Food sales by outlet type, August 2012
Monthly sales of food, with taxes and tips, for all purchasers, by outlet type, for August 2012 (period 2012-08).
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 August 2012 (period 2012-08). 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 August 2012
| Series | Value |
|---|---|
| Food sales at limited-service restaurants (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $20,668.71 |
| Food sales at limited-service restaurant (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $33,062.88 |
| Food sales at full-service restaurants (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $20,484.25 |
| Food sales at full-service restaurants (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $32,765.60 |
| Food-at-home sales at grocery stores (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $32,668.90 |
| Food sales at grocery stores (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $44,169.13 |
| Food-at-home sales at warehouse clubs and supercenters (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $12,975.13 |
| Food sales at warehouse club and supercenter (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $17,544.58 |
| Total food-away-from-home sales (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $50,598.53 |
| Total food-away-from-home sales (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $80,939.37 |
| Total food-at-home sales (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $55,154.03 |
| Total food-at-home sales (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $74,572.01 |
| Total food sales (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $105,752.55 |
| Total food sales (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $155,511.38 |
Nominal dollars are as published in the source file; the constant-dollar column is the source's own 2025=100 series.