The Consumer Price Index came in at 8.3 percent, a tenth of a percent higher on the year. The July read was 8.5 percent.
When you break down the numbers by month, food prices continued to increase. August saw a 0.8 percent increase from July.
Families are now paying nearly 11.5 percent more for food than this time a year ago.
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