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Bacon prices in the Southeast
Sliced, 1–2 lb packs · USDA-reported store count 3,268 · week of October 19, 2026
What this number means: the average advertised sale price in grocery-store weekly ads across the Southeast, not the price at any one store, and not the everyday shelf price. Bacon, sliced, 1–2 lb packs, per lb; ads for the week of October 19, 2026. The BLS comparison is national only.
Definition and sources
- How it's averaged: each advertised price is weighted by the number of stores USDA reports running it. That store count is summed across qualifying ads, so a store running two qualifying ads may count twice.
- USDA labels: “SLICED BACON” / “SLICED BACON, 1 LB PKG”.
- Data week: ads for the week of October 19, 2026, published by USDA on October 23, 2026. USDA publishes these weekly, on Fridays; this site checks for new reports every 30 minutes.
- Coverage: USDA-reported store count 3,268. History since 2014.
- Possible comparability break: ad prices shifted about 6% down around USDA's September 2024 reporting redesign. We observed the shift; its cause and exact size can't be isolated.
- BLS comparison: a close match. BLS: sliced bacon, per lb. BLS averages include both sale and regular prices.
- Sources: USDA AMS “Weekly Grocery Store Pork Feature Activity” (report 2868); BLS series APU0000704111. How we check the data.
The last 52 weeks
Southeast vs US since 2014
Other regions this week
South central $4.99 · Midwest $5.07 · Northeast $5.59 · Southwest $6.16 · Northwest $6.23 · Alaska $6.56
Ad prices are advertised sale prices, averaged across stores by how many stores USDA reports running each price. Store counts aren't independent observations: many stores can share one chain's ad. All groceries in the Southeast · Download weekly prices (CSV) · Report a correction.