Food prices have been in the news a lot over the past couple years. The Bureau of Labor Statics (BLS) is the “go to” source of public information on food prices, but their website can be a bit challenging to navigate, and the data difficult to use, for the non-specialist.
To make these data “come to life,” my team with the Center for Food Demand Analysis and Sustainability (CFDAS) at Purdue. has created a dashboard that auto-updates each month when the BLS releases new price information. Check out the new dashboard here. Click on the food categories you want to see and hover over the dates to see the calculations at different points in time. Click the small arrows on the bottom (that say “1 of 3”) to switch between comparing changes in monthly, annual, and from-a-chosen-base-date prices.
Check out the live version here.