Savings Snips: where U.S. food prices are forecast to go
This site shows the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s published food price forecasts, category by category, together with how the department’s earlier forecasts compared with the figures that were later published.
The headline forecasts
| Category | 2026 forecast | 2027 forecast |
|---|---|---|
| All food | 2.5% to 3.2% (midpoint 2.9%) | -2.7% to 7% (midpoint 2%) |
| Food at home | 1.8% to 3% (midpoint 2.4%) | -5% to 9.2% (midpoint 1.8%) |
| Food away from home | 3.3% to 3.8% (midpoint 3.5%) | 0.2% to 5.1% (midpoint 2.6%) |
Savings Snips shows the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s published food price forecasts. Forecasts are estimates with a range, not promises.
Saving tips
Three general guides to how grocery coupon programs work are kept on this site:
Source record: changes-in-consumer-price-indexes-2024-through-2027, from the USDA Economic Research Service Food Price Outlook. Figures cover August 2026. Data fetched 2026-09-28.