:(• * 1U.3 17.0 U8.2 18.1 9.5 20.3 3.8 15.3 15 A 18.6 * * * 52.6 51*.0 lU.U 7.7 13 o2 17.0 15.1 8.7 30.5 27.1: U5.o UU.7 10.3 8.0 15.1 15.0 15.3 7.6 22.8 U7.1 3-0.9 8.2 1U.9 15.0 1U.5 8.0 U7-8 ' 11A 8A 17.1 17.1 1U.6 9A 2 7 .8 2 7 .6 20.8 21.1* 21.8 6 6 .7 17.7 27.0 17.7 Canned: Salmon, pink--------------------------- 16-cz. can Tuna fish , solid pack16/-------- 7~oz. can Tuna fish , chunkstyle- 16/ 6-6|-oz. can Dairy products: Milk, fresh, (grocery)------------------------- quart Milk, fresh, (delivered) 18/-----------------do Ice cream----------------------------------------------pint Butter--------------------------------------------------pound Cheese, American process---------------------- do Milk, evaporated--------------------------lU?-oz. can All fru its and vegetables: Frozen fru its and vegetables: Frozen fru its: Strawberries-----------------------------10 ounces Orange juice concentrate----------- 6 ounces Frozen vegetables: Peas, green------------------------------ 10 ounces Beans, green---------------------------- 10 ounces Fresh fruits and vegetables: Fresh fru its : Apples------------------------------------------- pound Bananas-------------------------------------------do Oranges, size 200-------------------------- dozen Lemons------------------------------------------pound Grapefruit U^v.-May)---------------------each Peaches (Jul, le p t.)--------------------- pound Strawberries ( April-June) -------------- pint Grapes, seedless 2/(July-N ov.)----- pound WatermeIons ( June -Aug 0) ------------------do Fresh vegetables: Potatoes----------------------------------- 10 pounds Sweetpotatoes-------------------------------- pound Onions-------------------------------------------- do Carrots-------------------------------------------do Lettuce-------------------------------------------head Celery------------------------------------------- pound Cabbage-------------------------------------------do Tomatoes----------------------------------------- do Beans, green----------------------------------- do Canned fru its and vegetables: Canned fru its: Orange juice--------------------------U6- gz. can Peaches--------------------------------- No. 2\ can Pineapple 19/------------------- —-—No. 2 can Fruit cocktail 21/--------------- No. 303 can Canned vegetables: Corn, cream style-----------------No. 303 can Peas, green------------------------------------ do Tomatoes 22/ ----------------------------------- do Baby foods----------------------- — 1:5-5 ounces. Dried fru its and vegetables: Prunes---------------------------------------------- pound Dried beans 23/--------------------------------- do Sept. 5 2 .8 13.0 11/10.0 I i/2 1 .5 11/31,5 1 1 / 1 9 .8 11 / 5.0 2 3.2 2 9.2 -* * — 2U.2 * 29.1 * * * 70.6 15 A 8.5 12.7 17.6 1U.9 9A 32.3 2UA 3U.3 32.7 33.9 33.1 33.2 3U.1 33 A 33.1 11/33,0 20/33,9 20/33.9 20/39.0 25/26.6 7\0/U0.8 0/1:0.9 7jO/Uo.7 13.1a 7.8 1U.2 27.1: lU A 9.0 29.3 28.3 17.1 21.5 15.1 9.7 Hi.9 9.7 17.2 21.5 12:. 9 9.7 33.7 17 / 32.2 18A 32.5 18.6 17 A 2 1 .5 * 29.7 5U.5 15.1 7A 13.0 17 A 15.5 7.8 3U.2 22.8 56 oU 13.8 8.1 13.9 1 6 . 1: 1U.9 8.3 27.1: 22.0 a 1 3 .C 10 A 35.3 * * a 5 2 .2 2 9 .0 2 7 .0 53 A it it 58.7 •* it * 6A 29.5 U.7 80.9 15.9 8.5 15.2 1U.3 10.5 •30.2 25.1 71.7 16.0 8.5 13.0 13 A 13.9 8.0 26.9 18.3 59.5 16.3 8.6 13.2 15.9 11*. 8 7.0 28.1 15.1 U8.5 1UA 7.8 13.1 17 A lU .l 17.9 18.6 7.9 il* A 18 A 16.1 7.3 21.0 19.9 32.9 33.5 33.0 33.7 33 A 33.9 3 2 .8 3 2 .8 3 2 .8 3U.0 3UA 32.9 26.6 3U.5 3U.3 33.0 26.7 35.0 3U.9 33.2 26.7 35A 3U.9 33.3 26.6 35.2 35.0 33. U 26.6 1 2 .5 6 ,9 1 2 .0 * 26.5 26.U 26A 33.5 3U.0 32.9 26.5 17.0 21A 17.0 1 5 .0 9.7 15.1 9.7 16.9 21.5 15.2 9.7 16.9 21.5 15.3 9.7 16.3 21.5 15.3 9.7 16.9 21.5 15.2 9.7 17.1 21.5 15.1 9.7 17.2 21.5 15.1 9.7 17.6 21.6 15.2 9.7 17.7 21.6 15.3 9.7 32.7 18.3 32.9 16.9 33 A 18.8 33.7 18.8 33.9 18.3 31*. 1 18A 3U.3 13.1 3U.6 17.7 3U.9 17 A 35.0 17.1 2 1 .5 -25Table 9-—Average Retail Prices of Principal Foods in the United ;tates by Month, 1955 and 1956—Continued /in cents7 1955 Article or group Aver age Cthe1-' foods at home: Partially prepared foods: Soup, vegetable--------------------------11-oz. can l b .2 Beans with pork--------------------------16-oZo can 11;. 9 Condiments and sauces: Pickles, sweet-----------------------------7? ounces 27o7 Catsup, tomato----------------------------- lit ounces 22„5 Beverages, nonalcoholic: Coffee------------------------------------------------pound 93 o0 Tea------------------------------------------------- 4- pound 11/39.8 — Tea bags-------------------------------- package of 16 Cola drink--------------------- carton - 36 ounces 32.5 Fats and o ils : Snortening, hydrogenated------------- 1—lb- can 11/3U.9 — Shortening, hydrogenated------------- 3-160 can Margarine, colored 9 /------------------------ pound 28o9 Lard---------------------------------------------------- do 20oS Salad dressing-------------------------------------pint 35.3 Peanut butter------------------------------------- pound 5b.b Sugar and sweets: 52.1 Sugar-------------------------------------------- 5 pounds Corn syrup----------------------------------- 21* ounces 23.7 Grape je lly ----------------------------------12 ounces 26.1 5.2 Chocolate bar 2b /--------------------------- 1 ounce Eggs, Grade A, large----------------------------- dozen 6O06 Miscellaneous foods: Gelatin, flavored-----------------------3-b ounces 3o6 .Jan. P'eb. Mar. Apr 0 May June July Aug. Sept. Cct. Nov. Dec. 1M2 1U.7 11*. 2 11*. 9 11*.2 11*. 9 11*. 1 11*. 9 lb .1 ll*.8 Ib .l l b .9 l b .l 15.0 l b .2 15.0 l b .2 15.0 lb .l 15.0 l b .l lb . 8 l b .2 lb . 8 28.4 22.3 28.3 22.2 26.2 22.3 23.2 22.3 28.1 22.1* 28.0 22.b 27.1* 22.5 27.3 22.6 27 =2 22.6 27.2 22.7 27.3 22.9 27.3 23.0 105.8 37.1 — 32.5 97.0 38.9 — 32.5 91*.2 1*0.2 — 32.5 92.5 1*1.1 — 32.6 92.2 bO.3 — 32.5 89.0 b0.3 — 32.b 89.1 b0.3 — 32.5 89.0 — 2b. 2 32.5 90.5 — 2b.2 32 .b 92.3 — 21*.2 32.b 93.0 — 2b.2 32.b 91.6 — 2b.2 32.b 35.3 — 29.1* 23.1 35.5 51.1 35.3 — 29.3 21.9 35U 52.6 35.2 — 29.2 21.1 35.5 53-1* 35.0 — 29.1 20.8 35.1* 51*.3 3l*ol* — 28.8 21.0 35.3 5b.1* 3b.b — 28.6 20.8 35.3 5b .b 3b.6 — 28.3 20.5 35.3 55.1 — 89.9 28.9 20.2 35.!* 55.6 — 90.1 28.9 20.0 35.2 55.9 — 88.8 28.9 20.0 35.3 55.6 — 88.9 28.8 19.9 35.2 55.2 — 88.7 23.5 19.7 35.2 5b.9 52.3 23.7 25.9 5.3 51.6 52.3 23.7 25=3 5.3 59.0 52 02 23.7 25.9 5.3 60o2 52.1 23.7 25.9 5.3 51*. 9 52.1 23.7 26.0 5=3 53.2 52.0 23.7 26.0 5.3 53.6 51.9 23.7 25.9 5.3 57.3 51.9 23.7 26.1 5.3 65.3 52.0 23.7 26.3 5.3 68.5 52.0 23.7 26.3 b.8 68.2 52.3 23.7 26.2 b.7 66.b 52.b 23.6 26.3 b.6 69.0 3.6 8.6 8.6 8.5 3.5 8.6 3.6 3.6 8.5 3.5 3.6 8.6 1956 Cereals and bakery products: Cereals: Flour, wheat----------------------------------5 pounds Eiscuit mix 2 /----------------------------- 20 ounces Corn meal 3f - -------------------------------------pound Rice, short grain it/---------------------------- do Rolled oats--------------------------------- 20 ounces Corn flakes 5 /----------------------------- 12 ounces Bakery products: Bread------ -------------------------------------------pound Soda crackers-------------------------------------- dc Vanilla cookies 6 /------------------------ 7 ounces Meats, poultry, and fish : Meats: Beef and veal: Round steak 2 /--------------------------------pound Chuck roast 0 /--------------------------------- do Rib roast 2 f------------------------------------ do Hamburger----------------------------------------- do Veal cutlets 2 /-------------------------------- do Pork: Pork chops---------------- ----------------------- do Eacon, sliced ----------------------------------- do Ham, whole 26/--------------------------------- do Lamb, leg 9 /---------------------------------------- do Cther meats: Frankfurters-------------------------------------do Luncheon meat--------------------------12-oz. can Poultry, frying chickens: Ready-to-cook 27/-------------------------------pound Fish: ~ Fresh and frozen: Ocean perch, f i l l e t , frozen 6 /------- -do Haddock, f i l l e t , frozen 28/------------- do Canned: Salmon, pink--------------------------- 16-oz. can Tuna fish , chunk 29/------------ 6-6g oz. can Dairy products: Milk, fresh, (grocery) 3 0 /--------------------quart Milk, fresh, (delivered) 31/------------------ do Ice cream------------------------------------------------pint Butter---------------------------------------------------peund Cheese, American process------------------------ do Milk, evaporated-------------------------- litjg-oz. can All fruits and vegetables: Frozen fruits and vegetables: Frozen fru its; Strawberries----------------------------- 10 ounces Orange juice concentrate------------ 6 ounces Frozen vege tables: Peas, green------------------------------ 10 ounces Beans, green----------------------------- 10 ounces Fresh fruits and vegetables: Fresh fru its: Apples-------------------------------------------- pound Bananas---------------------------------------------do Oranges, size 200--------------------------- dozen Lemons-------------------------------------------pound See footnotes at end of table. 53.3 26.8 12.6 17.2 19.3 22.0 53.5 27.1 12.6 17.3 19.3 22.0 53.0 26.9 12.5 17.2 19.2 21.3 53.1 26.8 12.5 17.2 19.2 21.8 53.2 26.8 12.5 17.1 19.3 21.8 53.b 26.7 12.5 17.1 19.3 21.8 53.6 26.7 12.5 17.1 19.3 21.8 53.5 26.6 12.6 17.2 19.3 21.9 53 .b 26.6 12,6 17.2 19.3 21.9 53.2 26.7 12.6 17.2 19.3 21.9 53.1 26.7 12.6 17.2 19.3 22.C 53.3 26.8 12.6 17.2 19.b 22,2 53.5 26.8 12.6 17.2 19.5 22.6 17.9 27.6 2b.0 17.8 26.9 23.7 17.6 27.5 23.8 17.7 27.6 23.8 17.7 27.1 23.9 17.7 27 .b 23.9 17.3 27.6 23.9 i8.0 27.7 21*. C 18.1 27.7 2b .2 13.2 27.7 2b.2 18.3 27.7 21*.2 16.3 27.9 2b.2 18.3 28.0 2b .3 38.2 MU 25/70.1 33.5 25/111.2 85.5 U6c7 67 ok 38.5 lio .b 33.0 ii5.0 65.9 37.8 112.1* 81.3 1*1*.2 61*.6 37.5 110.1 82.1* 1*1U 61*.9 37.6 109.6 8b. 0 b5.5 65.7 37.7 110.6 85.7 1*6.1 67.0 37.9 110.8 88.0 b6.b 63.8 33 ob UO.b 92.1 b9.b 71.2 33.8 111.1 96.9 53.b 76.2 39.b 112.8 96.6 5b.5 77.0 bo.o 112.8 93.5 53 ob 75.8 39.5 112.3 89.9 51.6 73.7 39.2 112.2 78.2 57.3 17/ 6577 65.1 55.0 55.1 6b«6 69.2 53.9 55.9 61*.1* 67.3 52.8 57.1 63.8 73.0 53.8 58.8 65.1* 77.3 5b.2 59.b 71.3 86.3 56.6 62.1 7b.7 35.8 58.6 62.C 71.2 85.2 59.5 62.1 70.3 87.9 60.5 61.1* 70.9 8b.9 61.7 59.8 69.7 79.3 60.6 59 ob 70.b 77.6 61.3 61.0 63.0 51.8 bo. 8 52.2 1*1.5 51.3 1*0.7 51.U 1*0.7 51.1* 1*0.5 51.5 bo.l* 51.7 bo.b 51.8 bo.l* 51.7 bo.b 52.0 bo.b 52.2 U l.l 52.2 Ml. 5 52.1 b2.C 17/ 50.0 50.3 50.0 1*6.9 b9-l 1*8.8 50.6 b8.5 b7.0 b6.0 bb.9 bb.5 12.0 U5.U b2.6 b6.6 1*1.8 1*6.3 1*1.8 1*6.0 1*1.8 1*5.3 Ml. 8 b5.b b l.9 1*5.2 Ml. 6 bb.8 b l.8 1*5.1 b2.0 b5.0 1*2.2 b5.C b2.3 1*5.1 1*2 b5.8 60.3 32.7 59.2 35.8 53.9 3l*.0 59.0 3U.2 59.3 33.5 59.7 32.8 6c.l 32.3 60. b 32.0 60.7 31.9 60.9 31.8 61.b 31.8 61.7 31.6 61.9 31.8 25/22.6 2I/2U.2 28.9 72.1 57.2 ll*. 