U.S. retail price of ice cream 1995-2023
people in the U.S. ate 12.7 pounds of ice cream on average during the year.
Retail prices of ice cream in the United States have been trending upwards since the mid-90’s. They peaked in 2011 at 5.52 U.S. dollars per half gallon and have settled at an average of 4.75 over the last four years. In 2023, however, ice cream prices reached a new high at 6.02 U.S. dollars. In contrast, per capita consumption of ice cream has been trending downwards, with people eating 20 percent less ice cream per year than they did at the start of the millennium. In 2022,