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Ice cream prices in the Northeast

48–64 oz carton · USDA-reported store count 3,477 · week of October 19, 2026

Average advertised sale price, Northeast
$3.71/carton
$3.76 the week before
Last 4 weeks vs a year earlier
+6.8%
Sep 28–Oct 19, 2026 vs Sep 29–Oct 20, 2025
vs US average this week
−7.7%
US average $4.02

What this number means: the average advertised sale price in grocery-store weekly ads across the Northeast, not the price at any one store, and not the everyday shelf price. Ice cream, 48–64 oz carton, per carton; ads for the week of October 19, 2026.

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 label: “ICE CREAM”.
  • 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 3,477. History since 2014.
  • BLS comparison: we don’t show a closely matching BLS average-price series for this item.
  • Sources: USDA AMS “Weekly Grocery Store Dairy Feature Activity” (report 2995). How we check the data.

The last 52 weeks

Northeast average ad price
$3.50 $4 $4.50 10-2012-0801-2603-1605-0406-2208-1009-28

Northeast vs US since 2014

NortheastUS average
$2.50 $3 $3.50 $4 2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Other regions this week

Midwest $3.68 · Southeast $3.69 · Northwest $3.81 · Southwest $4.48 · South central $4.83 · Alaska $5.22 · Hawaii $6.22

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 Northeast · Download weekly prices (CSV) · Report a correction.