Food sales by outlet type, September 2020
Monthly sales of food, with taxes and tips, for all purchasers, by outlet type, for September 2020 (period 2020-09).
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 September 2020 (period 2020-09). 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 September 2020
| Series | Value |
|---|---|
| Food sales at limited-service restaurants (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $30,734.79 |
| Food sales at limited-service restaurant (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $39,580.96 |
| Food sales at full-service restaurants (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $24,668.81 |
| Food sales at full-service restaurants (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $31,751.07 |
| Food-at-home sales at grocery stores (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $40,744.06 |
| Food sales at grocery stores (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $50,781.89 |
| Food-at-home sales at warehouse clubs and supercenters (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $17,045.30 |
| Food sales at warehouse club and supercenter (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $21,248.57 |
| Total food-away-from-home sales (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $71,327.40 |
| Total food-away-from-home sales (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $91,828.72 |
| Total food-at-home sales (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $69,022.73 |
| Total food-at-home sales (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $86,032.65 |
| Total food sales (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $140,350.13 |
| Total food sales (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $177,861.38 |
Nominal dollars are as published in the source file; the constant-dollar column is the source's own 2025=100 series.