Monthly food sales by outlet type, 2017
Every month of the USDA Economic Research Service monthly outlet-type series that falls in 2017: 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 2017. 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 2017 | $26,703.98 | $30,004.21 | $74,502.54 | $145,437.59 |
| November 2017 | $25,236.79 | $25,798.50 | $68,039.69 | $131,957.63 |
| October 2017 | $26,666.22 | $26,391.01 | $70,560.62 | $131,950.47 |
| September 2017 | $26,174.28 | $25,905.33 | $69,516.48 | $129,791.52 |
| August 2017 | $27,767.70 | $26,817.10 | $72,202.65 | $134,119.38 |
| July 2017 | $27,889.60 | $26,954.45 | $72,387.01 | $133,716.14 |
| June 2017 | $27,680.31 | $27,137.79 | $72,478.83 | $133,321.03 |
| May 2017 | $27,943.54 | $27,968.75 | $73,746.36 | $135,979.31 |
| April 2017 | $26,774.10 | $27,572.86 | $71,734.80 | $131,721.03 |
| March 2017 | $27,581.06 | $28,564.88 | $73,504.29 | $134,337.09 |
| February 2017 | $23,906.61 | $25,351.20 | $65,199.73 | $120,509.83 |
| January 2017 | $24,489.17 | $25,437.71 | $65,808.16 | $123,821.83 |
Sum of the 12 monthly rows shown above: $318,813.36 at limited-service restaurants; $1,586,662.85 total food sales.