The Dot Index · Week of Aug 10, 2026

What it costs to move food one mile.

Six public numbers that set your landed cost, updated the day they publish. No login, no form. We track them because our whole model is built on what they do.

On-highway diesel — national average
$3.68/gal▲ $0.04 week over week

EIA, published every Monday · Midwest (PADD 2) $3.61

Food away from home
3.9%▲ y/y

BLS CPI, monthly

Food manufacturing PPI
1.2%▲ y/y

BLS PPI, monthly

Cheddar, 40lb block
$1.74/lb▼ 3.1%

USDA AMS Market News, daily

Beef, 90% lean boneless
$3.42/lb▲ 6.8%

USDA AMS Market News, daily

Active food recalls
27last 30 days

FDA + USDA FSIS · get the weekly email

What fragmentation costs you

Every direct supplier is its own LTL shipment, its own minimum, its own receiving window. Move the sliders to your operation.

Suppliers you buy direct from14

Each one becomes a separate inbound shipment.

Average lane distance420 mi
Inbound deliveries per week2
Diesel scenario$3.68

Starts at this week's EIA national average. Drag to stress-test.

Buying direct

→

Through Dot

Inbound shipments per year1,456
Estimated annual inbound freight$1,284,000
Consolidated through Dot$412,000

Estimated annual difference

$872,000

At $3.68 diesel. Every 25¢ move in diesel changes this by roughly $31,000.

DieselEIA API v2, weekly retail series · Mondays
CPI / PPIBLS Public Data API v2 · monthly release
CommoditiesUSDA AMS Market News API · daily
RecallsopenFDA + USDA FSIS · continuous

Run the same math on your actual purchase order file.

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Concept mockup for discussion. The index figures and the cost model are illustrative placeholders in the shape the live APIs return — they are not Dot Foods data, and the freight coefficients are invented for the demo.