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Weekly Grocery Cost for a Family of Four
1 week for two adults and two school-age children · 12 tracked city areas
$282.79 – $393.17
Latest city range · basket total · USD
Lowest to highest across 12 citiesNot available
Change in city-average price · month over month
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What does this price measure?
Compare weekly grocery costs for two adults and two school-age children, using fixed consumption quantities across 34 grocery categories.
What’s in the basket?
A fixed week of groceries
1 week for two adults and two school-age children. The quantities stay the same across cities and dates, so price changes can be compared.
34 grocery categories and weekly quantities. Each quantity is shown as a multiplier × the category’s price basis. These are consumption equivalents; package sizes can vary.
- Dairy Milk Prices
3 × 1 US gallon per week
- Yogurt Prices
2 × 32 oz per week
- Cheddar Cheese Prices
3 × 8 oz per week
- Butter Prices
0.5 × 16 oz per week
- Chicken Breast Prices
3 × 1 lb per week
- Chicken Thigh Prices
2 × 1 lb per week
- Pork Chop Prices
1 × 1 lb per week
- Frozen Fish Fillet Prices
1.5 × 1 lb per week
- Canned Tuna Prices
2 × 5 oz per week
- Canned Bean Prices
4 × 15 oz per week
- Peanut Butter Prices
0.5 × 16 oz per week
- Bread Prices
3 × 20 oz per week
- Dry Rice Prices
1 × 2 lb per week
- Dry Pasta Prices
2 × 16 oz per week
- Oat Prices
0.5 × 42 oz per week
- Breakfast Cereal Prices
1 × 18 oz per week
- All-Purpose Flour Prices
0.2 × 5 lb per week
- Banana Prices
4 × 1 lb per week
- Apple Prices
1 × 3 lb per week
- Orange Prices
1 × 3 lb per week
- Frozen Fruit Prices
2 × 16 oz per week
- Potato Prices
1 × 5 lb per week
- Carrot Prices
1 × 2 lb per week
- Tomato Prices
2 × 1 lb per week
- Broccoli Prices
2 × 1 lb per week
- Frozen Vegetable Prices
3 × 16 oz per week
- Canned Tomato Prices
2 × 14.5 oz per week
- Cooking Oil Prices
0.25 × 1 litre per week
- Granulated Sugar Prices
0.125 × 4 lb per week
- Tomato Pasta Sauce Prices
1 × 24 oz per week
- Egg Price per Dozen
2 × 12 eggs per week
- Ground beef
2 × 1 lb beef per week
- Lettuce
1 × 1 unit-priced lettuce item per week
- Onion
2 × 1 lb onions per week
Weekly Grocery Ingredients
Breaks this composite into its component indexes, showing each component's weight, recent contribution, and selected-city trend.- Cities
- 12
- Components
- 34
Composite driver summary
Summarizes the selected city's latest 30-day composite move and the component impacts that raised or lowered it.- Change in composite (30d)
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- Latest composite value
- $375.43
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Component price pages
Price for 1 US gallon of dairy milk across fat levels.
1 US gallon
Price for 32 oz of yogurt.
32 oz
Price for 8 oz of cheddar cheese across forms.
8 oz
Price for 16 oz of butter.
16 oz
Price for 1 lb of raw chicken breast.
1 lb
Price for 1 lb of raw chicken thighs, including bone-in and boneless cuts.
1 lb
Price for 1 lb of raw pork chops.
1 lb
Price for 1 lb of plain frozen fish fillets.
1 lb
Price for 5 oz of canned or pouched tuna.
5 oz
Price for 15 oz of plain canned beans.
15 oz
Price for 16 oz of peanut butter.
16 oz
Price for 20 oz of ordinary bread, including loaves, buns, rolls, bagels and flatbreads.
20 oz
Price for 2 lb of dry rice across varieties.
2 lb
Price for 16 oz of dry pasta.
16 oz
Price for 42 oz of plain oats.
42 oz
Price for 18 oz of breakfast cereal.
18 oz
Price for 5 lb of all-purpose flour.
5 lb
Price for 1 lb of bananas.
1 lb
Price for 3 lb of apples across varieties.
3 lb
Price for 3 lb of oranges.
3 lb
Price for 16 oz of unsweetened frozen fruit.
16 oz
Price for 5 lb of potatoes.
5 lb
Price for 2 lb of carrots.
2 lb
Price for 1 lb of fresh tomatoes.
1 lb
Price for 1 lb of fresh broccoli.
1 lb
Price for 16 oz of plain frozen vegetables.
16 oz
Price for 14.5 oz of canned tomatoes.
14.5 oz
Price for 1 litre of cooking oil.
1 litre
Price for 4 lb of granulated sugar.
4 lb
Price for 24 oz of tomato pasta sauce.
24 oz
Price for twelve chicken shell eggs, normalized from safely resolved package quantities.
12 eggs
Price for one pound of raw ground beef.
1 lb beef
Price for one lettuce item.
1 unit-priced lettuce item
Price for one pound of fresh common onions.
1 lb onions
Weekly Family Grocery Cost Methodology
Weekly grocery cost for two adults and two school-age children. Basket totals are expressed in U.S. dollars. The index line combines the component price indexes using their basket quantity weights. The band runs from the lowest to highest selected location. The headline range compares the lowest and highest city index values on the latest observation date. Changes in the mix of observed products can also affect the index. Charts can also show lower band, medium band and upper band.
Cite this data
CostInflation, "Weekly Grocery Cost for a Family of Four" [weekly_family_groceries], CostInflation price history, https://costinflation.com/indices/weekly-family-grocery-cost.
Latest observation: Oct 9, 2026. Updated: Oct 9, 2026. Coverage: Cities.
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