Grocery shopping in Puerto Rico continues to cost more. The Consumer Price Index for food consumed at home rose from 163.993 in February 2025 to 168.442 in February 2026, an increase of 2.7% in a single year. Put simply, a $100 grocery purchase in February 2025 would have cost about $102.70 in February 2026 if the same average increase is applied.
A $200 purchase would come to about $205.40, and a $300 purchase around $308.10, or a little over $8 more to buy the equivalent of the previous year’s groceries. These examples do not mean there is an official basket of $100, $200 or $300; they are used to translate the percentage increase recorded by the index into dollars and show how it can affect household budgets.
The index measures changes in the prices of goods and services consumers buy. For food consumed at home, it tracks how prices vary for the products families buy to prepare and eat in their homes. The context is marked by a new electricity rate adjustment approved for the October to December 2026 quarter, along with the costs of gasoline and diesel, which affect the operation and transportation of merchandise.
Supermarkets, restaurants, cafeterias, distributors and food suppliers depend on electricity and fuel to keep operating, refrigerate products, cook and transport goods. The open question is how much of those costs will end up reflected in the prices consumers pay in the coming months.