Monthly food sales by outlet type, 2018
Every month of the USDA Economic Research Service monthly outlet-type series that falls in 2018: 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 2018. 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 2018 | $28,728.88 | $30,348.33 | $76,968.68 | $148,521.50 |
| November 2018 | $27,878.04 | $26,865.24 | $72,198.73 | $138,691.31 |
| October 2018 | $29,037.59 | $27,879.64 | $75,018.15 | $139,227.47 |
| September 2018 | $27,968.58 | $27,287.61 | $73,048.25 | $135,040.94 |
| August 2018 | $30,316.02 | $29,959.26 | $78,882.79 | $144,101.67 |
| July 2018 | $30,254.94 | $29,677.20 | $78,212.59 | $142,375.02 |
| June 2018 | $29,781.53 | $30,035.73 | $78,176.09 | $142,022.88 |
| May 2018 | $29,634.26 | $30,167.96 | $78,284.04 | $143,780.47 |
| April 2018 | $27,520.26 | $28,155.79 | $73,200.94 | $133,653.64 |
| March 2018 | $28,707.07 | $29,897.11 | $76,324.23 | $141,271.91 |
| February 2018 | $24,491.05 | $25,887.54 | $66,396.14 | $123,696.19 |
| January 2018 | $24,788.85 | $25,742.24 | $66,442.20 | $126,903.68 |
Sum of the 12 monthly rows shown above: $339,107.07 at limited-service restaurants; $1,659,286.68 total food sales.