Briefing Rooms

Food CPI, Prices and Expenditures:
Relative Prices of Food at Three Stages of the System

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Table 13 Relative prices of food at three stages of the system
Year	Restaurant prices	Retail store prices	Manufacturers' and shippers' prices
	Percent of retail store prices
1929	124.0	100.0	73.5
1939	124.0	100.0	72.2
1948	127.2	100.0	81.4
1954	129.6	100.0	71.3
1955	133.6	100.0	70.6
1956	135.7	100.0	70.5
1957	136.3	100.0	70.6
1958	134.6	100.0	71.6
1959	141.7	100.0	70.0
1960	144.2	100.0	70.9
1961	146.0	100.0	70.3
1962	148.9	100.0	70.1
1963	150.2	100.0	68.3
1964	151.4	100.0	67.6
1965	151.0	100.0	68.9
1966	150.5	100.0	70.8
1967	158.7	100.0	69.0
1968	161.7	100.0	69.2
1969	163.7	100.0	70.1
1970	167.3	100.0	68.9
1971	171.9	100.0	68.3
1972	171.1	100.0	69.0
1973	158.7	100.0	71.4
1974	155.8	100.0	70.9
1975	157.3	100.0	71.0
1976	162.8	100.0	69.3
1977	167.1	100.0	68.8
1978	164.4	100.0	67.9
1979	164.4	100.0	66.9
1980	166.9	100.0	65.5
1981	168.9	100.0	64.6
1982	171.5	100.0	63.8
1983	176.5	100.0	63.6
1984	176.8	100.0	64.1
1985	180.6	100.0	62.6
1986	181.8	100.0	62.3
1987	180.6	100.0	62.0
1988	180.4	100.0	60.8
1989	177.2	100.0	60.1
1990	174.1	100.0	59.2
1991	175.4	100.0	57.5
1992	177.6	100.0	56.2
1993	176.5	100.0	54.5
1994	174.6	100.0	54.8
1995	172.9	100.0	54.2
1996	170.9	100.0	54.1
1997	171.5	100.0	52.3
1998	172.7	100.0	51.1
1999	173.7	100.0	50.4
2000	173.8	100.0	50.0
2001	173.2	100.0	49.8
2002	175.4	100.0	48.5
2003	175.3	100.0	49.5
2004	173.9	100.0	50.0
2005	176.0	100.0	49.0
2006	178.3	100.0	48.4

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