0 22.3 23.7 28.3 71.1 57.7 13.9 22.2 23.6 26.8 70.8 57.0 13.8 22.1 23.5 23.7 70.8 57.1 13.8 21.0 23.1* 28.7 70.7 57.0 13.8 22.2 23.7 28.7 71.7 57.? 13.8 22.2 23.6 29.8 71.9 57.2 lb.O 22.5 2b.0 23.8 71.9 57.2 lbol 22.7 2b .3 28.9 72.0 57 .b 11*.2 23.O 2b.5 29.0 72.3 57.3 lb .3 23.2 2b.7 29.0 73 .b 57.2 lb .3 23.3 2b. 8 29.1 7b.5 57.2 lb .3 23.3 2b.6 29.1 7b.8 57.3 l b .3 29.7 19.6 30.6 19.0 30.2 19.1* 30.2 19.8 30.2 19.6 30.2 19.6 30.b 19.7 30.1 20.0 29.5 20.1 29.2 20.1 29 oC 19.8 28.7 19.5 28.7 19.2 21.0 23.1 21.1* 23.7 21.0 23.1* 21.1 23.1* 21.2 23.3 21.3 23.1 21.b 23.2 21.5 23.1 21ob 23.0 21.2 22.9 20.b 23.3 20.3 22.7 20.2 22.8 15.1 16.8 25/58.3 18.9 13.1* 16.8 50. b 19.1* 13.7 17.2 50.1 18,1* 13.9 16.6 1*9.8 17.8 15.1 15.5 50.0 17.8 16.6 16.9 5b.b 17.6 18.1 17.1 59.9 17.5 18.5 16.3 65.7 19.0 16.1 16.6 6b.2 18.7 15.1 16.9 68.2 19.8 13.2 17.1 69.5 20.1 13 .b 17 .b 59.9 20,b lb .6 17.3 56.b 20.5 -2 6 Table 9 .—Average Retail Prices of Principal Foods in the United States 1 / by Month, 1955 and 1956—Continued /in cents/ 1956 Article or group Aver age All fru its and vegetables—Con. Freeh fru its and vegetables—Con. Freeh fru its—Con. Crapefruit (Nov.-May)------------------- -each Peaches ( July-Sept.) --------------------pound 3 /1 5 .7 Strawberries (April-June)32/---------pint 17/ Grapes, s e e d le s s (J u ly - N o v .) ------- pound 2277 Waterms Ions (July-Aug . ) -----------------do 11/ hop Fresh vegetables: F o ta to e s -------------------------------- 19 pounds 67.7 Swee tpotatoes-------------------------------pound 12.8 Onions------------------------------------------- do 9.5 Carrots------------------------------------------do 13.7 Lettuce------------------------------------------head 16.h Celery------------------------------------------pound 13.5 7 oO Cabbage— Tomatoes—do 29.5 Beans, green— —do 25/25.2 Canned fruits and vegetables: Canned fru its: Orange Juice------------------------h6-oz. can 37.5 Peaches--------------------------------No. 2| can 3h°S Pineapple-------------------------------No. 2 can 33.7 26.2 Fruit cocktail--------------------No. 303 can Canned vegetables: Corn, cream style--------------- No. 303 can 17.9 Peas, green-----------------------------------do 21.5 Tomatoes 3 /-----------------------------------do 15.2 Baby foods--------------------------h?-5 ounces 9.9 Dried fru its and vegetables: Prunes---------------------------------------------pound 35.7 Dried beans------------------------------------- do 16.3 Other foods at home: Partially prepared foods: Soup, vegetable 3h/----------------- 11-oz. can 17/ Soup, tomato 3h/-~-------------------11-oz. can 17/ 11176 Beans with pork----------------------- 16-oz. can Condiments and sauces: 27.0 Pickles, sweet------------------------- ?§ ounces 23.0 Catsup, tomato--------------------------lh ounces Beverages, nonalcoholic; Coffee 35/--------------------------------- 1-lb. can 25/103.h Tea bags----------------------------- package of 16 23.3 Cola drink-----------------------carton - 36 oz. 32.7 Fats and o ils : Shortening, hydrogenated----------- 3 -lb . can 95 oh Margarine, colored 9 /--------------------- pound 23.9 19.8 Lard------------------------------------------------ do Salad dressing----------------------------------pint 35.3 53.6 Peanut butter----------------------------------pound Sugar and sweets: 52.3 Sugar------------------------------------------5 pounds 23.8 Corn syrup--------------------------------2h ounces Grape Jelly------------------------------ 12 ounces 26.5 Chocolate bar--------------------------- —1 ounce h.5 60.2 Eggs, Grade A, large--------------------------dozen M isc ella n e o u s foods: Gelatin, flavored--------------------3-h ounces 8.5 Jan. Feb. 9.9 * 9.6 •* > xx xx xx xx xx xx * * ■* ho.h # xx 51.9 11.9 3.3 15»9 13.7 33.5 9.7 33.h 31.3 5h.8 11.8 7.9 lh .l 13.7 13.1 8.2 32.6 32.8 57.3 11.9 7.8 13.0 lh.7 13.2 7.9 35.3 35.1 33.5 26.6 Mar. Apr. May June 9.7 xx 11.0 XX 28.8 * * 26.h 66.9 11.9 8.0 12.h 15.2 l h .l 8.5 33.8 25.3 35.5 3h»9 33 .h 26.2 36.0 3h.8 33.5 26.2 17.9 21.6 15.2 9.7 17.8 21.6 15.2 9.7 35.2 16.7 35.5 l6.h July Aug. Sept. XX 17.9 31.1 6.1 29. h h.8 lh.h * 21.2 3.9 lh.7 XX XX * * 20.9 XX 79.7 12.5 9.1 12.9 15.9 13.2 7.9 28.h 27.6 92.3 13.5 12.5 13.7 16.0 lh.6 8.6 33.2 28.0 115.8 l5.h 15.7 13.8 13.9 lh.5 8.0 30.0 21. h 77.6 15.2 13.5 13.8 lh.7 13.5 ?.h 21.6 17.2 57.7 I3.1 9.0 lh .l 15.9 12.6 7.2 16.6 18.2 36.5 3h.9 33.6 26.2 36.8 35.0 33.6 26.1 37.1 35.1 33.7 26.1 38.0 35.2 33.8 26.2 38.6 3h.9 33.7 26.2 17.9 21.6 15.3 9.7 17.9 21.6 15 «h 9.7 18.0 21.6 15.2 9.8 18.1 21.6 15.2 9.9 16.1 21.6 15.1 9.9 35.6 16.3 35.8 16.2 35.9 16.1 36.1 16.2 36.1 16.2 lh.0 9.5 1x2 02 Oct. XX XX XX Nov. Dec, 12.2 * 11.5 XX XX XX 33/ * -> 51.7 11.9 7.5 13.5 17.9 12. h 6.9 21.0 21.6 52.7 11.8 7.1 13.8 2h.O 13 .h 6.7 26.5 23 .h 53.6 12.7 7.6 13.9 20.8 lh.8 7.h 3h.h 27.h 38.8 3h.7 33.7 26.3 39.5 3h.5 33.6 26.2 39.5 3h.5 33.8 26.1 39.1 3h«h 3h.O 26.0 18.2 21.h 15.2 10.0 18.2 21.3 15.0 10.0 17.9 21.h 15.1 10.0 17.7 21.h 15.2 10.0 17.h 21 ah 15.1 10.0 36.2 16.2 36.2 16.2 35.6 16.3 35.0 16.2 3h.7 16.1 19,2 lh .l ____ ____ — — — — — — — lh.8 lh.6 lh.6 lh.5 lh.5 lh.6 1)4.6 12.h l)i.6 12.2 lh.6 12.2 lh.6 12.2 lh.5 12.2 lh.6 27.3 22.9 26.9 22.7 26.9 22.9 27.0 23.O 27.0 23.0 26.9 23.1 26.9 23.1 27.0 23.2 27.1 23.2 26.9 23.1 26.9 23.2 27.0 23.2 96.2 2h.3 32.3 96.2 23.1 32.3 99.h 23.2 32.3 100.1 23.2 32.5 100.3 23.2 32.5 101.8 23.2 32.6 105.0 23.2 32.9 105.9 23.2 32.9 108.0 23.2 32.9 109.0 23.2 33.0 109.3 23.2 33.0 308.9 23.h 33.1 88.7 28.2 19.0 35.1 5h.5 88.6 28.0 18.7 3h.6 53.6 90.6 28.2 18.7 3h.7 53.6 9h .3 28.9 18.8 3h.9 53.h 97.3 29.3 19.8 35.3 53 oh 99.2 29.2 19.8 35.6 53.5 96.6 29.1 19.7 35.7 53.7 98.3 29.2 19.9 35.7 53 06 97.3 29.2 20.1 35.5 53.6 . 97.2 29.1 20.6 35.h 53.6 97.1 29.2 20.8 35.3 53.6 97.5 29.5 21.h 36.1 53.6 52.5 23.7 26.3 h.6 67.7 52 oh 23.5 26.1 h.5 59.2 52 oh 23.5 26.2 h.5 59.3 52.6 23.5 26.3 h.5 53.2 52.6 23»5 26.h h.5 57.3 52.9 23.5 26.h h.5 56.3 52.9 23.6 26.6 h.5 5So2 52.9 23.8 26.6 h.5 60 oh 52.9 2h.O 26.7 h.5 62.7 53.1 2h.l 27.O h.5 63.3 53.3 2h.2 27.1 h.5 61.2 53.6 2h.3 27.0 h.5 53.5 8.6 8.5 8.h 8*h 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 a.h 8.5 8.6 8.6 l h .l lh.o lh.O lh.0 lh.0 1 / Except as indicated in footnotes prices are averages for the U6 citie s included in the Consumer Price Index, (see appendix, table A for a l i s t of the cities ar.d the population weights used in combining the city average p rices). Due to loca l variations in size and quality, averages may be based on less than U6 citie s which reported comparable prices. 2/ U5 c it ie s . 3 / 39 c it ie s . h/ 33 citie s January through October 1955; 31 cities November 1955 through December 1956. V 37 c itie s . 6 / 12 c itie s . 7/ h5 citie s January through June; h6 citie s July through August; h5 cities September through December. B/ hh citie s January through June; U5 cities July and August 1955; hh citie s September 1955 through December1956. 9 / hh c it ie s . 10/ 8 c it ie s . 11/ Average of months shown. 12/ Publication of averages discontinued beginning October. 13/ 37 cities January through September; 39 citie s October through December. I h / Average for 9 months. Prices not comparable for a ll months of the year. lF / 36 cities January through May; 35 cities June through December. TV Specification changed from solid pack to chunk style tuna in h2 citie s August through October,h3citie s Novemberand December. 17/ Average not computed; prices not comparable throughout the year,. 18/ h5 citie s Januarythrough November; h6 citie s in December. 19/ Specification changed from No. 2h can to No. 2 can beginning April 1955. 20/ No. 2\ can. ? ! / Specification changed from No. 2| can to No. 303 can beginning April 1955. T lj I4O cities January through July; 39 cities August through December. 23/ Published as navy beans prior to June 1955* 25/ Prices for January through October were published for 7/8 oz. bar; November and December for a 1 oz. bar. Monthly and average prices shown here aro for bars converted to 1 oz. size. 25/ Partly estimated. 26/ hh citie s January;h3 cities Februar3r and March; h2 citie s April, May and June; hi citie s July and August; 36 citie s September through December. 27/ 39 citie s January through August; hO citie s September and October; hi citie s November and December. 2B/ 35 cit ie s . 29/ h3 c it ie s . 30/ Specification changed from volume selling grade and type to homogenized, Vitamin D milk in hi citie s beginning in August, lx6 citie s January through July; hi citie s August through December. 31/ Specification changed from volume selling grade and type to homogenized, Vitamin D milk beginning in August. h6 citie s January through July; U0 cities August through December. 32/ 25 citie s April; h2 cities May and June. 33/ Insufficient number of prices. Jfc/ Specification changed from vegetable soup to tomato soup beginning August 1956 J5/ Specification changed from cans, bags or glass Jars tc cans only January 1956. Comparable price, December 1955, 96.8. * Priced only in season. Table 1 0 . —Annual Average R e t a il P rice s o f P rin cip a l Foods by C ity , 1955 and 1956 /I n cents7 Article Atlanta, Ga. 1956 1955 Baltimore, Md. 1956 1955 Boston, Mass. 1956 1955 Chicago, 111. 