The Grocery Price Index
A monthly report on what groceries actually cost, built from the prices Lowtein observes every week across 190 cities — the cheapest and priciest grocery cities, how deep the deals ran vs the government-published averages, and what moved. Free to cite with a link.
- August 2026
1,225,030 observed prices · 182 cities · cheapest US basket: Dallas · cheapest CA basket: Toronto
- July 2026
962,784 observed prices · 172 cities · cheapest US basket: Houston · cheapest CA basket: Toronto
- June 2026
259,538 observed prices · 172 cities · cheapest US basket: Dallas · cheapest CA basket: Gatineau