Monthly food sales by outlet type, 2004
Every month of the USDA Economic Research Service monthly outlet-type series that falls in 2004: 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 2004. 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 2004 | $14,229.90 | $15,151.33 | $36,679.43 | $83,768.23 |
| November 2004 | $13,051.79 | $13,796.48 | $33,880.46 | $75,244.24 |
| October 2004 | $13,840.28 | $14,825.90 | $36,034.13 | $76,764.22 |
| September 2004 | $13,151.51 | $14,086.75 | $34,372.53 | $73,556.98 |
| August 2004 | $14,199.06 | $14,900.77 | $36,304.50 | $76,298.76 |
| July 2004 | $14,702.79 | $15,319.08 | $37,318.27 | $78,426.17 |
| June 2004 | $13,872.15 | $14,412.38 | $35,489.93 | $75,028.50 |
| May 2004 | $14,093.17 | $14,812.53 | $36,083.52 | $77,041.06 |
| April 2004 | $13,707.67 | $14,052.53 | $34,638.79 | $73,619.77 |
| March 2004 | $13,639.82 | $14,413.78 | $34,817.55 | $73,713.36 |
| February 2004 | $12,290.02 | $13,580.07 | $32,263.16 | $68,945.05 |
| January 2004 | $12,148.16 | $13,598.05 | $32,061.51 | $70,641.62 |
Sum of the 12 monthly rows shown above: $162,926.32 at limited-service restaurants; $903,047.96 total food sales.