1956 1955 Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit, Mich. Ohio Ohio 1956 . J£5$_; 195_6_ __1955_ 1956 1955 Houston, Texas 1956 1955 .... .... Los Angeles, Calif. 1956 1955 1*9.0 27.7 12.2 *7.1 — 13.1 16.0 — hl.9 26.6 12.2 16.1 — 17.3 16.1 — 55.7 26.8 12.3 — 21.3 19.3 16.3 — 55.7 26.8 12.3 — 20.3 19.9 16.5 — 17.1 16.3 19.3 19.7 26.5 23.3 27.2 23. a 26.0 2a .3 2 3.2 2a .5 33.1 1*3 .2 7l*.l* 3 9 .a 97.9 3 0 .9 1*5 .? 72.7 3 9 .a 100.1 3 7.2 52. a 30.0 33.3 107.6 3 6.9 51.3 80.3 37.3 109.3 77.3 6 1.5 53.3 7 7 .5 51.3 57. a 3 9.9 70.0 61.3 b9 .5 6 2 .a 60.7 6 7.9 69.5 a9 .9 a o .i — — — — — — — 3 3 .a — (3/) 50.3 a i .8 a s .a 3 8 .5 52.3 a 2.7 .... __ 5a .3 a6.7 65.3 5 7 .6 39.7 3 9 .a — — — — — — — — — — — — .... aaa 5a .7 10 / a o .i — aa.o 5 7 .7 — 3 1 .6 — — — — 8 2.9 90.2 6 1.1 6 3 .9 56.7 10/ 3 7 .6 59.7 — — — — — — — — 3 1.6 1 9.5 12/ 20.5 21.5 17/ 22.7 27.7 — 27.1 71.3 6 9 .a 5a .7 5 2.9 13.3 1 3 .a 20.0 12/ 20.2 2 1.5 r a / 2 1.7 25.2 “ 2 5 .7 7 1 .6 70.3 5 7.6 5 6.9 13.7 13.5 28.7 1 6.6 27.1 1 8 .1 23. a 1 8 .a 27.5 20.7 19.1 2 3.5 1 9.5 22.7 1 9 .1 2 1 .6 2 0 .a 22.1 1 5.6 15 .8 2/ 1 5 . a 2/ 1 5 .6 17.6 ~ 16.7 ~ 1 7.2 1 7.5 57.8 6 5.2 a i .6 16 .0 1 7.6 18 .6 17.3 10/ 9 . a 10/ 9 .5 10 / 9 .7 10/ 1 0 .2 a6.8 27- Cereals and bakery products: Cereals: 52.3 5a.2 53.0 53.6 Flour, wheat---------------------------53.6 51*.6 51*.5 52.9 Sk.l 50.9 52.5 2/50.9 51.1* 1/50.7 51*.1* 51.3 27.3 27.2 27.0 26.3 Biscuit mix-----------------------------26.U 27.6 26.7 27.9 2/27.9 27.1 T/26.5 27.7 27.1 27.5 26.5 27.1* 11.8 Corn meal--------------------------------7.2 12.1* T/12.1* 12.1 11.9 12.2 12.1* 12.7 12.7 12.3 7.1 12.5 2/12.5 12.5 11.9 — — — 20.3 20.1 19.0 16.0 1/15.0 Rice, short grain--------------------- ----------- do 17.6 17.7 2/17.3 17.7 17.1* 17.7 17.5 1/18.3 — — — — — — — — — — — — 16.3 Rice, long grain---------------------20.1 17.3 Rolled oats-----------------------------19.2 19.0 19.2 19.1 19.3 19.0 13.3 19.1* 2/19.6 19.1 19.3 18.7 18.7 18.7 1/18.3 19.1 — — “ ----— — — — — — — 16.6 16.1* Corn flakes-----------------------------15.3 16.0 15.9 15.3 — — — — — — 22.0 22.1 21.1* 1/21.5 22.0 22.2 Corn flakes-----------------------------22.1 22.3 2/22.1 22.3 Bakery products: 16.2 17.3 17.2 2/17.1 16.7 1/17.0 ll*.7 Bread--------------------------------------17. h 17.1 17.3 17.1* 16.1* 17.1* 17.5 16.9 ii*.5 Soda crackers--------------------------2 7.2 27.2 2 8 . 1* 2 7.0 r / 2 7.3 2 7.6 27.2 2 8 .6 2 7.0 26.7 28.3 2 7.7 2/ 2 7.9 27.3 28.7 26.9 — — — — 2i*.0 Vanilla cookies-----------------------23.8 21*.0 23.3 21*.2 23.7 21*.3 2/ 21*. 2 2 3.9 23.7 25.9 1/ 2 6.6 — — — — — — — — — — — — Vanilla cookies-----------------------3 k. 8 3 2 .9 3 3.7 3 5.5 Meats, poultry, and fish : Meats: Beef and veal: 92.1 8 2.2 38.7 2/ 3 6 .9 10l*.6 3 6 .2 Round steak--------------------------3 9.0 97.3 106.1 96.7 8 7 .5 79.7 1/ 7 6 .5 8 5 .5 on 1*/33.1 Chuck roast--------------------------1*9 .2 5 2.6 U8 .9 5 0 .6 2/ 1*9 . 1* 1*8 .0 1*7.8 1/ 1*5 . 1* 51.8 50.1 5 3.1 1*9 .1 5 0.5 on 5 / 1*8.7 1*9 . 1* 7 2.0 7 0 .6 2/ 7 0 .5 Rib roast------------------------------ ----------- do 71.2 61*.8 8 0 . 1* 75.6 71.2 76.3 71.1 6 9.1 r / 6 8 .o 78.3 6 5.1 on 5 / 7 2 .6 1*2 . 1* " 39.7 Hamburger-----------------------------1*9 .0 3 3.1 1*8 .2 3 9 .0 1/ 3 8 . 1* 3 9 .2 3 7 .6 1*1 .1 39.7 2 / 3 9 .0 3U.9 3 9 . 1* 35.7 1*0 .5 112.8 1 10 .2 9 8.0 129 .2 110 .6 Veal cutlets------------------------95.6 111.7 27111.3 31.7 79.1 127.7 102.7 103. 1* 1/ 1 02.9 103 .9 H 0 .5 Pork: Pork chops---------------------------7 5.2 70.1 7 7.6 3 5 .2 2/ 3 5 .!* 78.6 7 3 . 1* 8 2.1 76.3 73.1 7 3.0 8 0.9 1/ 7 9 .6 3 0.7 79.3 33.1 6 7 .0 2 / 5 9.3 5 7.0 Bacon, sliced-----------------------66.7 65.9 60.5 65.9 58.3 68.7 58.7 5 6.5 61*.1* 1/ 5 5.5 57.5 6 5 .7 6 5.5 — — Ham, whole, tenderized---------6i*.8 59.8 6 1.0 62.2 " (7/) 62. 1* 58.1 61.1 5 8 . 1* 1/ 5 3 .9 6 0.3 61*. 3 6 2 .9 62.7 — — — — — — — — — — — — — ~ ----Ham, whole, ready-to-eat------- ----------- do 6/ 61*. 1* 6 3 .2 Lamb, leg--------------------------------7 6.0 7 3 .0 7 3.2 2/ 73.2 2/ 3 0.2 70.6 6 5 .2 1/66.6 72.3 3 3 . 1* 71.3 6 8.9 6 9.5 3 3.5 7U.U on Other meats: 50.0 2/1*8.9 Frankfurters------------------------U7 .8 53.6 51.3 1/ 5 0 .6 5 5.0 51*.3 52.7 5 5.9 53.9 51*.9 53.3 5 7 . 1* U9 .5 5 2 .5 Luncheon meat------------------------ —12-oz. can 1*2.8 1*0 .6 U3.8 1*1.2 6/1*2.2 1*0 .0 1*5.6 1*5.6 1*1 .9 1*3 .7 i*i*.l 1/ 1*0 .3 1*5 . 1* 2/1*2.5 lil.k 1*5.3 Poultry, frying chickens: ___ ___ 6/ 1*8 .3 .... .... 1*0 .0 Dressed-----------------------------------6/ l*6.5 — — Ready-to-cook--------------------------- ----------- do 5o . i 1*9 . 1* 1*9 .1 6/ 57.3 1*2 .7 55.7 6/ 5 5 . 1* 1/ 1*1*. 0 1*7 .5 6/ 5 7.3 2/1*5.8 8/52.8 8/ 1*5 .6 Fish: Fresh or frozen: 38.1 1*1*.8 2/1*1*. 0 1*2.8 Ocean perch, f i l l e t , frozen— l*i*.8 1*2.8 1*2.1* 1*1*. 9 3 6.7 1*1*. 1* 1*2 .5 1/ 1*0 .2 1*3 . 1* 1*3 . 1* — — — Haddock, f i l l e t , frozen-------1*5 .6 1*7 .8 2/ 1*6 .1 1*6.1 1*5 .6 1*5 .6 r / i*3 .8 k9.9 1*1*.5 1*5 .7 1*5 . 1* 1*5 .5 — — — — — — — — — — “ ----— — — Cod, f i l l e t , frozen--------------2/ 1*0 .6 1*0 .5 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Salmon, fresh or frozen-------— — — — — — — — — — — — — — Haddock, f i l l e t , fresh---------- ----------- do 1*6 .0 1*1*.3 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Sea trout, fresh------------------5 3 .0 5 3 .6 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Halibut, fresh or frozen------— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Sole, f i l l e t , fresh or frozen Canned: Salmon, pink------------------------- —16-oz, can 57.2 57.8 1/ 60.1 5 6.0 59.8 55.7 6 1.7 5U.3 57.9 6/ 53.7 (3/ ) 58.3 2/ 6 2 .9 51*. 7 6 0.3 5 6 .5 — 10/ 3 7 .6 — 10/ 3 9.3 — — — 10/ 3 9 .6 Tuna fish , solid pack 9 /------- — 7-oz. can 10/ 3 8.7 39.8 3 8 .0 5 / 32.8 3 1.3 10/ 3 3.8 " ----- 10/ 1*2 .9 — — — — — — — — — — 31*.6 2/ 3 3 .0 Tuna fish , chunk style 9 /----- '6-6|-oz. can 30.3 3 2.9 1/ 3 1 .9 33.1 Dairy products: ~ 2 3 .0 12/ 22.3 Milk, fresh, (grocery) 11/ ---------23.6 13/ 23.7 22. 1* 12/ 23.5 21.1 1/ 21.7 25.7 12/ 26.5 2 0.9 2/ 22. 1* 1 8.7 12/ 1 9 .5 21*.3 12/ 21*.6 Milk, fresh, (d e liv e re d y il/------22. 1* 2/ 2l u l 26.8 T5/ 26. 1* 2 6.2 1/ 27.8 20. 1* 1 2 / 2 1.5 25.7 12/ 2 5.5 23.7 13/ 21*.1 2 5 .5 T2/ 2 6.5 2 3.5 IZ / 2 5 .6 Ice cream-^---------------------------------3 0.2 2 3.6 ~ 29.3 25.8 28.1 ~ 2 8.0 26.6 3 5 .2 3 0.6 31*.1 2/ 3 2.3 36.5 3 2 .5 ~ 3 0 . 1* 27.5 1/ 2 7 .6 Butter---------------------------------------70.3 2 / 7 1.2 7l*.8 7 0.8 7 2.0 7 3.0 7 1.6 7 5.9 77.3 76.3 7l*.l 7 1.1 7 2.5 7 0.3 T/ 7 2 .0 75.1 Cheese, American process------------6 2 .0 6 1.2 6 i.l 61.8 5 8 .0 1/ 5 8.0 58.2 57.9 (3/ ) 2 / 5 5.5 (3/ ) (3/ ) (3/ ) 5 9.9 (3 /) 5 6.5 Milk, evaporated------------------------- -li^ -oz . can n .o 11*.0 1 5 .0 13.6 1 3.6 1 3.8 1 3.8 T/ l )*.3 l l *. 2 13.9 1U.3 1 3 .9 1J .9 2/ l i *.2 11*.3 l l *.5 All fruits and vegetables: Frozen fru its and vegetables: Frozen fru its : 28.8 3 2.7 2/ 31.7 2 9 .0 2 9.6 Strawberries------------------------25.8 3 0 .2 3 0 .1 33.7 2/ 3 2.8 29.1 3 1.3 30.7 29.5 3 0.3 1/ 27.3 Orange juice concentrate------21.2 1 3.3 1 8 .0 1 9.2 18.8 2 0.6 1 9 .6 2/ 2 0.9 1 8.1 19.1 19.3 ' 21. 1* 1 7 . 1* r / 1 9 .0 1 7 .5 1 7 .5 Frozen vegetables: 22.0 Peas, green--------------------------20.6 20. 1* 1 9.8 22.9 21.2 20.2 20.9 2 1.9 2 1.5 2/ 2 2.5 21.5 19.3 1 9.5 1 9 .5 1/ 2 0.0 Beans, green-------------------------23.8 2l*.6 26.8 2/ 2 5.5 21*.0 2 3.6 21*.2 1 / 2 2.6 23.8 22.5 22.9 25. 1* 23.7 22.7 23.9 25.1 Fresh fru its and vegetables: Fresh fru its: 1 6.2 2/ 11*.3 1/ 11*. 7 1 3 .0 Apples---------------------------------11*.0 1 6 . 1* 20.6 2/ 1 5.9 lii.2 (3 /) 13.7 2/ 15.3 1/ 15.3 19.3 1 5 . 1* 2/ 1 5 .6 Bananas--------------------------------11*.6 ~ 15.3 “ l l *.9 1 6.2 “ 1U.6 1 9 .0 l / l f f .6 1 8 .6 2/ 1 8 .5 1 5 .2 1 6.3 1 7.7 1 6.9 " 1 7 .6 ~ 1 7.3 15.1 Oranges, size 200 -----------------33.8 1*1*.6 50.0 1*5 .8 61*.1 2 / 7 1.0 1*9 .3 51*.6 52.8 51*.9 T/ 5 8 .5 1*1 .9 1*7.3 56.7 59.9 51*.5 Lemons----------------------------------1 8 . 1* 1 6.6 17.8 16.1 20.2 is .a 18.0 13.7 1 8 .9 1/ 1 3 .9 19.9 2/ 2 0.6 17.7 1 9 .5 19.1 1 6 .5 Grapefruit (Nov. -May) ----------------------- each 10/ 6 .6 15/ 7 .5 10/ 8 .6 ] £ / 9 .0 10/ 1 0.2 10/ 1 0.8 10/ 9 .6 1 5 / 10 .0 10/ 9.7 10/10.1* 1 0 /1 0 . k 10/ 1 0 .6 10/ 1 1.0 15/ 1 1.7 70/ 9 .5 10 / 9 .9 See footnotes at end of table Kansas City, Mo. 1956 1955 Table 10.—Annual Average Retail Prices of Principal Foods by City, 1955 and 1956—Continued /In cents/ Boston, Baltimore, Chicago, Atlanta, Md. Mass. 111. Ga. T956 1956 1956 1956 1955 1955 1955 1955 Peaches (July-Sept.)---------- -------------- pound 17/16.9 18/1U.9 17/15.3 I 8/H 1.8 18 / 2 2 .2 18 / 1 5 .6 18/24.4 18/17.9 Strawberries (April-June)—----------------pint ( 3 /) T7/30.0 TB/36.9 17/29.7 n / 314.7 15/33.2 I5/3L.3 (3/) Grapes, seedless (July-Nov. 15/20.1 15/17.9 t / 3 / ) 19/22.5 I7/2L.0 19/23.7 15/23.1 IF/2L.3 Watermelons (June-Aug.)