Year Over Year Food Price Inflation

Here are the prices increases in various food categories that make up the Consumer Price Index report.

	March increase	12-month increase
Baby food	1.6%	10.8%
Bacon	1%	18.2%
Beef (ground, uncooked)	2.1%	13.8%
Butter and margarine	5.8%	14%
Cereal and cereal products	2.1%	10.1%
Chicken	1.5%	13.4%
Eggs	1.9%	11.2%
Fish and seafood (frozen)	1.2%	13.9%
Flour and prepared flour mixes	2.2%	14.2%
Fruits and vegetables	1.5%	8.5%
Milk (fresh, whole)	1.6%	14.5%
Salad dressing	3.5%	13.9%
Salt, seasonings and spices	4.8%	9.9%
Vegetables (canned)	4.2%	12.5%

SOURCE U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics as reported by the Detroit Free Press