Food sales by outlet type, August 2020
Monthly sales of food, with taxes and tips, for all purchasers, by outlet type, for August 2020 (period 2020-08).
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 2020 (period 2020-08). 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 2020
| Series | Value |
|---|---|
| Food sales at limited-service restaurants (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $32,090.45 |
| Food sales at limited-service restaurant (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $41,556.64 |
| Food sales at full-service restaurants (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $25,430.76 |
| Food sales at full-service restaurants (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $32,913.79 |
| Food-at-home sales at grocery stores (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $42,257.57 |
| Food sales at grocery stores (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $52,463.12 |
| Food-at-home sales at warehouse clubs and supercenters (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $18,470.46 |
| Food sales at warehouse club and supercenter (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $22,935.47 |
| Total food-away-from-home sales (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $73,383.19 |
| Total food-away-from-home sales (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $95,000.78 |
| Total food-at-home sales (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $71,983.60 |
| Total food-at-home sales (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $89,373.70 |
| Total food sales (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $145,366.78 |
| Total food sales (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $184,374.48 |
Nominal dollars are as published in the source file; the constant-dollar column is the source's own 2025=100 series.