----- ----------------do 15/ 2.9 15/ 2.3 18/ £.3 15/ 3.9 W 6.2 T5 6.6 15/ 5*5 15/ 5.2 Fresh vegetables: 69.8 65.8 1/78.0 52.1 56.1 59.7 Potatoes---------------------------6L.ii 65.7 2/12.1 10.6 Sweetpotatoes--------------------11.14 2/10.6 (3/) (3/) 14.5 r / 1 2 .4 8 .I4 9.6 9.6 “ 7.8 Onions------------------------------8.3 T/ 9.6 5.3 8.9 13.6 15.2 Carrots-----------------------------llu 2 15.3 13.9 r / 1 3 .2 I5.ii 14.5 Lettuce-----------------------------18.7 16.9 16.3 T/16.7 17.7 18.5 I5.ii 15.5 16.2 Celery------------------------------11.6 2/17.4 16.7 16.7 r/iL .2 13.1 15.L 9.0 8.0 7.0 Cabbage------------------------------ ----------------do 6.3 " 3.5 7.3 3.5 V 7.7 26.8 2l(.2 Tomatoes---------------------------23.7 25.3 22.L 27.3 31.5 1/31.5 21.6 17.6 23.1 2/25.5 Beans, green---------------------19.i; 22.7 23.9 r / 2 6 .1 Canned fruits and vegetables: Canned fru its: 33.0 33.0 33.6 36.li Orange ju ice---------------------- -------L6-oz. can 29.1: 32.9 1/36.7 35.5 33.8 35.0 3L.8 Peaches-----------------------------3ii.2 3ii.ii 34.7 1/35.2 3U.9 6/32 . k Pineapple--------------------------33.1 6/31.9 3 2 . a 6/31.8 31.9 6/33.1 T/3L.0 26.6 5/27.2 Fruit cocktail------------------25.9 1/26.3 1/26.3 26.5 6/27.2 T/27.1 ~ Canned vegetables: 16.8 16.6 1/17.5 18.1 Corn, cream style-------------18.U 17.1 17.9 17.5 23.0 20.7 r / 2 0 .6 22.6 23.0 22.1 22.2 Peas, green-----------------------21.9 1 5 .2 15.8 Tomatoes------------------------- — 13.3 13.7 15.5 r/iL.5 I5.ii 1 5.5 10.1 10.1 2/ 1 0 .5 1 0 .1 10.1 10.6 Baby foods------------------------- ----- L|-5 ounces 9.9 r / 1 0 .0 Dried fruits and vegetables: 3L.0 36.0 Prunes---------------------------------3 2 .9 32.5 3ii.5 34.1 1/ 3 5 .2 3U.7 10/16.2 15.2 21/13.2 Dried beans--------------------------17.3 19.3 13.L 21/28.4 r / 1 7 .4 Other foods at home: Partially prepared foods: 1 )4.2 Soup, vegetable 22/--------------- -------11-oz. can lii.li (3/) (3/) 1 L.1 (3/) (3/) U .3 17J.6 1 5 .6 Beans with pork--------------------1L.9 1/15.9 lii.9 16.3 IF. 9 Iii.5 Condiments and sauces: 25.0 1/25.2 3 2 .0 27.2 31.6 Pickles, sweet---------------------- -------- 71 ounces 28.7 23.L 27.5 23.0 23.0 21.8 1/22.8 Catsup, tomato---------------------23.1 23.1 22.3 23.7 Beverages, nonalcoholic: — — — 93.0 97.2 90.7 Coffee 23/ ---------94.9 — — — 1/104.3 — 107.1 103.9 loll. 5 — — — — 10/38.6 10/39.8 Tea th P ........ .......................... 10/39.8 10/39.7 — — — — 23.8 2 1 .0 1/23.0 23.7 Tea bags 2k/------------------------2 5 .0 32.0 1/32.1 30.6 2 5 .0 2 5 .0 Cola drinlT”------------------------carton- 36 ounces 30.7 2li.5 Fats and o ils : — 10/35. U — — Shortening, hydrogenated 2$/— 10/35.0 10/35.2 10/3U.U — — — — Shortening, hydrogenated 2^/- -------- 3-lb. can 97.0 95.8 95.6 1/96.3 Margarine, colored----------~ — 31.3 23.1 27.6 23.6 1/29.0 30.7 2 )4.7 25.1 Lard------------------------------------20.1 19.0 19.6 19.8 1/19.0 21.1 20.0 19.3 Salad dressing---------------------32.8 36.2 35.8 33.7 35.1 33.1 T/3L.0 34.4 Peanut butter-----------------------53.2 52.4 53.5 55.7 5i.3 53. li 53.L T/52.3 Sugar and sweets: Sugar--------------------------------------U9.0 50.8 51.8 50.9 50.5 51.3 52.5 1/5)4.3 Corn syrup------------------------------ --------- 2k ounces 214.1 2L.li 24-9 2* .1 1/21.1 2li.7 2)4.14 24.5 Grape je lly ----------------------------2 I4.6 22.2 25.9 T;/25.7 24.6 25.il 23.3 25.5 Chocolate bar------------------------- ------------ 1 ounce 5.0 I1.8 4-6 5.1i 5.1 5.1 tv ii.5 ii.5 Eggs, Grade A, l^rge ----------------- --------------- dozen 61.0 68.2 66.0 59.6 T/53.9 60.7 6)4.9 65.ii ~ Miscellaneous foods: Gelatin, flavored --------------------3.8 8.3 3.1 8 .3 3.L 8.L 8.4 3 .5 Article y Cincinnati, Ohio 1956 1955 18/23.0 18 / 1 5 .0 I7/2L.1 15/26.6 IF/2L.5 17/23.2 15/ L.L W L.l Cleveland, Ohio 1956 18/16.3 15/31.8 I7/2L.1 15/ 5.2 1955 18/23.1 17/25.9 TF/23.7 15/ 5.1 72.0 6 1 .6 12.9 lL.l 10.1 8.7 15.5 1L.9 17.6 17.2 1L.5 l/lL .7 3.9 ~ 8.7 33.6 35.6 3 1 .3 2 3 . L 2/23.0 27.5 Detroit, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Mich. Texas Mo. Calif. 1956 1956 1956 1955 1955 1955 1955 1756 18/2L.1 18 / 1 8 .1 1 8 / 2 6 .L 18/20.5 18 / 2 1 .1 18/16.7 18/18.5 18 / 1 6 .1 15/30.2 15/37.7 T7/3L.0 T5/33.7 I5/3L.1 15/32.L I5/3L.0 15/30.3 17/25.3 17/26.5 TF/22.L 19/21.1 W 21.5 17/22.5 IF/15.7 ,17/17.1 15/ 5.5 15/ 5.5 1 7 / 3.3 15/ 3.L W L.L 15/ L.6 15/ 5.L 15/ 5.1 61.3 15.7 9.3 15.0 18.L 16.2 9.2 30.9 25.0 2/76.1 7/13.3 7/11.3 7/1L.8 7/18.5 7/13.6 2 / 8.8 7/3 L.3 7/27.8 16.8 7.3 26.3 22.9 34.9 36.5 35.5 34.9 3L.1 6/3L.L 26.6 6/29.1 35.9 37.3 35.8 35. L 3L.3 6/3L.8 27.1 5/27.9 2/L1.3 7/36.3 7/3L.9 7/27.0 3L.3 3L.L 6/31.9 6/26.3 17.7 22.0 15.3 10.3 17.8 22.6 10.5 17.2 22.5 15.9 10.3 17.7 21.7 16.6 10.6 33.2 10/17.6 35.9 16.2 35.5 19.L 1L.3 15.1 (3/) 15.7 1L.L 15.1 1 5 .0 lL.l 15.3 23 05 21. L 2L.8 22.0 27.0 23.5 26.6 2L.1 93.9 — 103.8 9L.1 61.L 13.3 9.1 15.8 18.1 11.3 9.6 29.6 19.L 33.3 34.3 6/33.3 1/26.9 — 10/38.5 — 29.8 10/35.1 — 23.6 21.6 37.3 53.7 75.5 11.5 10.L 16.1 18.5 (3/) ic .o 1 5 .6 — 23.9 31.5 — 10/39.7 — 3L.9 — 10/35.8 — 95.3 23.3 29.7 20.3 23.7 38.2 3L.7 53.L 5L.1 52.9 22.1 27.5 5-3 52.9 60.3 59.3 3.9 3.3 22.3 27.5 )i.6 1 5 .2 92.6 10.2 9.8 13.6 16.1 15.1 7.2 27.5 25.5 55.3 13.8 9.3 lL.l 16.0 1L.2 7.6 2 5 .2 22.1 72.8 1 2 .7 10.1 1 3 .6 1 5 .9 13.7 7.6 28.9 25.7 7 0 .0 85.0 19.6 19.9 8.2 6.5 9.2 9.5 12.7 12.6 10.1 10.5 7.2 6.L 27.2 21.3 29.5 2/32.0 37.8 3L. 3 33.3 35.1 33.0 6/32. L 26.5 S/26.6 39.6 37.3 33.9 31.0 32.7 6/32.0 26.3 5/2L.6 18.6 22.2 13.L 9.0 18.1 21.9 13.L 9.1 16. L 20.5 1L.9 9.0 17.2 17.2 18.2 20.1 21.5 21.5 1L.7 20/19.6 20/20.3 9.2 — 3.6 “ 9.2 36.2 2/39.3 36.9 17.5 10/17.7 7/16.5 35.0 20.3 36.L 16.9 33.L 16.0 36.3 1L.3 31.5 19.3 33.6 16.3 (3/) (3/) 2/171.6 1 L.1 (3/) 15.0 13.5 13.7 (3/) 13.7 13.9 15.3 (3/) IF. 5 25.3 2/26.1 26. L 7/25.7 3 2 .2 32.3 22.2 23.7 2L.5 2L.L 2L.1 23.7 19.0 25.1 21.3 — 92.5 — 101.2 — io/Li.5 — 23.7 25.0 L5.o — 99.6 — 2L.9 L5.o 17.3 2/19.0 21.9 7/21.6 15.3 7/16.0 10.5 7/10.L iL.5 21.5 — 9 2 .0 91.7 — 2/103.2 — 10L.9 — 10/L2.1 - ----- 10/37.L — — 2/2L.2 23. L 3L.2 23.2 3L.1 7/37.2 — 96.5 29.6 22.5 35.1 52.7 55.0 55.3 2L.2 • 2L.0 27.0 27. ^ 5.3 L. 7 64.6 63. L 3.9 92.0 12.7 9.0 13.7 9.7 10 3 5 .2 — 27.9 20.2 37.7 56.9 — 10/3)1.2 — 2/95.8 29.6 2/23.3 21.6 7/19.3 7/37.0 35.7 7/55.0 50.6 “ — 91.9 — 102.7 — io/Li.5 — 23.5 23.5 2L.L — 93.8 30.L 20.L 36.0 5°.L 1 0 /3 L.L - __ 26.7 18.3 3L.2 5L.0 — 10/33.7 9L.3 29.2 25.7 13.0 22.9 33.9 3L.L 55.3 5).3 ___ 96.5 27. L 21.5 35.1 55.L 52.0 53.3 51.6 2L.1 29.? 5.0 55.L 5L.6 52.L 2L.3 26.0 L.5 57.5 56.5 8 .0 8.0 3 .6 9.6 53.6 2'5L.o 23.5 7/23.5 ?Q ..o 7 / 27.3 c. 7 V L.6 27.9 5.0 62 3 62.0 L9.0 2L.5 29.6 L.5 6 L.0 9.3 3.3 9 .7 7 /6 0 .7 2/ 9 . 6 )|9.9 2L. L Ll-7 32.3 32.9 2L.3 2 1 .1 21 .2 27.0 26.5 5.0 L. L Table 10.—Annual Average Retail Prices of Principal Foods by City, 1955 and 1956--Continued /in cents7 Minneapolis Minn. 26/ 1955 1956 New York, 27/ N.Y. 1955 1956 Cereals and bakery products: Cereals: 56.2 56.1 Flour, wheat------------------------------------ 5 pounds 53.0 5i.a 28.0 Biscuit mix-------------------------------------20 ounces 27.9 27.1 26.a 12.0 Corn meal--------------------------------------------- pound 12.7 12.5 11.9 Rice, short grain---------------------------------- do 18. h 18.5 Rice, long grain------------------------------------ do 1 9 .0 19.7 19.8 Rolled oats-------------------------------------20 ounces 19.5 18.5 18.5 Corn flakes-------------------------------------- 8 ounces 16.1 15.8 Corn flakes-------------------------------------12 ounces 22.5 Bakery products: Bread--------------------------------------------------- pound 17.2 17.2 13.9 19.1 Soda crackers-----------------------------------------do 26.8 28.5 27.3 27.3 Vanilla cookies-------------------------------- 7 ounces 23.2 23.8 23.7 2lu3 Vanilla cookies------------------------------ 12 ounces Meats, poultry, and fish : Meats: Beef and veal; Round steak--------------------------------------- pound 80.9 811.5 9a.7 96.5 56.0 Chuck roast-----------------------------------------do a8.3 U9.1 511.9 Rib roast------------------------------------------- do 72.2 70.2 70.8 68.6 Hamburger------------------------------------------- do 37.8 37.6 38.1 ao.a 101.8 126.0 Veal cutlets---------------------------------------do 102.6 i2a.6 Pork: 77.0 Pork chops------------------------------------------ do 73.1 80.8 78.3 61.0 Bacon, sliced------------------------------------- do 57.9 66.5 71.1 Ham, whole, tenderized-----------------------do 60.1 62.1 58.3 Ham, whole, ready-to-e^t------------------- do 72.8 Lamb, leg-----------------------------------------------do 6a.a 63.9 71. U Other meats: 50.6 58.8 Frankfurters--------------------------------------- do 56.7 U9.9 Luncheon meat----------------------------- 12-oz. can 6/U2.6 111 . 2 a5.a ai.9 Poultry, frying chickens: 6/U6.1 Dressed------------------------------------------------ pound Ready-to-cook---------------------------------------- do 50.2 (3/) 57.1 Fish: Fresh or frozen: Ocean perch, f i l l e t , frozen---------------- do hhoh a2.a a3.i: U3.3 52.2 Haddock, f i l l e t , frozen---------------------- do a8.2 a6.3 53.1 Cod, f i l l e t , frozen----------------------------do Salmon, fresh or frozen---------------------- do Haddock, f i l l e t , fresh------------------------do Sea trout, fresh--------------------------------- do Halibut, fresh or frozen---------------------do Sole, f i l l e t , fresh or frozen------------- do Canned: 59.6 Salmon, pink-------------------------------16-oz. can 6/58.0 62.1 55.8 Tuna fish, solid pack 9 /-------------- 7-oz. can ~ (3/) 33.2 3it.O Tuna fish , chunk style 9 /--------- 6-6|-oz. can 33.9 Dairy products: Milk, fresh, (grocery) 11/---------------------- quart 17.7 12/19.1 23.9 i2 /2 a .i 19.2 T2/20.6 Milk, fresh, (deliveredj~ll/---------------------do 26.a 12/26.5 Ice cream------------------------~ ---------------------- pint 31.2 28.1 26.6 3o.a Butter-----------------------------------------------------pound 72.2 68.6 72.5 66.7 58.2 Cheese, American process---------------------------do 59.a 53.a 58.5 Milk, evaporated----------------------------- lU^-oz. can ia.0 15.0 ia.1 ill.5 All fruits and vegetables: Frozen fruits and vegetables: Frozen fruits: 30.7 29.2 Strawberries-------------------------------- 10 ounces 29.a 28.9 1 9 .0 18.1 20.2 18.8 Orange juice concentrate--------------- 6 ounces Frozen vegetables: 20.1 21.0 20.0 Peas, green----------------------------------10 ounces 19.9 25.2 Beans, green-------------------------------- 10 ounces 23.7 22.a 25. li Fresh fruits and vegetables: Fresh fruits: Apples-----------------------------------------------pound 17.7 2/17.2 i/ia .o 1/15.7 Bananas---------------------------------------------- do 20.0 ■ 15.5 ~ u5*6 20.3 Oranges, size 200------------------------------dozen 6 2 .0 53.3 59.5 65. a Lemons — -------------------------------------------pound 18.7 19.0 19.7 19.7 Grapefruit (Nov.-May)------------------------- each 10/ 9.1i lo /io .a 10/10.6 10/10.9 an See footnotes at end of table. Philadelphia, Pa. 1955 1956 Pittsburgh, Pa. 1955 1956 Portland, Oreg. 1955 1956 58.0 25.0 ia .o St. Louis Mo. 1955 1956 53.2 27.3 12.5 18.0 San Francisco, Calif. 