Food sales by outlet type, January 1998
Monthly sales of food, with taxes and tips, for all purchasers, by outlet type, for January 1998 (period 1998-01).
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. Period covered: the single month January 1998 (period 1998-01). 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.
Figures for January 1998
| Series | Value |
|---|---|
| Food sales at limited-service restaurants (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $8,878.51 |
| Food sales at limited-service restaurant (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $21,324.56 |
| Food sales at full-service restaurants (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $9,576.70 |
| Food sales at full-service restaurants (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $23,000.59 |
| Food-at-home sales at grocery stores (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $22,019.37 |
| Food sales at grocery stores (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $42,859.47 |
| Food-at-home sales at warehouse clubs and supercenters (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $2,733.14 |
| Food sales at warehouse club and supercenter (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $5,322.81 |
| Total food-away-from-home sales (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $22,650.15 |
| Total food-away-from-home sales (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $54,400.87 |
| Total food-at-home sales (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $30,002.90 |
| Total food-at-home sales (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $58,402.50 |
| Total food sales (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $52,653.05 |
| Total food sales (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $112,803.37 |
Nominal dollars are as published in the source file; the constant-dollar column is the source's own 2025=100 series.