Monthly food sales by outlet type, 2012
Every month of the USDA Economic Research Service monthly outlet-type series that falls in 2012: 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 2012. 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 2012 | $19,981.56 | $21,529.01 | $50,692.66 | $111,395.58 |
| November 2012 | $19,146.13 | $19,414.15 | $47,684.95 | $103,235.17 |
| October 2012 | $19,804.03 | $19,571.93 | $48,754.71 | $102,735.11 |
| September 2012 | $19,184.76 | $19,474.60 | $48,034.23 | $100,333.00 |
| August 2012 | $20,668.71 | $20,484.25 | $50,598.53 | $105,752.55 |
| July 2012 | $20,528.77 | $20,440.60 | $50,192.30 | $104,025.78 |
| June 2012 | $20,414.94 | $20,566.31 | $50,362.65 | $104,307.98 |
| May 2012 | $20,396.15 | $20,881.17 | $50,744.31 | $106,114.45 |
| April 2012 | $19,484.48 | $20,237.37 | $48,782.08 | $101,359.63 |
| March 2012 | $20,327.22 | $21,339.69 | $50,656.85 | $105,208.23 |
| February 2012 | $18,279.36 | $19,134.50 | $45,841.48 | $96,817.05 |
| January 2012 | $17,750.94 | $18,619.92 | $44,579.68 | $95,543.83 |
Sum of the 12 monthly rows shown above: $235,967.05 at limited-service restaurants; $1,236,828.36 total food sales.