1955 1956 53.1 26.8 11.7 18.3 52.9 26.3 11.5 17.9 27.0 i2 .a 18.1 52.0 26.2 i2.a 17.9 13.3 18.a 18.8 19.0 2a.2 20.1 22.5 21.5 21.6 2/ 2 2.6 18.7 27.8 19.7 27.9 19.a 26.6 25.1 20.1 28.8 25.3 17.5 26.7 23.a 2/ 20.8 22.6 17.3 29.a 2h.h 17.6 2 2 .6 18.3 28.6 2a.3 io5.a 50.3 76.8 U3.0 136.3 ioa.2 as .8 75.3 ai.6 137.8 90.8 55.6 72.6 ai.9 115.2 87.6 51.9 72.5 ao.3 n a .2 87.7 sa.o U6.9 72.6 38.7 i/99.a 90.7 b9.3 67.1 a2.7 107.1 3a.a 71.7 62.1 83.3 63.2 60.5 86.2 6a.2 60.1 32.5 55.3 58.6 80.5 67.7 59.5 73.9 59.a 53 . a 55.a 26.0 ia .1 21.2 5i.a 73.7 38.6 96.0 72.6 23.5 21.2 18.7 53.3 2/58.9 27.5 2/27.7 12.5 2 /1 3 .a 17.6 2 / 2 a .a 19.0 2/20.7 6/60.5 71.6 " 76.5 59.6 7a.8 71.1 12/73.2 51.8 38.a 53.5 a5.a 51.8 iil.7 6/ao.a a9.5 ao.5 52.9 a5.6 50.2 39.3 on 5a.6 a6.9 63.9 55.9 6/ 56.0 a6.2 39.6 a2.a ao.2 a2.o 39.3 a2.1 ii3.7 a3.2 a7.2 ao.3 a3.8 5a. a 57.7 10/ 38.6 56.2 io/ao.7 59.5 a?.5 (3/) on (3/) on 6/51.1 ' (3/) 60.5 31.a 33.3 30.3 23.6 12/25.9 2a.6 12/25.3 27.8 27.a 72.a 7i.a 60.0 60.5 13.3 ia.o 2a.i 12/25.0 25.3 12/25.7 31.6 31.7 7a.8 73.a 59.2 58.3 ia.o ia.2 20.1 12/21.5 21.6 T2/23.7 27.a 69.7 57.8 12.9 30.6 17.0 29.a 18.3 31.a 19.5 30.3 20.0 19.3 23.5 20.1 22.a 20.9 26.2 21.1 2a.2 16.5 26.5 23.7 16.3 26.2 2a.2 9a.8 73.9 a2.7 123.1 96.3 a5.8 73.7 ai.9 129.6 73.a 78.3 18.5 27.0 2 a .a 79.3 52.5 a2.i 20.a 18.2 26.6 2U.1 92.a 91.9 66.7 7a.7 66.9 12/ 67.0 71.6 20.3 18.8 15.8 ia.o 23.6 21.8 77.0 55.0 80.7 18.8 i6.a 2a.2 20.7 6a .2 58.5 21.3 18.6 51.1 63.9 33.1 105.3 2/27.8 2 /2 a .7 56.2 26.7 18.9 95.a a7.6 79.6 39.6 a i.i n 5 .3 i2 /iia .o 23.5 96.a a9.6 78.2 93.5 2 7 .3 2a.2 63.3 35.6 111.5 91.0 9a.o 51.2 l/UB.5 7a.9 " 73.1 39.2 38.5 110.3 111.1 5 3.5 79.7 58.3 59.5 3 0 .3 82.6 69.1 i/6 o.a 61.5 1/61.3 65.9 65.9 69.a 70.8 55.8 a3.6 53. a ao.5 66.2 90.7 50. a 56.9 6/a6.1 5a.a 5a.8 a3.9 52.3 a3.6 59.2 5a.6 6A 3.9 aa.6 ao.6 6/65.a 52.2 51.3 Washington, D.C. 1955 1956 56.6 26.9 13.8 17. a 88.6 a7.6 66.2 ai.6 106.8 28.0 Seattle, Wash. 1955 1956 50.9 26.3 11.9 16.7 17.2 26.5 23.3 69.3 6/a6.i 23.8 20.3 51.8 26.8 11.7 21.5 28.5 2a.3 70.0 a9.2 59.6 27.6 i3.a Scranton, Pa. l 955 1956 5a. 9 52.9 27.3 10.7 1/19.1 10.5 as.o 6 6.a 61.8 25.8 58.0 60.7 72.3 51.1 a2.a a9.a 38.7 6/ 56.6 a5.o ac.6 a i.2 a i.i ai.a a5.5 aa.s a2.9 a2.i 81.5 1/66.0 12/67.6 57.3 io/ao.3 59.a 33.a (3/) on 60.6 2/ 5a .6 59.3 T/36.7 3a.7 21/ 60.7 6i.a 53.5 10/33.7 1/53.9 5 5 .2 10/33.5 31.1 1 /3 1 .2 29.9 71.5 59.7 13.3 21.1 2a.a 12/ 25.6 l3.d 12/20.7 2/20.5 20.1 12/22.3 2/21.5 i a / 22.3 25.9 T2/26.1 29.7 2/29.7 “ 29.2 28.3 2/29.5 29.a 70.0 73.6 75.9 2/73.9 75.3 “ 63.7 2/60.8 61.5 5a.a 57.3 55.5 53.a 13.6 2/ia.3 13.2 ia.6 13.a1 13.7 21.7 T 2 /2 3 .1 35.0 ~ 3a.6 72.0 70.a 5o.2 59.7 ia.o 13.7 27.a 18.6 26.7 33.0 20.9 18.7 32.a 2/33.2 20.2 2/19.5 19.a 22.2 20.7 20.6 20.6 25.1 22.2 2/ 21.6 2a.a 2/23.7 20.6 12/ 22.0 53.1 30.6 22. a 1 2 /2 3 .9 2a .6! T 2 /2 6 .5 3 2 .3 3U.3 73.6 ?a.5 53.a ia.2 5 8 .2 ia.5 28.7 17.3 27.a 18.7 28.7 27.7 31.1 2 9 .6 1 9 .6 2 0 .3 1 3 .6 2 0 .1 19.2 2a. 2 20.0 23.2 i 9 .3 23.a 20.6 22.1 9 .9 21a.o 22. a 12.6 13.6 15.0 15.3 15.3 2/ia.2 16.7 1 6 .3 16.5 n .5 2/ 12. a ia.9 13.2 2/18.7 13.2 19.3 19.6 19.0 17.0 17.3 15. a 19.5 ia.9 19.3 h9.0 58.0 2/53.0 63.6 1 /6 9 .2 a6.2 57.a 67.1 59.7 52.7 63.a a5.i 17.0 18.1 13.6 2/13.0 19.2 lb.O 18.6 13.9 17.3 1 3 .9 i8 . a i9. a 1 0 / 1 0 .2 10/1 0.5 -0/ 9.7 10 /10.0 io /ia .a 10/ 16.1 -0/ 9.8 10/ 1 0.6 16/12.a 10/i3.3 10/ 8.7 10 / 9.1 10/15.5 10/ 16.2 2/15.6 2/15.3 1/15.2 15.6 15.1 52.2 a7.a l b .6 18.9 33.2 21.5 22.7 2a.o 16.a a5.7 1 9 .3 1 0 / 3 .2 20.7 16.9 16.2 52. a 20.0 10/ 3.7 Table 10.—Annual Average Retail Prices of Principal Foods by City, 1955 and 1956—Continued /In cents/ Minne apolis, Minn. 26/ 1956 1955 Peaches (July-Sept.)------------------------pound Strawberries (April-June)-----------------pint Grapes, seedless (July-Nov.)----------- pound Watermelons ( June-Aug. ) --------------------- do Fresh vegetables: Potatoes----------------------------------- 10 pounds Sweetpotatoes-----------------------------------pound Onions-----------------------------------------------do Carrots--------------------------------------------- do Lettuce---------------------------------------------head Celery'------------------------------------------- --pound Cabbage--------------------------------------------- do Tomatoes-------------------------------------------- do Beans, green--------------------------------------do Canned fruits and vegetables: Canned fruits: Orange juice----------------------------56-oz. can Peaches----------------------------------- No. 2^ can Pineapple----------------------------------No. 2 can Fruit cocktail----------------------- No. 303 can Canned vegetables: Corn, cream style------------------------------ do Peas, green--------------------------------------- do Tomatoes--------------------------------------------do Baby foods----------------------------- 5^-5 ounces Dried fruits and vegetables: Prunes------------------------------------------------ pound Dried beans------------------------------------------ do Other foods at home: Partially prepared foods: Soup, vegetable 22/----------------------11-oz. can Beans with pork--------------------------- 16-oz. can Condiments and sauces: Pickles, sweet-----------------------------------ounces Catsup, tomato-------------------------------lit ounces Beverages, nonalcoholic: Coffee 23/ pound Coffee 55/------------------------------------- 1 -lb . can Tea 25/-"------------------------------------------ } pound Tea Bags 25/---------------------package of 16 Cola drinF7--------------------carton - 36 ounces Fats and o ils: Shortening, hydrogenated 25/----------1-lb. can Shortening, hydrogenated 25/--------- 3-lb. can Margarine, colored--------- —----------------- pound Lard----------------------------------------------------- do Salad dressing--------------------------------------pint Peanut butter--------------------------------------pound Sugar and sweets: Sugar---------------------------------------------- 5 pounds Corn syrup-------------------------------------25 ounces Grape je lly ----------------------------------- 12 ounces Chocolate bar----------------------------------- 1 ounce Eggs, Grade A, large------------------------------dozen Miscellaneous foods: Gelatin, flavored------------------------ 3-5 ounces 1/ 3/ U/ 3/ 5/ 7/ 57 7/ 10/ U/ 18/22.7 17/29.5 19/25.1 TH/ 6.7 13/20.1 15/36.5 17/25-1 TB/ 6.6 New York, 27/ N. f . 1956 1955 18/21.7 15/35*3 19/25.9 15/ 6.0 18/15-1 15/39.7 19/25.8 15/ 5.9 ,0 51.6 61:.3 (3/) 1/2 3.8 ,2/12.1 9.0 7.2 10.7 15.0 15.2 111.3 13.113.1; 17.3 16.0 15.2 (3/) 3\1 3.6 9.1 25.6 29.ii 27.3 23. k 21.9 (3/) 59.7 11.7 8.2 13.8 17.5 lii.l 7.0 29.5 25.7 Philadelphia, Pa. 1956 1955 13/21.5 18/16.2 15/37-5 T5/37.1 19/26.7 19/26.3 15/ 5.1 W 5.2 Pittsburgh, Pa. 1956 1955 18/21.2 18/15.5 TB/33.2 15/33*5 15/23.2 19/22.9 W 5.3 TB/ 5.9 59.2 12.? 8.6 15.0 18.7 15.6 9.0 27.1 23.0 68.8 17.9 9.9 lli.3 38.2 I3.it 7.7 29.0 26.6 59.0 33.9 3 .*• 15.9 n« .i (3/) 9.3 27.6 23.0 39.8 32.6 35.0 35.3 35.0 6/32.6 27. k 5/26.7 35.6 33.2 35.3 32.9 32.8 6/32.0 26.2 5/26.7 36.9 33.7 33.0 26.2 32.7 35.2 6/32.8 5/26.3 16. k 21. k 16.5 9.8 17.9 21.6 17.0 10.1 17.5 21.3 15.2 2/10.2 17.7 21.3 15.2 10.1 17.0 21.2 15.8 2/ 9.9 17.9 21.1 16.6 9.9 35.5 21/19.3 37.9 17.2 32.1 18.7 33.ii 33.5 16.9 10/18.9 lii.3 16.1 (3/) I5.li lii.l lli.6 (3/) m .o 25.3 2b.2 25.8 2li.7 30.3 22.6 29.0 22.5 35.6 35.1 6/3U.U 5/27.2 70.0 12.9 io.5 18.? 17.6 15.1 9.2 31.5 27.6 St. Louis, Mo. __ 1955_ 195o 13/25.3 18/15-5 IB/30.9 TB/27-5 15/23.2 15/21.3 TB/ 5.1 W 5.3 76.6 65.3 12.0 15.2 3 .q ■ io.5 15.6 15.7 17 oO 17.8 lit.2 lit.5 9.1 9.5 27.0 23.6 23.6 27.0 San Francisco, Calif. 1755"r r ? 5 5 18/20.1 18/16.3 15/33.1 17/32.3 TF/18.6 15/17.9 17/ 7.5 T5/ 5.8 2/65.5 ” (3/) 2/ V 9.7 7/13.7 7/11.7 7/ 7.9 7/29.7 1/30.3 Scranton, Pa. T955~F “ 1956 18/21.5 18/12.6 ~ (3/) 17/28.2 18/15.5 17/22.0 TB/ 5.5 15/ 5.9 70.5 (3/) h.5 15.1 15.? 13.3 7.3 32.8 (3/) 36.0 35.7 31.3 36.3 33.5 1/31.3 26.5 T/25.7 52.5 32.6 33.2 26.2 33.1 35.2 6/35.5 5/27.5 17.1 21.3 15.9 10.5 17.6 17.6 18.5 20.2 21.5 20.5 75.3 20/22.7 20/23.9 io.5 — 8.5 “ 9.3 16.3 21.3 16.0 9.5 35.1 16.3 35.5 17.3 36.3 16.0 33.5 21.6 33.8 35.5 18.6 10/16.8 36.5 i5.o 2/32.2 7/20.6 35.2 18.6 32.1 19.5 13.5 lii.7 (3/) 15.3 15.2 15.3 (3/) 15.5 15.0 13.9 (3/) 15.9 15.0 15.9 (3/) 15.3 2/15.3 7/15.7 (3/) 15.9 25.2 21.7 25.5 22.6 27.9 25.5 27.9 25.3 26.6 21.8 26.8 23.1 23.5 22.2 23.5 2/29.3 22.8 7/19.3 27.3 20.1 36.1 2/39.9 35-5 7/31.5 35.7 r/32.5 27.3 r/25.7 35.5 36.9 36.3 33.5 33.7 1/31.2 26.9 T/25.7 19.0 17.9 2/18.1 21.2 7/21.9 21.9 16.1 28/21.6 20/21 .7 9.5 ” 7 / 9.3 9.7 17.5 20.9 15.5 2/ 9.8 16.8 17.7 17.7 21.1 21 .5 20.5 15.7 20/22.9 20/23.7 9.7 “1 / 3.9 “ 9.1 13.0 20.6 13.6 9.9 35.5 32.5 17.9 10/19,5 32.7 35.3 (3/) 10/17.6 35.5 15.9 15.1 15.0 (3/) 15.7 13.9 15.3 on m.7 13.8 15-5 0/) 11.6 28.8 23.3 27.7 23.6 25.0 1/25.6 25.2 T/25.5 29.2 23.0 29.6 23.1 ___ 96.6 — 102.5 — 10/53.0 — 1/25.5 30.it ’ 35.1 ___ 107.2 -— 23.6 30.6 ___ 10/35.5 ___ 10/35.9 — — 95.5 1/92.5 29.3 3 l .l " 29.0 28.7 19.1 19.6 25.5 23.5 37.0 1/37.0 33.7 35.5 53.3 57.it " 55.3 55.5 ___ 96.5 30.1 19.8 35.7 56.3 55.2 55.8 25.2 25.6 26.0 26.7 5.5 5.1 5.5 63.2 30/65.5 30/65.8 50.3 23.9 23.2 ___ 92.6 — 105.7 — 10/50.9 — 23.1 35.8 38.9 ___ 93.1 — 103.5 — ic/52.5 — 23.3 35.1 2/35.1 ___ 2/99.3 — 1Cl;.2 — (3/) 25.6 (3/) 2/33.1 ___ 37.5 — 103.9 — 10/39.9 — 25.2 32.0 36.1 ___ 10/3iu9 10/35.3 — — 95.2 31.3 29/52.9 29/55.0 20.1 “ 19.1 21.9 35.2 35.9 35.3 52.8 52.3 51.5 — 10/3 ii. 2 — 95.0 28.7 30.7 20. Ii 20.2 35.2 35.5 53.0 50.9 ___ 10/35.3 — 95.3 28.0 29.7 20.8 19.1 3it.7 36.5 52.5 53.5 ___ 10/35.2 — 96.3 28.8 28.3 19.5 25.7 36.1 36.3 55.7 52.3 ___ 10/35.1 — 93.8 27.9 29.1 22.8 19.9 33.7 36.2 56.6 55.5 ___ (3/) 95.2 29.0 2/31.6 19.8 7/26.1 36.5 7/37.9 57.7 7/56.5 ___ 10/33.9 — 100.1 29.2 30.3 25.5 19.3 32.3 38.5 56.1 53.5 50.3 2ii.7 22.8 50.5 23.6 25.2 58.7 55.3 25.1 25.5 28.0 26.9 5.8 5*3 5.5 66.9 30/63.5 30/63.1 52.9 21.3 29.0 5.1 58.0 21.9 29.9 5.6 58.3 8.9 3'.7 6.6 53.5 li9.7 2ii.9 23.0 5.2 69.6 8.8 8.9 3.1| 1.7 5.5 67.6 59.3 23-.8 22.7 5.1 68.ii 66.8 52.9 25.0 27.9 5.1 69.0 8.2 8.5 8.5 8.7 5.5 53.1 25.2 28.0 8.5 8.5 17/ 55/ 53/ 2k/ 55/ 55/ 55/ 57/ 35/ 31/ 55.5 2/51.8 52.7 7/25.1 25.1 30.2 7/29.5 5.8 7 / 5.3 3T/63.5 30/61.0 2/ 8.8 •SjS 36.3 33.5 32.0 25.5 17.5 20.9 15.0 2/1C.1 ___ 38.5 — 106.9 — 10/39.9 — 23.8 39.2 27.3 56.8 23.1 30.1 5?.9 73.3 13.? 