Monthly food sales by outlet type, 1998
Every month of the USDA Economic Research Service monthly outlet-type series that falls in 1998: 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 1998. 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 1998 | $10,174.40 | $10,868.61 | $25,897.27 | $62,269.92 |
| November 1998 | $9,647.59 | $10,210.16 | $24,439.55 | $56,452.80 |
| October 1998 | $10,387.81 | $10,988.33 | $26,130.94 | $58,490.70 |
| September 1998 | $9,787.80 | $10,343.25 | $24,820.71 | $55,709.47 |
| August 1998 | $10,587.81 | $11,041.70 | $26,507.10 | $58,596.52 |
| July 1998 | $10,557.92 | $10,951.93 | $26,427.80 | $59,188.20 |
| June 1998 | $10,230.08 | $10,722.50 | $25,839.06 | $57,168.09 |
| May 1998 | $10,677.51 | $10,944.19 | $26,403.94 | $58,691.24 |
| April 1998 | $9,845.53 | $10,302.18 | $24,672.72 | $55,440.48 |
| March 1998 | $9,721.82 | $10,451.13 | $24,600.43 | $54,928.15 |
| February 1998 | $8,585.72 | $9,546.85 | $22,310.12 | $50,060.10 |
| January 1998 | $8,878.51 | $9,576.70 | $22,650.15 | $52,653.05 |
Sum of the 12 monthly rows shown above: $119,082.50 at limited-service restaurants; $679,648.72 total food sales.