Year-On-Year Price Increases For Three Categories Of FS Equipment Now North Of 20%, Per BLS’s PPI Stats

Prices for major categories of commercial equipment widely used in foodservice continued to soar in November, according to the latest Producer Price Index data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Dec. 14. Three categories—refrigeration, non-electric cooking and warming equipment (mostly gas), and shelving and wire utensils have seen prices increase more than 20% since…