12.5 Q.Q 3.6 15.8 15.3 iq, 7 19.C 15.6 I5ll 9.5 6.9 23.9 26.5 20.5 2/23.5 32.0 50.1 35.0 33.5 31.2 6/32.1 25.5 B/26.0 32.0 35.5 6/33.3 5/27.2 — 91.5 — 106.1 — 10/i|2.$ — 22.1 37.6 31.9 55.6 22.7 30.0 5.1 55.0 67.1 (3/) 7.2 1/]5.0 " 15.0 12.2 9.5 1/33.1 “ (3/1 52.1 32.6 33.3 25.5 — 95.5 — 103.3 — 10/39.5 — 25.0 39.3 37.5 96.9 — 10/53.6 — 37.9 Seattle, Washington, Wash. D.C. 1956 1955 ___1956 1955 I8/25.O 13/21.7* 18/20-3 18/15.3 17/35.1 17/31.9 15/37-9 15/55.2 15/21.U 19/21.0 IF/25.6 T9/25.0 15/ 7.3 15/ 6.6 15/ 5.9 15/ 5.0 60.8 75.2 6^.2 59.3 11.1 2/ 9.9 1 ^l7.5 (3/) 7.2 7.2 “ 9.1 ~ l\9 13.0 13.0 9.7 on 16.2 16.^ iTi.i' 15.5 n .2 2/15.3 12.2 13.0 7.8 ~ 7.7 6.5 9.5 29.2 29.1 25.7 35.5 21.3 2/25.9 (3/) 1/3*1.5 59.5 (3/) 7.9 (3/) IF. 5 15.1 9.1 31.6 (3/) Average for 10 m o n t h s . 2/ Average for 11 months. Not available; insufficient reports during the year. Includes U.S. Choice and U.S. Good baby beef. Includes U.S. Choice and U.S. Good baby beef. Average for 11 months. Average for 9 months. Not available. Specification changed from tenderized to ready-to-eat ham beginning with September 1956. Frying chickens with feet on through August 1956} feet removed beginning with September 1956. Specification changed from solid pack to chunk style tuna beginning August 1955. Average for 7 months. Beginning with August 1956, specification changed from volume selling grade and type to Homogenized vitamin D milk for a ll cities except Baltimore. 12/ Partly estimated. 13/ Cream top, without added vitamin D. Average for 10 months. ITI/ Includes delivery cHarge, May through December. 15/ Average for 5 months. Portland, Oreg. 1956 1955 19/22.6 18/18.5 17/33-0 17/33-0 15/20.5 19/19.9 TB/ 6.3 TB/ 5.0 51.7 ■25.5 23.3 5.1 63.9 8.1 ___ 97.7 — 105.3 — 10/50.2 — 22.1 32.0 31.5 52.1 25.7 23.5 8.2 9.3 8.6 50.3 25.0 23.0 5-2 67.6 66.7 3.9 8.6 5.5 177 Average for 2 months^ 187 Average for 3 months. Average for h months. 50/ No. 2\ can. 5T/ Average for 3 months. Specification changed from vegetable soup to tomato soup beginning August 1956. Prices for coffee in cans, bags or glass jars through December 1955. Prices for coffee in cans only beginning January 1956. Specification changed from loose tea to tea bags August 1955. Specification changed from 1-lb. can to 3-lb . can beginning August 1955* Minneapolis-St. Paul. 27/ New York-Northeastern New Jersey. No. 2^ can. Average for 11 months. Uncolored margarine. Grade AA large. Grade AA large. Average for 11 months. - 31 Appendix The Retail Food Price Index A Brief Description of the Retail Food Price Index The retail food price index, a component of the Consumer Price Index, measures average changes from time to time in retail prices of a fixed list of foods of constant quantity and quality, bought by moderate-income wage earner families in cities of all sizes. This conforms with the general purpose of the Consumer Price Index to measure changes over time in the purchase price of a fixed list of goods and services# The index is not designed to measure how much more it costs to live in one city than in another# Retail food prices were first collected in 1903, when the Bureau*s representatives obtained prices for the years 1890 through 1903 from grocers1 records. At that time, 30 foods were priced in 171 representative cities in 33 States# Since then, changes in the lists of foods and in the number of cities have been made, with the number of foods varying between 16 and 87 and the number of cities between 39 and 171# The base period, collection and computation methods, and techniques have also changed from time to time# The revised retail food price index, which comprised about 29 percent 5/ of the weight of items in the CPI in December 1956, 6/ has been published monthly since January 1953. Collection of Prices The Bureau collects retail prices of approximately 80 foods in each of the 1*6 cities included in the retail food price index, during the first 3 days of the week contain ing the 15th of the month# Local Bureau representatives obtain the prices from grocers through personal interviews in the place of business* The representatives are provided with a description (specification) of the quality for which price quotations are desired# Within the range of each specification, they are instructed to secure a price for the type, brand, etc#, sold in greatest volume in each store at the time of institution of pricing and to continue to price the same item so long as it is sold in quantity# Specifications are de fined precisely enough to insure a meaningful average price and to avoid movement in the index because of shifts in the quality priced from one period to the next# They are de tailed, bit represent a compromise between the technical and the nontechnical. They define the quality level as rigidly as is consistent with the practicability of collecting retail price data. This consideration leads to the necessity for a range of qualities in each specification rather than for a single point in the quality scale. 7/ A series of alternate specifications has been developed to provide an adequate number of quotations and to allow for city and regional differences in grades, types, package sizes, etc. Processing Each month, the Bureau*s field representatives send the price reports to the Wash ington office, where the schedules are edited for conformance to the required specifications and conversions to uniform quantity units are made as necessary. The data are then proc5/ See table B for the relative importance of individual foods in the retail food price index. 6/ See Consumer Prices in the United States, 191*9-52, BLS Bull. 1165$ The Revised Consumer *Price Index, Outline of Main Features of the Revised Index— December 1952 (mimeo graphed); and The Consumer Price Index— A Layman*s Guide, BLS Bull. I U 4O. 7/ See Average Retail Prices: Collection and Calculation Techniques and Problems, BLS Bull."*1182, June 1955 (pp. 7-13). - 3 2 - essed by machine tabulation. The retail food price index is a fixed-base-weighted-aggregate index. Weighting factors are used to maintain appropriate relationships: (1) among chain stores (outlet weights), (2) between chain and independent stores (chain-independent ratio), (3) among foods in each city (consumption weights), and (1*) among cities (population weights). Average prices for each food in each city are computed separately for chain and independent stores. Weighting factors (called outlet weights) based on annual volume sales of reporters are used in calculating average prices for chain stores within each city. A simple average of independent store prices is obtained, since the sample was selected to be a self-weighting sample. Chain and independent average prices for a city are combined by the use of the chain-independent ratios to obtain average prices for the city. These chainindependent ratios are based on the percentage of total food sales in the city made by chains and independent stores. In the small cities, comparable samples of reporting outlets are used in the index calculation. In effect, only those outlets for which prices for the preceding and the current month are available are used in the computation of the monthly percent changes. Consumption weights (or family expenditure weights) for each city are applied to the monthly price changes for the individual foods to give them their correct proportions in the cityfs group and all foods indexes. Until the interim adjustment of the index in 1950, when I9k7-h9 data were available, these weights were based on consumer expenditure data obtained in 193l*-36. A further revision of these weights was made in the revised index beginning January 1953* based on the consumer expenditure survey of 1950. 8/ City population weights are employed in obtaining U.S. average prices and indexes for all cities combined. These weights are based on the population of the metropolitan area containing the city in which prices are collected and that of cities of like character istics represented by the sample cities. Adjustments in these population weights were made in February 19U3 in accordance with Census Bureau estimates of changes in population from April 19l*0 to May 191*2, based on the registration for the sugar-ration books; again in 1950 for the 56 cities surveyed, using the 1950 Decennial Census data; and in January 1953, when the number of cities was reduced from 56 to the current 1*6 cities, in accordance with the 1950 Census. Relative population weights currently in use appear in table A. Relative Importance The relative importance of the individual foods in the overall index is computed and released by the Bureau once each year. These relative importance figures are percent age distributions of the value weights of the individual foods in the index as of a given date. The values for each current month are obtained by multiplying the previous month*s value weights by the price changes over the month. Thus, the relative importance figures are not weights in themselves; they change from time to time as prices for the various foods change at different rates, although the physical quantity weights implicit in them remain constant. Table B presents the list of foods included in the index, and the relative importance (percentage) of each in the all foods index for 1*6 cities combined for December 1955 and December 1956. 