Food sales by outlet type, January 2021
Monthly sales of food, with taxes and tips, for all purchasers, by outlet type, for January 2021 (period 2021-01).
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 January 2021 (period 2021-01). 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 January 2021
| Series | Value |
|---|---|
| Food sales at limited-service restaurants (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $28,354.86 |
| Food sales at limited-service restaurant (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $36,107.84 |
| Food sales at full-service restaurants (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $18,276.61 |
| Food sales at full-service restaurants (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $23,302.01 |
| Food-at-home sales at grocery stores (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $43,290.76 |
| Food sales at grocery stores (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $53,816.19 |
| Food-at-home sales at warehouse clubs and supercenters (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $17,570.79 |
| Food sales at warehouse club and supercenter (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $21,857.29 |
| Total food-away-from-home sales (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $59,303.20 |
| Total food-away-from-home sales (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $75,575.19 |
| Total food-at-home sales (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $70,692.23 |
| Total food-at-home sales (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $87,908.98 |
| Total food sales (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $129,995.43 |
| Total food sales (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $163,484.17 |
Nominal dollars are as published in the source file; the constant-dollar column is the source's own 2025=100 series.