Monthly food sales by outlet type, 1997
Every month of the USDA Economic Research Service monthly outlet-type series that falls in 1997: limited-service restaurants, full-service restaurants, food away from home and total food sales, one row per month.
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service - Food Expenditure Series, Monthly sales of food, with taxes and tips, for all purchasers, by outlet type (monthly, January 1997 to December 2025; fetched 2026-10-30) (file ers_fes_monthly_outlet.csv), fetched 2026-10-30. Rows listed: the 12 rows whose Year is 1997. Values are shown as published, with thousands separators; the heading beside each figure is the source's own column heading. Full source list and licence: About.
| Month | Food sales at limited-service restaurants (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | Food sales at full-service restaurants (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | Total food-away-from-home sales (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | Total food sales (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 1997 | $9,365.25 | $10,230.63 | $24,039.10 | $58,530.78 |
| November 1997 | $9,010.91 | $9,733.14 | $22,998.71 | $54,299.95 |
| October 1997 | $9,546.54 | $10,394.29 | $24,361.84 | $55,712.82 |
| September 1997 | $9,197.35 | $10,083.46 | $23,686.63 | $53,618.07 |
| August 1997 | $10,100.71 | $11,063.93 | $25,755.52 | $57,492.57 |
| July 1997 | $9,992.55 | $10,600.75 | $25,176.07 | $56,990.35 |
| June 1997 | $9,845.25 | $9,992.53 | $24,367.18 | $54,789.24 |
| May 1997 | $10,112.04 | $10,509.64 | $25,068.77 | $57,066.10 |
| April 1997 | $9,332.29 | $9,831.41 | $23,368.86 | $52,939.27 |
| March 1997 | $9,340.53 | $10,093.29 | $23,593.59 | $54,715.37 |
| February 1997 | $8,255.88 | $9,094.30 | $21,272.28 | $49,015.48 |
| January 1997 | $8,302.23 | $9,153.22 | $21,416.27 | $51,308.13 |
Sum of the 12 monthly rows shown above: $112,401.53 at limited-service restaurants; $656,478.13 total food sales.