Monthly food sales by outlet type, 2016
Every month of the USDA Economic Research Service monthly outlet-type series that falls in 2016: 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 2016. 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 2016 | $25,293.73 | $27,544.30 | $68,778.25 | $136,533.34 |
| November 2016 | $24,428.60 | $24,378.79 | $64,071.57 | $124,847.17 |
| October 2016 | $25,304.18 | $25,521.23 | $66,671.74 | $126,232.48 |
| September 2016 | $24,688.77 | $24,632.34 | $65,102.76 | $122,632.07 |
| August 2016 | $26,136.93 | $25,361.77 | $67,230.01 | $126,837.59 |
| July 2016 | $26,510.98 | $25,962.64 | $68,342.43 | $128,561.95 |
| June 2016 | $25,723.17 | $25,270.24 | $66,742.11 | $126,192.00 |
| May 2016 | $26,228.88 | $26,737.37 | $68,832.32 | $129,143.31 |
| April 2016 | $25,517.33 | $26,646.65 | $67,627.48 | $124,960.64 |
| March 2016 | $25,656.29 | $26,501.95 | $67,201.30 | $126,523.59 |
| February 2016 | $23,048.35 | $24,893.08 | $62,102.09 | $117,261.89 |
| January 2016 | $22,464.28 | $24,219.75 | $60,581.07 | $117,579.44 |
Sum of the 12 monthly rows shown above: $301,001.49 at limited-service restaurants; $1,507,305.47 total food sales.