Monthly food sales by outlet type, 2005
Every month of the USDA Economic Research Service monthly outlet-type series that falls in 2005: 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 2005. 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 2005 | $15,284.67 | $16,402.49 | $39,093.77 | $89,288.45 |
| November 2005 | $14,248.05 | $14,745.91 | $36,096.57 | $80,164.10 |
| October 2005 | $14,821.05 | $15,629.99 | $37,899.66 | $81,355.47 |
| September 2005 | $14,327.23 | $15,044.56 | $36,825.95 | $79,100.91 |
| August 2005 | $15,444.07 | $15,884.68 | $38,693.58 | $81,978.13 |
| July 2005 | $15,898.30 | $16,135.31 | $39,334.96 | $82,756.34 |
| June 2005 | $15,208.61 | $15,453.72 | $37,888.22 | $80,406.43 |
| May 2005 | $15,265.92 | $15,743.54 | $38,149.79 | $81,070.22 |
| April 2005 | $14,937.74 | $15,449.03 | $37,424.85 | $78,420.03 |
| March 2005 | $14,589.77 | $15,339.80 | $36,666.79 | $78,936.89 |
| February 2005 | $13,013.48 | $14,151.42 | $33,460.05 | $71,382.08 |
| January 2005 | $13,065.57 | $14,090.55 | $33,536.32 | $73,618.20 |
Sum of the 12 monthly rows shown above: $176,104.46 at limited-service restaurants; $958,477.25 total food sales.