Monthly food sales by outlet type, 2020
Every month of the USDA Economic Research Service monthly outlet-type series that falls in 2020: 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 2020. 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 2020 | $30,596.65 | $22,060.77 | $68,443.50 | $147,324.47 |
| November 2020 | $29,127.59 | $22,494.56 | $67,078.42 | $140,001.25 |
| October 2020 | $32,001.79 | $26,061.20 | $74,490.12 | $146,777.56 |
| September 2020 | $30,734.79 | $24,668.81 | $71,327.40 | $140,350.13 |
| August 2020 | $32,090.45 | $25,430.76 | $73,383.19 | $145,366.78 |
| July 2020 | $32,291.48 | $23,666.18 | $71,211.43 | $144,670.17 |
| June 2020 | $30,731.70 | $22,096.69 | $66,785.18 | $137,460.14 |
| May 2020 | $28,235.84 | $15,137.83 | $55,945.44 | $129,947.02 |
| April 2020 | $21,248.28 | $8,879.52 | $41,079.72 | $109,673.69 |
| March 2020 | $25,855.45 | $20,863.09 | $62,464.51 | $141,106.69 |
| February 2020 | $29,028.62 | $32,125.53 | $78,610.56 | $141,044.00 |
| January 2020 | $29,089.44 | $31,074.85 | $77,910.48 | $142,560.77 |
Sum of the 12 monthly rows shown above: $351,032.08 at limited-service restaurants; $1,666,282.67 total food sales.