Cost Tracker
Aurora Restaurant Cost Index
A monthly index of the ingredient prices Aurora restaurants actually pay — a 12-item basket of BLS retail prices.
Index (base 100)
100.0
Change vs prior month
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Latest period
2026-10
The basket this month
- Ground beef (lb)$6.75 (-0.5%)
- Eggs, grade A large (doz)$2.32 (+2.1%)
- Milk, whole (gal)$4.10 (-0.1%)
- Chicken, whole (lb)$4.10 (-2.5%)
- Bread, white (lb)$1.86 (+1.7%)
- Rice, white (lb)$1.10 (-1.5%)
- Coffee, ground (lb)$9.25 (-0.9%)
- Bananas (lb)$0.66 (-0.2%)
- Tomatoes, field (lb)$2.08 (+4.6%)
- Potatoes, white (lb)$0.99 (+0.1%)
- Oranges, navel (lb)$1.00 (-1.8%)
Index history
- 2026-10100.0
Methodology
ARCI tracks the BLS Average Price (APU) retail series for 12 core restaurant ingredients — beef, eggs, milk, chicken, bacon, bread, rice, coffee, bananas, tomatoes, potatoes and oranges. The index equals 100 at the first recorded period; each month we recompute the mean price ratio. BLS prices are national retail — the best public proxy for what a kitchen pays per pound.