Observed arrival · 2026-10-16

Shrinkdex’s 45-staple grocery inflation ledger

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Editorial interest 82/100 Selection signal · not a rating of the site

A public tracker ranks 45 grocery staples by price changes against overall inflation, using U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

Landing page captured for the 2026-10-16 issue.

For: Shoppers tracking grocery-price changes
Worth noticing: The page distinguishes dollar-per-unit prices from CPI indexes and notes that BLS skipped some 2019 coffee months.

Field notes

The main ranking compares changes from the 2019 average through September 2026, and a second section reports the largest rises and falls over the last year. Shrinkdex identifies BLS Average Price Data and CPI-U as its sources, while distinguishing price indexes from dollar-per-unit measures. Its coffee comparison has a specific baseline caveat: the page says BLS skipped some months in 2019.

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