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Food CPI and Expenditures: Table 11
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Table 11—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 60.2
1990 174.1 100.0 59.2
1991 175.4 100.0 57.5
1992 177.6 100.0 56.7
1993 176.5 100.0 56.5
1994 174.6 100.0 55.4
1995 172.9 100.0 54.6
1996 170.9 100.0 54.5
1997 171.5 100.0 53.6
1998 172.7 100.0 52.5
1999 173.7 100.0 51.8
2000 173.8 100.0 51.4
2001 173.2 100.0 51.3
2002 175.4 100.0 50.2
2003 175.3 100.0 51.2
2004 173.9 100.0 51.6
2005 176.0 100.0 51.6
2006 178.3 100.0 51.1
2007 177.4 100.0 52.2
2008
174.1
100.0
52.5

 
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