Producer Price Index “All Foods” Index Rose 0.6% in June, But “Final Demand” Wholesale Food Prices Fell 0.3%

There were disparities in two wholesale food price indexes in the June report on Producer Prices from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The “All Foods” index that the National Restaurant Assn. has long used to track foodservice operator wholesale food costs rose 0.6% in June versus May, the fourth month-over-month increase in five months. The…