9/ Index Base Period The index base period was changed for the revised index from 1935-39 to I9l*7-i*9 on advice of the American Statistical Association and the Division of Statistical Standards of 8/ See Selection of Cities for Consumer Expenditures Survey, 1950, Monthly Labor Review, April 1951 (p. 1*30); and Family Income, Expenditures, and Savings* BLS Bull. 1097 (Revised), 1950. June 1953* 9/ See Retail Prices of Food 1951 and 1952, BLS Bull. 111*1, Appendix, for relative importances before the revision of January 1953* - 3 3 - the United States Bureau of the Budget# These were relatively normal postwar years when price controls were not in effect on most commodities# Conversion factors for converting former food price indexes to the current base period are given in appendix table C# 10/ Indexes for major subgroups are shown from 1923 to date in summary table 1*. Sample of Cities The sample of cities was changed in January 1953 from $6 large cities to 1*6 cities selected to represent the 3*000 towns, cities, and suburbs of the United States ranging in population from small cities of 2,500 people to New York City. 11/ The revised sample includes the 12 largest cities, 9 other large cities, 9 medium-size cities, and 16 small cities# Food Away from Home Prices of food away from home (restaurant meals) were included for the first time in the revised retail food index# Formerly restaurant meals were estimated to have the same price movement as food bought to be consumed at home# Sample of Food Items The sample of items priced in food stores was increased to about 80 items by add ing 22 foods and dropping 3 foods, beginning in January 1953* Seasonal foods available only for short periods of the year were included for the first time# The sample of items in the index includes those items found to be most important in wage earners* family budgets as shown by comprehensive consumer expenditure surveys# The selection of the index items also takes into account similarity of price changes, since it is impossible for the Bureau to collect prices for all of the many foods purchased by families. Price movements of foods not included in the monthly surveys are imputed to those of other foods or food groups showing similar price trends, by means of allocation of weights# 12/ Selection of Store Sample In selecting the sample of independent stores for food price reports, the Bureau has taken into account type of store in terms of food handled, size of store as measured by sales volume, and geographic location within the city# Ail important chainstore systems are included in the sample for each city# Revisions in store samples are made from time to time, to maintain the accuracy of the food price index# The latest complete sample revi sion for the large cities contained in the index was made between September 191*5 and June 191*6* 13/ At that time, the size of the sample of independent stores in each city was changeT”so as to be equal to the square root of the total number of independent food stores operating in the city# This relationship was employed since the proportion of stores nec essary to obtain stable average prices is higher for a small city than for a large metro politan area# All independent stores in each of the large cities previously included in the 10/ See also the Revised Consumer*s Price Index - A Summary of Changes in the Index and Suggestions for Transition from the "Interim Adjusted" and "Old Series" Indexes to the Revised Index December 1952 (mimeographed). 11/ For lists of cities in the old and adjusted and revised retail food price indexes, see Retail Prices of Food 1953-51*, BLS Bull. 1183 (pp. 28-30). 12/ For lists of foods included in the old and adjusted and revised retail food price indexes, see Retail Prices of Food, 1953-51*, BLS Bull. 1183 (pp. 30-32). 13/ See Store Samples for Retail Food Prices, Monthly Labor Review, January 19l*7; also reprinted as Serial No. R. 1878. - 3 4 - index were classified according to type of commodities handled— combination stores (gro ceries and meats), groceries only, meats only, produce markets, etc* The listing for each store type was further classified by annual sales volume: under $50 ,000; $50,000 and under 1250,000; and $250,000 and over* Stores were further distributed within city areas and a random selection was then made within each area to fulfill the sample requirements* The result was a self-weighting sample of independent stores based on current distribution of total independent store sales in each city* Inclusion of small cities in the revised index beginning in January 1953 required some revision in the method of selecting the sample of independent stores for food price reports* As random sampling methods could not be applied effectively in these small cities, the stores were selected by reference to their Importance in the buying pattern as revealed by the consumer expenditure surveys • Outlet Weights Beginning in February 1956, weighting factors used in each city in combining chain store average prices with independent store average prices were revised. Pending the availability of 195U Census of Business data, the adjustment was based on estimates from trade sources* It was believed to be a conservative estimate of the relative increase in chainstore sales which had actually taken place* Weighting factors used in combining prices of individual chainstore organizations also were revised at that time* This was a regular biennial revision based upon 195U sales volumes reported by each chain* As part of the revision, a number of large independent supermarkets were transferred to the chainstore category with appropriate weights, since for the most part they operate like, and are competitive with, chains* These revisions were linked into the calculation of the Consumer Price Index so as not to affect the move ment of the index from January to February. 1k / Revisions For a description of the revisions of the retail food price indexes and references describing the revisions in greater detail, see Retail Prices of Food 1953-5U, BLS Bull. 1183, Appendix; and Retail Prices of Food, 1951 and 1952, BLS Bull* 111*1, Appendix. Publications Retail food prices are issued regularly as follows: 1* 2. 3* 1*. 5. Consumer Price Index (monthly, multilithed). Retail Food Prices by Cities (monthly,multilithed). Retail Food Prices by Cities - Annual Averages (annually^multilithed). Monthly Labor Review (monthly). Retail Prices of Food (bulletins annually or biennially). Ill/ For details see Retail Food Prices by Cities, February 1956, p.Ui (multilithed). - 3 5 - Table A.—Relative Population Weights 1 / Used in Computing Retail Food Prices and Indexes fo r U6 Cities Combined “ Beginning January 1953 City 2/ Weight Poroont U6 c it ie s combined 100.0 Population o-ror 1,000,000: Baltimore, M d .----------------------Boston, Mass. ------------------------Chicago, 111. ------------------------Cleveland, Ohio ---------------------D etroit, Mich. ----------------------Los Angeles, C a lif. --------------New York, N. Y .Northeastem New J e r s e y -----Philadelphia, Pa.Camden, N. J. ---------------------Pittsburgh, Pa. ---------------------St. Louis, Mo. ----------------------San Francisco, C a lif. -----------Washington, D. C. ------------------- 1.17 1.73 5.17 1.57 2.99 City 2/ Population 240,000-1,000,0001 Weight Peroont Atlanta, Ga. -----Cincinnati, Ohio Houston, Texas — Kansas City, Mo. MinneapolisSt. Paul, Minn. Portland, Oreg. Scranton, Pa. ---Seattle, Wash. — Youngstown, Ohio 2.36 2.35 2.36 2.36 2.33 2.35 2.33 12.56 1BT59" Newark, O h io ---San Jose, C a lif. Paroent 2.20 2.37 2 0 .0 1 Population under 30,000: 2.33 Population 30,000-240,0001 2.81 1.59 1.52 1.69 1.36 Population 30,000-240,000-Con, Weight 2.35 U.!i3 Canton, Ohio -------------Charleston, W. Va. ---Evansville, Ind. ------Huntington, V. Va.Ashland, Ky. ---------Lynchburg, Va. ---------Madison, Wis. -----------Middletown, Conn. ------ C ity 2/ 2.10 2.20 2.37 2.20 2.37 2.10 2.10 Anna, 111. -----------------------------Camden, Ark. -------------------------Garrett, Ind. ------------------------Glendale, A.riz. ---------------------Grand Forks, N. Dak. -------------Grand Island., Neb. ----------------Laconia, N. H. ----------------------Lodi, C a lif. --------------------------M adill, Okla. ------------------------Middlesboro, Ky. -------------------Pulaski, Va. -------------------------Ravenna, Ohio ------------------------Rawlins, Wyo. ------------------------Sandpoint, Idaho -------------------Shawnee, Okla. ----------------------Shenandoah, Iowa -------------------- 1.21 l.lfL 1.31 lo iH l.lh 1.31 1 .1 U 1.2a l.iji 1.21 1.21 1.31 lo lh 1 .1 k 1.21 1.31 20.28 1 / Total weight, according to 195*2 Census of sample c ity and a l l others ” represented in the index by the sample c ity . 2 / Urbanized area (Census d e fin itio n ). -3 6 - Table B.—List o f Foods and Relative Importance of Individual Foods and Groups of Foods Included in the Retail Food Price Index, December 1955 and December 1956 A rticle A ll foods ----------------------------------Foods at home ---------------------------Cereals and bakery products Cereals: Flour, wheat -------------------Biscuit mix ---------------------Corn meal ------------------------R i c e --------------------------------Polled oats ---------------------Corn flakes ---------------------Bakery products: Bread ------------------------------Soda crackers ------------------YanilJ a c o o k ie s ---------------Meats, poultry, and fish -------Meats ---------------------------------Beef and veal: Round steak ------------------Chuck roast ------------------Rib roast ---------------------Hamburger ---------------------Veal cutlets ----------------Pork: Pork chops -------------------Bacon, sliced ---------------Ham, whole -------------------Lamb, leg ------------------------Other meats: Frankfurters ----------------Luncheon meat, canned - — Poultry, frying chickens ---F is h -----------------------------------Fresh or frozen ---------------Canned: Salmon, pink ----------------Tuna fish ---------------------Dairy products ----------------------Milk, fresh, (grocery) -------Milk, fresh, (delivered) ----Ice cream ---------------------------Butter --------------------------------Cheese, American process ---Milk, evaporated ----------------A ll fru its and vegetables -----Frozen fru its and vegetables Frozen fr u its : Strawberries ----------------Orange ju ice concentrate Frozen vegetables: Peas, green ------------------Beans, green ----------------Fresh fru its and vegetables • Fresh fr u its : Apples -------------------------Bananas ------------------------Oranges ------------------------Lemons -------------------------- Dec. 1955 Dec. 1956 100.00 100.00 83. 