Monthly food sales by outlet type, 2008
Every month of the USDA Economic Research Service monthly outlet-type series that falls in 2008: 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 2008. 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 2008 | $16,742.03 | $17,839.41 | $42,280.97 | $96,204.66 |
| November 2008 | $16,287.43 | $16,738.25 | $40,843.41 | $90,509.86 |
| October 2008 | $17,316.82 | $17,322.72 | $43,107.31 | $92,514.74 |
| September 2008 | $16,368.94 | $16,769.72 | $41,804.11 | $89,499.32 |
| August 2008 | $18,104.80 | $18,737.45 | $45,539.00 | $96,775.55 |
| July 2008 | $17,895.79 | $18,209.37 | $44,765.73 | $95,917.50 |
| June 2008 | $17,327.27 | $17,978.38 | $43,906.27 | $93,726.38 |
| May 2008 | $17,898.92 | $19,088.35 | $45,662.45 | $97,637.63 |
| April 2008 | $16,731.58 | $17,602.00 | $42,542.47 | $89,983.16 |
| March 2008 | $16,900.88 | $18,337.30 | $43,165.82 | $92,482.12 |
| February 2008 | $15,667.70 | $17,026.65 | $40,242.70 | $86,384.81 |
| January 2008 | $15,496.31 | $16,637.27 | $39,700.73 | $86,991.04 |
Sum of the 12 monthly rows shown above: $202,738.47 at limited-service restaurants; $1,108,626.77 total food sales.