Food Price Index: July 2008

In July 2008 compared with June 2008:

• Food prices rose 0.6 percent.
• Fruit and vegetable prices rose 3.6 percent.
• Grocery food prices rose 0.5 percent.
• Restaurant meals and ready-to-eat food prices rose 0.6 percent.
• Non-alcoholic beverage prices rose 0.4 percent
• Meat, poultry and fish prices fell 1.0 percent

From July 2007 to July 2008:

• Food prices increased 7.6 percent.

The Food Price Index basket has been updated and reweighted. See the commentary section and table 4 in the tables section for details