1*1* 11.30 83.50 11.27 1.95 .53 .15 .29 .27 .31* 1.91 .52 .15 .29 .26 .31* 5.50 .51* 1.73 22.U3 17.26 5.51* .55 1.72 22.56 17.79 2.62 1.1*2 .50 1.1*7 .63 2.61* 1.1*9 .52 1.1*1* .63 2.1*1 2.61 2.03 .57 2.71 2.73 2.15 .57 2.22 .78 3.21 1.93 1.00 2.15 .76 2.90 1.87 .98 .31* .59 13.92 U.33 1*.31» 1.11 1.51 1.70 .93 15.11* .96 .35 •51* 13.96 U.38 l*.3l* 1.09 1.55 1.66 .91* 15.59 .91 .10 .38 .09 .37 .30 .18 9.35 .28 .17 9.93 1.08 .82 1.35 .17 1.20 .81* 1.39 .18 A rticle A ll fru its and vegetables-Con. Fresh fru its and vegetables-Con. Fresh fruits-Con. Grapefruit -------------------------Peaches ------------------------------Strawberries ----------------------Grapes -------------------------------Watermelons -----------------------Fresh vegetables: Potatoes ----------------------------Sweetpotatoes --------------------Onions-------------------------------Carrots ------------------------------Lettuce ------------------------------Celery -------------------------------Cabbage ------------------------------Tomatoes ----------------------------Beans, green ----------------------Canned fru its and vegetables — Canned fr u its: Orange juice ----------------------Peaches ------------------------------Pineapple ---------------------------Fruit cocktail -------------------Canned vegetables: C orn ----------------------------------Peas, green -----------------------Tomatoes ----------------------------Baby foods -------------------------Dried fru its and vegetables ----Prunes ----------------------------------Dried beans ---------------------------Other foods at home --------------------Partially prepared foods: Vegetable soup ----------------------Beans with pork --------------------Condiments and sauces: Pickles, sweet ----------------------Catsup, tomato ----------------------Beverages, nonalcoholic -----------Coffee -----------------------------------T e a ---------------------------------------Cola drinks --------------------------Fats and o ils ---------------------------Shortening, hydrogenated ------Margarine ------------------------------L a rd --------------------------------------Salad dressing ----------------------Peanut butter -----------------------Sugar and sweets ----------------------Sugar ------------------------------------Corn syrup ----------------------------Grape je lly ---------------------------Chocolate bar -----------------------Eggs, fresh ------------------------------MisceJlaneous foods: Gelatin, flavored -----------------Food away from home: Restaurant meals ----------------------- Dec. 1955 Dec. 1956 0.22 .37 .22 .26 .35 0.21* .31* .23 .27 .37 1.30 .17 .30 .39 .67 .35 .17 .77 .39 1*.18 1.1*2 .18 .27 .31 .80 .36 .13 .92 .1*8 lull* .78 .61 .35 .30 .81* .58 .35 .29 .1*1* .56 .67 .1*7 .65 .32 .33 20.65 .1*2 .51* .65 .1*7 .61 .31 .30 20.12 1.29 .55 1.21* .53 .82 .35 5.92 1*.12 .52 1.28 3.20 1.05 .80 .35 .62 .38 3.18 1.32 .1*1* .1*3 .91* i*.97 .79 .35 6.31 1*.51* .50 1.27 3.29 1.12 .81 .37 .63 .36 3.15 1.32 .1*1* .1*8 .91 1*.10 .37 .36 16.56 16.50 -37 - Tabic Co—Conversion Factors for Conversion o f Retail Price Indexes for Individual Items and Groups o f Items from the Previous Base Period to the Base Period Currently Used Previous base period Base period cur rently used All foods 1935-39 191*7-1*9 ,1*9501*95 Foods at home --------------------------Cereals and bakery products — Cereals: Flour, -wheat------------------Biscuit m ix --------------------Corn meal -----------------------R ic e ------------------------------Rolled oats --------------------Corn flakes --------------------Bakery products: Bread, white ------------------Soda crackers -----------------Vanilla cookies --------------Meats, poultry, and fish ------Meats--------------------------------Beef and v e a l-----------------Round steak -----------------Chuck roast -----------------Rib roast --------------------Hamburger--------------------Veal c u t le ts ---------------Pork------------------------------Pork chops, center cut — Bacon, sliced --------------Ham, whole ------------------Lamb, l e g -----------------------Other meats: Frankfurters---------------Luncheon meat, canned — Poultry, frying chicken-----F is h ---------------------------------Fresh and frozen ------------Canned: Salmon, pink ---------------Tuna fish --------------------Dairy products ---------------------Milk, fresh, (grocery)------Milk, fresh, (delivered) ---Ice cream -------------------------B utter------------------------------Cheese, American process ---Milk, evaporated ---------------All fruits and vegetables -----Frozen fruits and vegetablesFrozen fruits: Strawberries---------------Orange juice concentrate* Frozen vegetables: Peas, green -----------------Beans, green ---------------Fresh fruits and vegetables ■ Fresh fruits: Apples ------------------------Bananas -----------------------Oranges, size 200 --------Lemons------------------------- 1935-39 19U7-U9 1935-39 191*7-1*9 .2*9501*95 Ol*95 •601*9607 1935-39 19U7-U9 Dec.'52 1935-39 19JU7-U9 July* It7 191*7-2*9 Feb. *U3 19)*7-J*9 1935-39 19U7-U9 .5339028 Article or group 1935-39 x?l*7-4*9 Dec.'52 1935-39 192*7-2*9 1935-39 192*7-4*9 1935-39 192*7-2*9 1935-39 192*7-1*9 1935-39 192*7-2*9 1935-39 192*7-2*9 1935-39 191*7-2*9 Febo '1*3 191*7-2:9 1935-39 191*7-1*9 1935-39 191*7-1*9 1935-39 192*7-4*9 1935-39 191*7-1*9 1935-39 191*7-1*9 1935-39 191*7-1*9 1/ .5117707 .9057971 .6872852 . 601*2296 .6333122 .5390836 .1*301*778 .1*361099 .2*205211* .2*030633 .3927730 .2*21*6281* .6131208 .1*278990 .1*6551*93 .1*1*18913 .5167959 .14*31*590 . 1*096682 Deco'50 Dec.'52 Dec.'52 1935-39 191*7-1*9 1935-39 191*7-1*9 1938-39 191*7-1*9 .98811*23 1938-39 192*7-1*9 Dec.'52 1935-39 191*7-1*9 1935-39 191*7-1*9 1935-39 191*7-1*9 Dec.'50 Dec.'52 1935-39 191*7-1*9 1935-39 191*7-1*9 1935-39 191*7-1*9 1935-39 192*7-1*9 Dec.'50 Dec.'52 .2553626 .5192103 .331*0013 .3895598 .5192108 .5720821* .5865103 .91*69697 .1*553731* .1.228330 o5227392 .1*897160 1.132503 Dec.'50 Dec.'52 Dec.'50 Dec.'52 1.1531*03 Dec.'5? Dec.'52 1935-39 191*7-1*9 1.0761*26 1935-39 191*7-1*9 1935-39 191*7-1*9 1935-39 191*7-1*9 May'53 .2*205211* .3803728 Deco150 Base Previous period base cur period rently used Con ver sion factor 1.2801*10 .1*71*1581* .6067961 All fruits and vegetables-Con. Fresh fruits and vegetables-Con. Fresh fruits-Con. Grapefruit ------------------------Peaches----------------------------Strawberries ---------------------Grapes, seedless---------------Watermelons ----------------------Fresh vegetables: Potatoes ---------------------------Sweetpotatoes-------------------Onions ------------------------------Carrots ----------------------------Lettuce ----------------------------Cabbage-------------------------- — Tomatoes ---------------------------Beans, green ---------------------Canned fruits and vegetables ---Canned fruits: Orange ju i c e ---------------------Peaches----------------------------Pineapple -------------------------Fruit cocktail ------------------Canned vegetables: Corn, cream s t y l e -------------Peas, green----------------------Tomatoes---------------------------Baby foods ------------------------Dried fruits and vegetables----Prunes ---------------------------------Dried beans-------------------------Other foods at home -------------------Partially prepared foods: Vegetable soup---------------------Beans with pork-------------------Condiments and sauces: Pickles, sweet ---------------------Catsup, tomato ---------------------Beverages, nonalcoholic ----------Coffee ---------------------------------Tea-------------------------------------Cols drinks -------------------------Fats and oils -------------------------Shortening, hydrogenated ------Margarine----------------------------- Con ver sion factor Jan.»53 July'53 Apr•'53 July'53 June'53 1935-39 1935-39 1935-39 1935-39 1935-39 1935-39 Oct. '2*9 1935-39 1935-39 192*7-2*9 192*7-2*9 192*7-2*9 192*7-2*9 192*7-4*9 Jan.'53 192*7-4*9 Dec.'52 192*7-2*9 192*7-2*9 Dec.*52 1935-39 192*7-4*9 1935-39 192*7-2*9 Dec.'52 1935-39 1935-39 1935-39 D ec.'50 1935-39 1935-39 1935-39 192*7-2*9 192*7-2*9 192*7-2*9 Dec.*52 192*7-2*9 191*7-2*9 192*7-2*9 192*7-4*9 .1*2*72272 .2*710316 .1*892*763 .2*828585 .5681818 .5571031 .52*17118 .5091650 .6289303 .6119951 .5952381 .62*93506 .8576329 .5296610 .981352*3 .2*066692* .2*2*05286 .3692*126 Dec, Dec, 1935-39 1935-39 Dec.'52 Dec.'52 192*7-2*9 192*7-2*9 Dec,'52 Dec.'52 192*7*4*9 192*7-2*9 191*7-2*9 192*7-4*9 192*7-2*9 Dec.'52 191*7-2*9 192*7-2*9 Dec.'52 Dec.'52 Dec.'52 191*7-2*9 Dec.'50 1935-39 1935-39 1935-39 1935-39 Salad dressing ---------------------- 1935-39 Peanut butter ----------------------Sugar and sweets ---------------------- 1935-39 Sugar----------------------------------- 1935-39 Corn syrup ---------------------------Grape j e l l y -------------------------- Dec.'50 Chocolate bar ----------------------Eggs, fresh ----------------------------- 1935-39 Miscellaneous foods: Gelatin, flavored ----------------Dec.'52 . 2*897160 .2*902*365 ,8873112* ,552*0166 .502*52*09 .1*833253 .55831*73 .61*11*368 .5656109 .56271*62 1.011*199 .1*911591 NOTE: Indexes published prior to December 1952 on the previous base period may be converted to the base period currently used and shown in this publication by multiplying by the conversion factor in the last column. The factor is computed by dividing 100 by the average index for the new base period on the previous base. 1/ Indexes for a ll foods and food at home are identical prior to December 1952; only food at home priced prior to December 1952; food away from home added beginning January 1953, ☆ U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1957 0 — 429537
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