Breakfast cereal price inflation, 2025→2026

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Prices for Breakfast Cereal, 2025-2026 ($20)

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for breakfast cereal are 2.62% higher in 2026 versus 2025 (a $0.52 difference in value).

Between 2025 and 2026: Breakfast cereal experienced an average inflation rate of 2.62% per year. This rate of change indicates significant inflation. In other words, breakfast cereal costing $20 in the year 2025 would cost $20.52 in 2026 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 0.66% during this same period, inflation for breakfast cereal was higher.

In the year 2025: Pricing changed by -0.02%, which is below the average yearly change for breakfast cereal during the 2025-2026 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 2025 (2.65%), inflation for breakfast cereal was lower.

Price Inflation for Breakfast cereal since 1977

Consumer Price Index, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Years with the largest changes in pricing: 1980 (14.57%), 1981 (13.85%), and 2022 (12.52%).

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Buying power of $20.00 since 2025

Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Breakfast cereal, over time, for $20 beginning in 2025. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:

Year	USD Value	Inflation Rate
2025	$20.00	-0.02%
2026	$20.52	2.62%*

* Not final. See inflation summary for latest details.
** Extended periods of 0% inflation usually indicate incomplete underlying data. This can manifest as a sharp increase in inflation later on.

Raw Consumer Price Index data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for Breakfast cereal:

Year	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
CPI	57.100	60.767	66.625	76.333	86.908	94.800	99.850	105.342	111.275	117.242	124.133	132.942	147.867	158.558	168.117	175.425	183.267	190.600	192.492	190.017	187.467	189.933	195.217	197.958	199.667	203.025	204.317	203.525	203.558	199.908	205.014	212.149	217.745	215.189	223.415	228.107	227.752	228.825	229.784	227.242	224.739	220.660	221.819	224.751	230.401	259.258	277.333	277.488	277.419	284.674

Adjust breakfast cereal prices for inflation

Start with the inflation rate formula:

CPI in 2026 / CPI in 2025 * 2025 USD value = 2026 USD value

Then plug in historical CPI values from above. The CPI for Breakfast cereal was 277.419 in the year 2025 and 284.674 in 2026:

284.674 / 277.419 * $20 = $20.52

Therefore, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, $20 in 2025 has the same "purchasing power" as $20.52 in 2026 (in the CPI category of Breakfast cereal).

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking the Consumer Price Index for Breakfast cereal in 1977. In addition to breakfast cereal, the index produces monthly data on changes in prices paid by urban consumers for a variety of goods and services.