Category: Finished Good Index
The DecisionNext Finished Goods Index Report | October 2025
Key Insights: Hot Dog Index debuts — expanding the DecisionNext Finished Goods Index alongside the Cheeseburger benchmark. Raw material input price surged 33% from May to July before falling 15% into September. Index value peaked at 136 in July, marking an all-time high before a sustained correction. Forecasts project continued...
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The DecisionNext Finished Goods Index Report | September 2025
Figure 1 – The Cheeseburger Index reached 121 with a price of $1.11 in August 2025. Key Insights: August Cheeseburger Index: 121, with a forecast of continued decline through December. Ground beef remains the dominant cost driver at nearly 75% of total raw...
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The DecisionNext Finished Goods Index Report | August 2025
A New Lens on Finished Goods Economics Today, the re-release of our new and improved DecisionNext Finished Goods Index is live—and it’s here to change the game. Featuring updated methodology, historical data going back to 2010, and a six-month forecast for both the...
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The DecisionNext Finished Goods Index | Methodology
Skip to Cheeseburger > Skip to Hot Dog > The Recipe for Better Food Cost Insight The new DecisionNext Finished Goods Index (FGI) gives you a monthly look at the ingredient costs behind value-added food products—all benchmarked to 2024 prices. Designed for retailers, foodservice operators, processors, and industry analysts, it...
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